Mollie Tibbetts murder: Cristhian Bahena Rivera guilty in Iowa killing
Mollie Tibbetts went missing July 18, 2018. Her body was found Aug. 21, 2018. Cristhian Bahena Rivera was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life.
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Mollie Tibbetts went missing July 18, 2018. Her body was found Aug. 21, 2018. Cristhian Bahena Rivera was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life.
Des Moines Register The trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the 26-year-old former farmhand facing life in prison for allegedly killing Tibbetts nearly three years ago, continues Thursday. Jurors heard from six witnesses Wednesday, including the boyfriend of Mollie Tibbetts, during a short day of opening statements and testimony in the first-degree murder trial. During his opening statement, prosecutor Bart Klaver said the jury would see evidence that Bahena Rivera’s car was seen in the area where Tibbetts went for an evening run on July 18, 2018, that he admitted to killing her, that h...