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

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perfectingpink said:
With few answers around Mollie Tibbetts' disappearance, citizen sleuths surface online

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Websleuths, a popular true-crime forum, promotes its "very active" discussion of the case. Closed Facebook groups devoted to Tibbetts have garnered between 3,000 and 6,000 members who post their thoughts and speculations about the 20-year-old who went missing from Brooklyn, between Des Moines and Iowa City, on July 18.

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Hey Everyone,
Your theories are being looked at and they are getting noticed. Hopefully, someone one Websleuths can find something that leads to Mollie. You never know.
Thank you all for your dedication to Mollie. You restore my faith in humanity.
Tricia
 
zencompass said:
Dear KaaBoom,

I feel that just seeing the pain and great suffering on the faces of Mollie's family members could bore into someone's conscience.

The fact that the spokesperson for CrimeStoppers kept emphasizing that the caller's identity would be kept confidential could prove valuable in getting that one tip they truly need. I hope for this so much.

My heart goes out to Mollie's family during this unimaginable time.
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I'd be very surprised if the reward has any affect, but I hope you are right about the kidnapper's conscience. I think that has a better chance of working then the reward. It worked in the Sherri Papini case. I hope it does happen, or I hope that she can somehow escape.
 
KaaBoom said:
I don't see how that case is all relevant to this one. That was a child mudered by a stepmother. It's apples and oranges.
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Double jeopardy related to an arrest made too soon before you have the needed forensic evidence is applicable in both cases. If you arrest someone, you have to charge them in 48 hours. If you charge someone with kidnapping, murder, etc - then you don't actually have evidence to hold them on it, double jeopardy is applicable, and now you can't recharge them. This was why Emily Glass wasn't held after she led the PI to Lucas' body. They wanted to charge her when they had a charge that would stick, and not charge her with some lesser charge and ruin the chance at a murder charge after forensics/autopsy.
 
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Fascinated1 said:
I have to say—and someone also pointed it out earlier-that I think her living arrangements for the summer were also a bit off. She was close to her moms house where -I’m guessing-all of her stuff was. So why not stay there and stay over at BF occasionally? She’s only a year out of high school I think. Especially if she is working and needs to share a car. It sounded like she was living at the BF (from multiple sources) rather than with mom. And there was the dinner thing...not sure if there is stress in that home environment. It’s very easy to over analyze when there’s no new info. :(
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I don't think so...she doesn't seen her BF a ton during the school year - he doesn't go to school there. She's had a 10 month taste of living on her own at college, so she probably feels like she has some more freedom/adult living when not at her mom's house.
 
minazoe said:
you guys the bf is not a suspect, ugh sorry.

does anyone know how far to the nearest house? Im really feeling someone was maybe obsessed with her. watching her...knew she was alone there.
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The nearest house looks to be about 50 - 100 feet away. I expect investigators have already talked to the neighbors.
 
PaulR said:
Polygraphs are junk science. The Penn & Teller BS episode on them was illuminating.
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Absolute junk, imo. I’ve seen guilty pass them, and innocents fail them.

Imo it is used often as a psychological tactic to feel out a suspect. Are they nervous? Are they willing to take a poly? Mark Klaas, father of Polly Klaas, said he couldn’t wait to take one so could be cleared and thy could move on with the investigation.
 
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KaaBoom said:
If they are associated with the kidnapper, and know about it, then they are accessories to the crime. They are part of it. So I think expecting that they would report it is just wishful thinking, just like the family hoping that the kidnapper will turn them self in for the reward. But if you can think of any examples of where it has happened, I'd be interested to hear it.
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Plenty of times we have heard of people who come forward with info they learn about after a crime is committed. That absolutely 100% doesn’t mean they are an accessory. One example is the employee who reported that Tim Bosma’s truck was hidden in an airplane hanger.

ETA I never implied the kidnapper would turn themselves in for the reward. That is ridiculous.
 
kkdj said:
If LE or FBI has a poi or several poi's would they put a tracking device on their car and/or cell?
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They could do that. What would they gain from it? BTW, cell phone are trackable without any device.
 
Poppyflower said:
Right and who will or will not comply with a dna sample request.
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If they are taking DNA samples, that means they have something to compare it to, which would be tremendously encouraging to the progress of the investigation. But yeah, refusal to take a DNA test or polygraph can certainly encourage LE to take a closer look. Although some people are just naturally reluctant to volunteer either, despite not being involved.
 
Maybe authorities put WHO13 up to asking WC questions on camera to see how he responded. He may have said after 2 hours of questioning that he was done and that he would lawyer up. <mod changed to initials>
 
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