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Trial starts for man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts in July, 2018

May 17, 2021 By O. Kay Henderson

Cristhian Bahena Rivera.

The first degree murder trial begins today for the man accused of attacking a 20-year-old woman as she went for a run in the eastern Iowa community of Brooklyn in July of 2018.

Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s trial is being held in Davenport. Investigators say video shows Rivera’s vehicle following Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student, as she went for a run in her hometown. Authorities say Rivera confessed to the crime and led police to Tibbett’s body, which he had covered with stalks in a cornfield.

Rivera worked at a dairy farm near Brooklyn. The farm’s owners say Rivera used a different name on his job application. Rivera’s defense attorneys have said he was in the country legally.

The month-long search for Tibbetts drew national attention. Runners all over the country used the hashtag #milesformollie in her memory and her case sparked discussion about safety for women who jog or run on their own.

The third annual Mollie Tibbetts Memorial Run/Walk was held last September in Brooklyn and donations to the Mollie Tibbetts Fund benefit the child psychiatry unit at the University of Iowa’s Children’s Hospital.

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