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Defense paints Iowa murder suspect as hard-working immigrant by Ryan J. Foley, The Associated Press Posted May 25, 2021 12:43 pm EDT Last Updated May 25, 2021 at 12:44 pm EDT DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The man on trial for the 2018 stabbing death of a University of Iowa student is a hard-working, family-centered immigrant from Mexico who was pressured into making a false confession, his defense told jurors Tuesday. Jennifer Frese, a lawyer for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, said in her opening statement that their hearts should break for 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, but that authorities conducted an ...

Illegal Mexican farm laborer accused of murdering Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts now claims his confession was coerced because he was questioned after working 12-hour shift 'scooping poop' Cristhian Bahena Rivera's lawyer Jennifer Frese said authorities conducted an incomplete investigation into 20-year-old Tibbetts' death in July 2018  His defense began Tuesday by questioning the confession and DNA evidence  Frese told jurors: 'He wasn't in an interview; he was in an interrogation'  Bahena Rivera´s defense described him as a hard-working, family-centered immigrant from Mexico who was pr...

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Defense talks about suspect’s background in Tibbetts murder trial Jennifer Frese The defense has begun calling witnesses in the trial of the man accused of murdering a 20-year-old college student as she went running in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Defense attorney Jennifer Frese delivered opening arguments to the jury today. “Mollie Tibbetts deserves justice. Her family deserves justice,” Frese said, “but so does Cristhian Bahena Rivera.” Frese says Rivera is a “yes” man and after what she describes as a systematic confrontation rather than an in...

oxygen Insider Exclusive! Sign Up for Free to View The man on trial for the 2018 stabbing death of a University of Iowa student is a hard-working, family-centered immigrant from Mexico who was pressured into making a false confession, his defense told jurors Tuesday. Jennifer Frese, a lawyer for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, said in her opening statement that their hearts should break for 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, but that authorities conducted an incomplete investigation into her death and were too quick to close the case. “Her family deserves justice but so does Cristhian Bahena Rivera,” ...