A prosecutor said in opening statements that evidence will lead jurors to conclude a Mexican immigrant killed a University of Iowa student, while the defendant’s lawyers raised questions about the victim’s boyfriend.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera is seen in the courtroom at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa, on Wednesday, the first day of his murder trial for the death of Mollie Tibbetts. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette, Pool)
DES MOINES, Iowa (CN) A prosecutor in the case against a Mexican immigrant for the 2018 murder of a University of Iowa sophomore told jurors Wednesday in opening statements that the evidence points to no other conclusion than the defendant is guilty of murder in the first degree.
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