Iowa’s state Court of Appeals upheld the murder conviction of Christhian Bahena Rivera, convicted in 2021 of the 2018 killing of jogger Mollie Tibbets. Rivera appealed his conviction, claiming that some statements he made to police were made before he was read his Miranda rights, KCRG reported. But the appeals court disagreed, noting that Rivera …
An Iowa farmhand convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s attorneys argued for a new trial after two witnesses told authorities they heard another man admit he killed the 20-year-old Tibbetts and that her death …
An Iowa judge on Monday denied a request for a new trial for the man convicted of killing jogger Mollie Tibbetts in 2018. At a lengthy hearing last week, Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s attorneys argued for a new trial after two witnesses told authorities they heard another man admit he killed the 20-year-old Tibbetts and that …
Convicted killer Cristhian Rivera’s defense lawyers argued in court Tuesday that he should be afforded a new trial, claiming other witnesses pinned Mollie Tibbetts’ murder on others. The prosecution argued that there is no doubt that the real killer has been apprehended. Rivera, who was found guilty this year of murdering 20-year-old Tibbetts in 2018, …
Sentencing for the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts, has been delayed amid new information. Judge Joel Yates ordered Cristhian Rivera’s sentencing be delayed after two witnesses told investigators that a different man confessed to the crime. The delay came about after the defense filed a motion, blaming the prosecution for …
Sentencing for Christhian Rivera, the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts, has been delayed amid new information that someone else allegedly took the blame for the murder. On Wednesday, Judge Joel Yates ordered Rivera’s sentencing to be delayed after two witnesses told investigators that a different man confessed to the crime. …
The defense lawyers for Cristhian Bahena Rivera claim that another inmate has admitted to killing University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts. As CrimeOnline previously reported, an Iowa jury found Rivera guilty of murdering Tibbetts earlier this year. Tibbetts was out for a jog in Brooklyn, Iowa, in July 2018, when she vanished. Rivera told investigators …
An Iowa jury on Friday found Cristhian Rivera guilty of murdering slain jogger, Mollie Tibbetts. Under state law, he’ll be sentenced to life in prison. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 20-year-old Tibbetts was out for a jog in Brooklyn, Iowa, in July 2018, and was never seen alive again. Rivera later told investigators that he spotted …
Prosecutors showed graphic photos of the crime scene where the body of 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts was found a month after she disappeared in the summer of 2018. Former farmhand Cristhian Bahena Rivera is on trial for the murder of Tibbetts, who disappeared while jogging on July 18 in Brooklyn, Iowa. On …
The boyfriend of slain Iowa jogger, Mollie Tibbetts, testified Monday at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, during the first day of the murder trial against dairy farmworker, Cristhian Bahena Rivera During opening statements, Prosecutor Bart Klaver announced that DNA evidence and a video confession would help prove that murder suspect Rivera is responsible for …
The murder trial for alleged killer Cristhian Bahena Rivera is scheduled to start Monday in Scott County, Iowa, nearly three years after he was arrested for the death of 21-year-old Mollie Tibbetts. The presiding judge over the trial, Joel Yates, acknowledged the “intense” public interest in the murder case and announced that the trial can …
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