Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 #32

[ChuckMaureen]

I obviously don’t know the timing of how this went down, but if something were discovered last night, it wouldn’t be unusual for LE to wait until morning to actually recover the body. They’d secure the scene, and wait until all the necessary people were in place. You would always rather conduct the recovery in daylight, as you don’t want to miss anything.

It seems that is exactly what occurred. Road closures were initiated @ ~5:00am, which fits an earlier discovery and then some time pass to contact and allow for closure crews to arrive to the scene.

 

[Spartygirl]

Mollie's FB Page has been updated to "Remembering Mollie Tibbetts"
I am feeling so sad today.
RIHeaven you beautiful angel.

Mollie Tibbetts

 

[Justice101]

I imagine it takes several hours for investigators to document the scene before moving anything, including her body.

Yes, we would all think they would go over that area tooth and nail. Looking for the route the (presumably) killer brought the body in, if the crime was committed elsewhere and this is just a dumpsite, are there cigarette butts approaching the location, tire tracks, articles of clothing, trash...anything that might have been left there by the perpetrator.

Let's hope there is DNA!

 

[Only4Justice]

I have felt suicide from the start. Right or wrong, still feel that way. Guess we will know at 5...

Hi mountainguy, I haven't been able to keep up with Mollie's threads, but can you explain more why you are leaning that way? Thanks.

 

[Harmony 2]

If nobody knows the source of the ME just arriving then it can be written off to pure rumour or speculation.

In a high profile case such as this, neither is it logical that LE would announce a press conference prior to official confirmation of the identity of the victim.

Medical examiner arrives on rural road south of Brooklyn

 

[ChuckMaureen]

This KCCI video shows a huge media presence in the discovery area...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=328118261260510

KCCI

 

[Celt1997]

Does anyone have a link for the time ME arrived?

Tommie Clark of KCCI's tweet mentioning the ME going past her has the time stamp of 8:21am local time (so about 2 hours ago).

Tommie Clark on Twitter

 

[mountainguy777]

Hi mountainguy, I haven't been able to keep up with Mollie's threads, but can you explain more why you are leaning that way? Thanks.

The lack of evidence, and the Leann Bearden case. However...at this moment I’m just holding onto it to be the only one crazy enough to still say it

 

[iluvmua]

I am glad they found her.

 

[bestill]

I so hope this leads to answers and an arrest. What a heartbreaking week. Watched Shanann Watts father in the courtroom earlier today - just devastating!

 

[TeaTime]

ME vehicle just seen leaving the area a few minutes ago. Local news on the scene.

 

[zencompass]

I will be back on this thread just before the press conference.

Around that time there will be links to the live conference.

 

[mountainguy777]

A heartbreaking week for sure, with this case and the Colorado case, but In reality a lot of people can start healing now. Not knowing your entire life would be worse.

 

[dreamwarrior66]

Hi mountainguy, I haven't been able to keep up with Mollie's threads, but can you explain more why you are leaning that way? Thanks.

If it was suicide she had to run VERY far to do it...

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Officials believe body of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts found

Per the link above, DCI spokesman says no one has been charged.

 

[Paligal]

From the map pinpointing the location, it appears that there are 2 houses in that immediate area and that the body was located between 2 private driveways adjacent to, and connected to, those houses. Hmmm. Is the perp a resident of one of those houses? IMHO, no random stranger happened upon that site to dump a body.

I haven't been able to see a map with a pinpointed location. I also don't have access to the news station's site bc of their noncompliance with European privacy laws. Where are they claiming to have found the body?

 

[Scott B]

RIP Mollie. This will be a death penalty case.

 

[Cococat]

But not by the perp? I ask because the reward is now for finding the perp.

Perp is indeed a better term

 

[GraceG]

May also stop drones...

It's quite common. I remember working one crime scene where there were so many news choppers initially overhead we had to delay evidence collection as we were worried a couple of them were going to have a midair overhead (that happened in Phoenix in 2007 and it was a miracle no one on the ground was killed but it stuck in our minds).

 

[Al Hoffman]

Official ID hasn't been made, and the ME just got there so they don't have anything to compare to the dental records yet. At this point the identity is no more than strong speculation, but there had to be something with the body to give them reason to speculate.

Like a pink sports top and running shoe(s) on a 5'1" woman's body, and the right hair color? Sure it is a presumptive ID, not yet officialy confirmed by LE, but based on degree of decomposition could be spot on.