Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 #10

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While catching up and reading about the dogs I just remembered a case on Forensic Files where the killer put the dog away in a separate room. Meaning he did not want the dog to get harmed. Iirc it was a familial murder and he also lived there. Not saying this has anything to do with the case at hand. Just mentioning that if this occurred in the home perhaps the abductor places the dogs there...is that possible? Again, sorry still behind and trying to catch up.
 
borndem said:
bbm

Hmmmmm. What does that mean? Maybe LE has had a break in the case.
Let's hope so. Please, for the family.
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More FBI on the way is interesting. Do they really think MT was taken into some kind of human trafficking ring/group? Allocating more LE, specifically FBI to the case doesn't indicate to me there is necessarily a break in the case but perhaps they have reason to believe whoever took MT is involved in something larger than a simple 1-on-1 abduction. For one missing local girl, you don't call in more FBI unless the size of the investigation has grown considerably. I don't think just getting more tips - most of which in missing persons cases are junk - would necessitate a larger federal agent presence.
 
mountainguy777 said:
This case, the Missy Bevers case, the Delphi murders, three huge unsolved cases. Are the bad guys just getting that much better then the good guys are at solving them?
Can you imagine this case in say...1980 without cell phones, social media and fitbits? There would literally be no place to even start. Not many outside of Brooklyn, Iowa would even be aware.
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I don't see the bad guys getting better, but in these long-unsolved cases, I see abductions/murders by strangers. Someone not from the area, totally unconnected to the individual or the family. Shades of a Ted Bundy, the Night Stalker, etc., maybe or maybe not a serial killer. Just a totally random victim selection. Picking up a hitch-hiker, or he saw a pretty girl in a bar, restaurant, library, front yard, walking down the street, etc., etc.
 
Poppyflower said:
During the presser this morning, did they plead for someone to bring her home? or address the POI directly? I'm curious what the professionals tell the family prior to these things. If there is a lot of planning and do this, don't do that...I wonder what has worked in the past and what hasn't.
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Her mother said, "We believe Mollie is still alive and if someone has abducted her, we are pleading with you to please release her."
 
KaaBoom said:
I think just the opposite. Anybody she knew has already been investigated. It's about a 99% chance it is somebody she didn't know.
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Unfortunately, and I am very often 100% wrong, this is my current theory as of this day. Subject to change at any moment. That town and the bar was way too quiet that night for no one to notice what happened. All available tech info has been gleaned by the FBI specialists, etc etc.
There are loan wolves out there always....many repeaters. She could, sadly, be anywhere by now.
I do not think she fits any profile for trafficking, but she fits the "profile" of a super predator shark bottom-feeder to an exact T.
Don't wanna go there, but I have already. and jmo
 
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Kapua said:
Exactly. Search within a half-mile of a road, unless there are tire tracks indicating an off-road vehicle. Unfortunately, with so much farmland, you have to consider that a theoretical perp may have had a tractor. MOO.
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We know how far out Morgan Harrington was eventually found and it was by a totally innocent farmer riding a tractor doing mending on his huge country farm.
A perp could do the same thing....
 
Momma2cam said:
I also cringed. I see the reward more as a tangible way the family can feel they are doing something. I just don't see it being integral in her return and suspect it'll be sitting for a long time, like the other case they referenced. :(
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Yeah, it's hard to see how this will work. Can anybody think of any good examples of where a large reward lead to the safe return of a kidnap victim? The one that comes to my mind was the Tad Cummins case, and I think the reward did work in that case. But they were traveling. So it was just a matter of putting the word out, and waiting for somebody to see them and take the $10,000 bait. I can't see that working in a case like this. I doubt who ever has her is moving around much.
 
Poppyflower said:
During the presser this morning, did they plead for someone to bring her home? or address the POI directly? I'm curious what the professionals tell the family prior to these things. If there is a lot of planning and do this, don't do that...I wonder what has worked in the past and what hasn't.
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I don't recall the exact words, but yes this was the first time I've heard a plea direct to whomever may be holding Mollie.
 
PommyMommy said:
Her mother said, "We believe Mollie is still alive and if someone has abducted her, we are pleading with you to please release her."
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Such a lovely girl, Mollie. I hope they are right and she is found soon. In all the cases I’ve seen most parents will say this same thing and it is only natural to hold out hope that she is alive. Hope this makes sense.
 
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