Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 #14

[Pixie Dust]

Would Mollie have done any work experience with people who have psychological disorders as part of her studies?

Having a couple degrees, I'd say not likely as she'd just completed her freshman year. She was almost certainly taking gen ed courses.

 

[Whiskers16]

That level of interest in her might change if for some reason that case is linked to what is going on with MT? We simply don't know. But what are the chances of two people the same age and gender going missing within a relatively short distance from each other? Sounds far fetched, sure, but what are the odds of this happening? Especially when the State list of missing people didn't have all that many people in this age bracket listed (she could be from out of area and not on State list too).

Has it been stated in MSM that the body found in Lee County was also a missing person? i have not seen that.

 

[MassGuy]

or if the perpetrator had a gun pointed at her?

Of course. Threatening her with a weapon, or simply overpowering her too quickly for her to respond.

 

[Stormy21]

That’s why I think she was accidentally hit by a car, knocked unconscious and loaded up.

That would be weird, but things in her case are weird. Cannot rule it out.

 

[MassGuy]

Has it been stated in MSM that the body found in Lee County was also a missing person? i have not seen that.

There hasn't been any information as to the circumstances involving that female body. No identification yet, no cause of death, and nothing on if she was someone who had previously been declared "missing."

 

[Stormy21]

Has it been stated in MSM that the body found in Lee County was also a missing person? i have not seen that.

(and unlike what I said previously) it is suspicious
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Body of a white woman in her 20s discovered in rural Lee County is not Mollie Tibbetts, officials say

 

[tokyorose]

or if the perpetrator had a gun pointed at her?

This is a difficult situation for sure. The best thing in this situation as scary as it is would be to do it anyway. Abductor can of course shoot you but now he's got a whole lot of problems... blood everywhere and maybe you even get the call off... by the way it doesn't just work with the iPhone X.. Also there are ways to silently activate it as well.

 

[Pixie Dust]

Someone asked if the body found in Lee County was a homicide.

"When asked if investigators have ruled out foul play, Rahn said officials do consider the death suspicious."

Body of a white woman in her 20s discovered in rural Lee County is not Mollie Tibbetts, officials say

 

[Rocco]

Not hers, and no foul play suspected.
Body of a white woman in her 20s discovered in rural Lee County is not Mollie Tibbetts, officials say

From the link: ''When asked if investigators have ruled out foul play, Rahn said officials do consider the death suspicious''

 

[Whiteorchids]

That would be weird, but things in her case are weird. Cannot rule it out.

Actually not weird in a rural area. It has happened in other cases.

 

[clearskies1]

We have absolutely no information to this effect. But it’s something that LE will definitely be looking into.

I'm sorry, no information to what effect? My point was that LE is likely seeking info about whether a local resident was gone for an unexpectedly long time (moving/concealing the body) when Mollie went missing.

 

[ptandj]

That level of interest in her might change if for some reason that case is linked to what is going on with MT? We simply don't know. But what are the chances of two people the same age and gender going missing within a relatively short distance from each other? Sounds far fetched, sure, but what are the odds of this happening? Especially when the State list of missing people didn't have all that many people in this age bracket listed (she could be from out of area and not on State list too).

As others have hinted at, keep in mind the missing list doesn’t account for people who are murdered or otherwise die without going missing first (or being reported as missing). So to know how unusual it is, you’d have to look at much wider stats.

 

[MsBetsy]

I have a question and I am many posts behind so I don't know if this has been covered: If LE discover from the data on WC's cell phone that he was nowhere in the vicinity of where Molly was in the time frame she went missing, wouldn't he then be cleared?

 

[Jabarn]

That would be weird, but things in her case are weird. Cannot rule it out.

Or she was hit by the car intentionally. It may be the way she was controlled. I know I have heard of a couple of other cases where that was the means and opportunity.

 

[Deleted member 227095]

I think it all depends—I don’t ever use Siri and don’t like the function, so I have it (& Facetime for that matter) disabled, jmo

The voice feature can be quite useful. A woman at work in her 40s had a stroke and was able to use siri to call 911 after she fell to the ground and was unable to use her hands to dial. She says that siri saved her life.

 

[MassGuy]

I'm sorry, no information to what effect? My point was that LE is likely seeking info about whether a local resident was gone for an unexpectedly long time (moving/concealing the body) when Mollie went missing.

Gotcha. I thought you were asking if we had heard anything about that.

 

[Deleted member 227095]

I have a question and I am many posts behind so I don't know if this has been covered: If LE discover from the data on WC's cell phone that he was nowhere in the vicinity of where Molly was in the time frame she went missing, wouldn't he then be cleared?

A person and their cell phone don't necessarily have to be in the same place. Legal folks probably know better but don't think an alibi can be confirmed by presence of cell phone. Does anyone know answer to this question?

 

[tokyorose]

Hmm. OK. I still don't think she would have had time. I don't think anyone thinks, in the absolute panic and terror of being attacked and/or abducted, to say, "Siri, call 911." I think they scream, fight, kick, and then are probably knocked out or otherwise incapacitated. I know I wouldn't have the presence of mind in those few seconds to give the phone a command.

I think that her not having time to get off a 911 call could speak to what happened. Like you suggest it was fast and unexpected, which leads me to believe it is not the get into the car with someone you know scenario. Otherwise she would have had time because with her conscious and alert in the car and him ( assuming) busy driving he wouldn't have been able to stop her from making the call, once she realized he wasn't going to drop her off at mom's house. It takes 3 seconds to make that command with SIRI and the phone doesn't even have to be on you. It's something as women we should keep in the front of our minds, to use the technology we now have available to us. MOO

 

[MassGuy]

Or she was hit by the car intentionally. It may be the way she was controlled. I know I have heard of a couple of other cases where that was the means and opportunity.

Yeah, I can think of once case in particular where the abductor hit a child on a bicycle in order to facilitate a kidnapping. The physical evidence led to his undoing, but it has certainly happened in other cases as well.

 

[Pixie Dust]

Found the video of the neighbor who said she was just walking with her phone and could have only gone north or south. Poor guy looks traumatized at the very end. I imagine I'd feel the same if I knew I could have been the last person to see her alive.

Neighbor offers new testimony about the night Mollie Tibbetts disappeared