GUILTY IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, found deceased, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 *Arrest* #51

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novo8085 said:
New information jolts case in Iowa college student’s slaying
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Yeah. Not. No one needs to make an elaborate plan to frame a "Hispanic" for a crime. This is people inserting themselves into a situation for benefit. A "U" Visa is issued to people who are testifying about a crime. This Visa is basically a "get out of jail" free card, and have a pathway to getting a legal permanent residence card, with all criminal records waived. My assumption is that these folks are in jail, and on a pathway to being sent back to their country of origin after their sentence is completed. Here, is a ticket out of that plan.

CB has been in jail long enough to get friends, and friends of friends...
U visa - Wikipedia

Wiki states U Visa is only for victims of crime, not, buried deep in law books, it has a small waiver for cooperating witnesses as well.
 
mickey2942 said:
Yeah. Not. No one needs to make an elaborate plan to frame a "Hispanic" for a crime. This is people inserting themselves into a situation for benefit. A "U" Visa is issued to people who are testifying about a crime. This Visa is basically a "get out of jail" free card, and have a pathway to getting a legal permanent residence card, with all criminal records waived. My assumption is that these folks are in jail, and on a pathway to being sent back to their country of origin after their sentence is completed. Here, is a ticket out of that plan.

CB has been in jail long enough to get friends, and friends of friends...
U visa - Wikipedia

Wiki states U Visa is only for victims of crime, not, buried deep in law books, it has a small waiver for cooperating witnesses as well.
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Bingo... thank you!

I think it's very telling that the defense really were not interested in this info when the prosecutor brought it to their attention during the trial. By their own admission in their motion. they did not think the info was credible.
 
Lawyers for illegal immigrant convicted of murdering Mollie Tibbetts call for a new trial as jail informant claims he heard the 'real killer' confess behind bars
  • Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 27-year-old Mexican national, was convicted earlier this year by a jury of first-degree murder in the July 2018 stabbing death
  • However, two informants who do not know each other have separately come forward since Rivera's highly publicized trial - identifying the same suspect
  • The revelations came after Rivera's attorneys filed a motion Friday noting they received the information about the claims from prosecutors after the trial
  • Rivera's is scheduled to be sentenced during a hearing on Thursday
  • Judge Joel Yates granted a defense motion for one of the informants - a prison inmate housed by the Iowa Department of Corrections - to testify at the hearing
  • That informant had recounted a conversation with a second inmate -who allegedly confessed to Tibbetts' death
  • The informant and the second inmate were both incarcerated in Poweshiek County, Iowa, where Tibbetts was killed
  • The second informant came forward to a local sheriff´s office, claiming she was in a car with the same man a month earlier when he pulled a pistol to her head
Jail informant claims he heard Mollie Tibbetts' 'real killer' confess behind bars | Daily Mail Online
 
Inmate Claims He Knows Who Really Killed Mollie Tibbetts — And It's Not Cristhian Bahena Rivera

Attorneys for convicted murderer Cristhian Bahena Rivera are asking for a new trial in the murder of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbettsbecause both a prison inmate and a second source claim another person is Tibbetts’ true killer.

According to court documents, an inmate housed by the Iowa Department of Corrections came forward on May 26, 2021 — first to a prison chaplain, then to an associate warden and another corrections officer — to claim he had information about the Tibbetts murder. This first inmate said another inmate, identified in a defense document only as “Inmate 2,” had given him information about Tibbetts’ death while they were both incarcerated in Poweshiek County, Iowa, where Tibbetts was killed.

In a separate court filing, Arne Maki, who appears to be the inmate who conveyed the story of Inmate 2, has been ordered to appear on Thursday in a hearing surrounding the newly discovered information. District court judge Joel D. Yates ordered Maki to be produced at the courthouse for that hearing.

The broader story goes that Inmate 2 told the first inmate — presumably Maki — that he saw Tibbetts in a “trap house” used for sex trafficking. Tibbetts was allegedly “bound and gagged” therein; however, when news of her disappearance spread far and wide, the alleged sex traffickers killed her and found someone to pin it on — presumably Rivera.

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That^^^^ story is not corroborated by ANY of the physical evidence. No way is that going to fly.
 
Which_pancake said:
From the story @SharonNeedles posted above:

That inmate allegedly said Tibbetts was kidnapped for sex trafficking and bound and gagged in a trap house but that he was directed to kill Tibbetts once the search for her got too close.

The man allegedly told the inmate that he was directed by the sex trafficker in charge to stab Tibbetts and dump her body near a Hispanic male to make it look like the Hispanic male committed the crime.​

Of course his lawyers are going to want to hear what this guy has to say, but this doesn't fit in any way with the story CBR told on the stand that his lawyers claim he stood by all along.:rolleyes:
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That was the first thing I thought. This "confession" doesn't at all match up with what CBR testified too. But of course it will have to be looked in to.
 
Bahena Rivera sentencing delayed, motion connects Xavior Harrelson case

The inmate reported that another inmate, that documents refer to as Inmate 2, said he was staying in a “trap house” owned by a 50-year-old man involved in the sex trafficking trade. Inmate 2 admitted he saw Mollie Tibbetts bound and gagged at a second trap house that he had gone to.
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So now the "trap houses" are multiplying? This story needs to stop!
 
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Seattle1 said:
Bahena Rivera sentencing delayed, motion connects Xavior Harrelson case

The inmate reported that another inmate, that documents refer to as Inmate 2, said he was staying in a “trap house” owned by a 50-year-old man involved in the sex trafficking trade. Inmate 2 admitted he saw Mollie Tibbetts bound and gagged at a second trap house that he had gone to.
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So now the "trap houses" are multiplying? This story needs to stop!
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do we have anything on this from your article?

Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s defense team said it has found at least 10 children missing from Poweshiek County or adjoining counties from the past few years, including the Xavior Harrelson case.
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Attorneys for Cristhian Bahena Rivera request hearing delay

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According to court documents filed Tuesday, a search warrant obtained by the defense “corroborates the ‘trap house’ account” made by the inmate.

The defense said the search warrant it received focuses on a sex trafficking ring allegedly operated by 50-year-old James Manuel Lowe out of New Sharon in 2018.

The defense went on to report a connection between Lowe and the mother of missing Montezuma boy Xavior Harrelson.

According to court documents, Lowe and Sarah Harrelson had a relationship and lived together before being evicted in 2018.
 
Iowa's News Now [URL='https://twitter.com/iowasnewsnow']@iowasnewsnow [/URL]1h
JUST IN: A judge has delayed the sentencing of Cristhian Bahena Rivera. He was set to be sentenced Thursday. A hearing will still take place but will focus on a separate motion and picking a date to hear defense's arguments for a new trial


Bahena Rivera sentencing delayed; hearing Thursday still scheduled in case
A judge has officially delayed the sentencing for the man convicted of killing Mollie Tibbetts. Cristhian Bahena Rivera was originally set to be sentenced to life in prison without a chance at parole...
cbs2iowa.com
 
FrostedGlass said:
It's possible. I'll see if I can find the article.
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You didn't "misread" that.... I have it in my notes - just copied it from the article.... :)

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The second new witness came forward to a local sheriff’s office, claiming she was in a car with the same man (Inmate #2) a month earlier when he pulled a pistol & said, “that Mexican shouldn’t be in jail for killing Mollie Tibbett's because I raped her & killed her."
 
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