Mollie Tibbetts investigators cut corners, Bahena Rivera's lawyers say
By Tuesday, Cristhian Bahena Rivera's attorneys had a tough task before them. Prosecutors had presented four days of testimony and evidence against their client, who is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts near her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Fifteen jurors had seen video footage of Bahena Rivera's distinctive car circling in the area Tibbetts ran through on her final jog in July 2018; heard DNA experts testify that Tibbetts' blood was found in and around the trunk of his car; and seen autopsy photos identifying nine to 12 ...