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Des Moines Register The man charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Mollie Tibbetts testified Wednesday that he didn't kill Tibbetts. Instead, he pointed blame at two unknown masked men — one armed with a gun, another with a knife — who surprised him at his home on the Yarrabee Farms property in rural Poweshiek County the night Tibbetts disappeared. The men, according to Cristhian Bahena Rivera, forced him to get into his car July 18, 2018, and drive around near Brooklyn, Iowa, before spotting Tibbetts jogging toward town. Bahena Rivera said the men — one named "Jack" —...

Des Moines Register The man charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Mollie Tibbetts testified Wednesday that he didn't kill Tibbetts. Instead, he pointed blame at two unknown masked men — one armed with a gun, another with a knife — who surprised him at his home on the Yarrabee Farms property in rural Poweshiek County the night Tibbetts disappeared. The men, according to Cristhian Bahena Rivera, forced him to get into his car July 18, 2018, and drive around near Brooklyn, Iowa, before spotting Tibbetts jogging toward town. Bahena Rivera said the men — one named "Jack" —...

Cristhian Bahena Rivera, charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mollie Tibbetts, took to the witness stand Wednesday in his defense.