Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 #8

[Woe.be.gone]

who are we talking about?

After the case broke, during an interview, the bf stated that he had been working 50 miles outside of Brooklyn at a contruction site job when Mollie went missing.
Later, It was reported the bf, his brother and his bro's fiance were all working at a construction site together 100 miles away from Brooklyn which seemed odd to me. I remember thinking they keep getting further and further away from Brooklyn when 122 miles was reported.
Now, after all this time, it turns out the three of them, who supposedly all share the same house, weren't together afterall.

They aren't named as suspects but the purpose of my post was to complain about how facts are often wrong even when given by those most closely involved with a case.

 

[Seattle1]

I cannot find ANYWHERE in that article linked where it says the brother of Dalton Jack was not a suspect. I guess I missed that sentence.

@ReseeCup. Forgive me for not putting Kriegel's statement in quotes (I fixed it), (he's the County Sheriff). Try again in timeline link under Wednesday, July 25. It's there, I promise...!

 

[chi123]

i have typed and erased this a million times bc i dont want it to read as insensitive but did anyone else pause when they read the wedding plans were canceled? i am choosing the word pause carefully bc i wasnt shocked or alarmed but i can see both sides to continuing with the wedding and cancelling.

obviously, this is a traumatic experience and if cancelling feels like the right thing to do, i totally respect and understand the families' decision.

at the same time, she is not a blood relative in this wedding or married into the family. when you consider the degrees of separation (grooms & fiance family) i could also sympathize and respect the decision to continue with the wedding. not in a shallow/lets party at a destination wedding but some people have relatives they rarely see, worry about aging grandparents not making it to future weddings, etc: there are non-shallow and emotional aspects to weddings. if handled delicately and with respect to mollie's family and the struggles her bf is going through currently, i wouldnt find it rude to proceed if both the bride and groom agreed. or there could also be a middle ground such as proceed with the wedding but spend less days in dr, relieve the brother of any wedding duties he was assigned etc.

being updated that they were proceeding w the wedding would bring me pause also - i guess i just dont think its a black and white decision. especially since we dont know things like is mollie super close with the fiance/is the bf's brother more of a friend than just your brothers bf (seems possible if they were living together, even for a short while)/was it only 8 people traveling for the wedding thus much easier to cancel/a million other factors we dont know so i definitely want to emphasize im not judging either way, just processing.

sooo with that in mind it made me wonder if LE does have more info than they are letting on to the public and have informed those close to mollie & invited to the wedding that there will likely be significant updates & activity in the near future. obviously LE cant guarantee close dates on cases but they could have let the wedding attendees know they have a POI they are zooming in on/solid tips and itll likely be an active week and stressful to be away from home? is that something LE would do or is that unprofessional?

i could totally be wrong and they very well could have cancelled the wedding from pure shock/depression/sadness - mollie is clearly loved by many and prioritizing bringing her home is a good enough reason on its own, but it just made me wonder.

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I kind of think it was just a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. I can't even imagine the scrutiny they would have been under if they went ahead with it, media would go crazy.

And trying to go through a destination wedding and pretend everything was fine when the longterm GF of your brother is missing would be hard.

I hope the hotel and airline was understanding of the extenuating circumstances and refunded everyone.

 

[ptandj]

I kind of think it was just a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. I can't even imagine the scrutiny they would have been under if they went ahead with it, media would go crazy.

OMG I can only imagine the headlines... it would have been awful.

 

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[Squirrel85]

Mollie Tibbetts search: Boyfriend's brother says scrutiny directed at his family unwarranted

"Collum said he often saw Tibbetts running in the neighborhood but didn't on the night she vanished." I thought the neighbor had seen Mollie running on the night she vanished?

 

[pamelado2]

Oddly in that article (and other articles as well right now) is that they have the wrong first name for the fiance.

But this stood out ...



Why would investigators tell him about FitBit and her route or she made it home safely or even that Mollie was doing her homework later that evening?

I don't know what to make of that.

Can you imagine conducting all those interviews? With people that actually knew her? "What time did she pass my house? Do you think someone was following her? Why didn't I look out the window, I was right next to it!?"
That community is devestated. I think I remember in the PC something about bringing people in to conduct interviews. It must be difficult for them to talk to hundreds of people. Surely they would want to somehow comfort them a little.

 

[ab01]

Sometimes longtime members post friendly reminders to try to help the mods and keep things from going off the rails. I find it helpful to have, just to keep things on track. thanks everyone

 

[Momma2cam]

Mollie Tibbetts search: Boyfriend's brother says scrutiny directed at his family unwarranted

"Collum said he often saw Tibbetts running in the neighborhood but didn't on the night she vanished." I thought the neighbor had seen Mollie running on the night she vanished?

I wondered this as well and assumed it was another neighbor. Moo.

 

[SuperTmo]

To be fair, The Daily Mail is no more wrong in most crime cases than many US news sites. They are just more hysterical. But they follow crime cases pretty closely from what I have seen over the years and sometimes did better than what we call MSM. A lot better than Nancy Grace and that mess was MSM supposedly. Jmo

Oh I know. I actually really like the DM and read it every morning. I check it first thing so I can see who burned the world down overnight and decide if I want to get out of bed! Lol. Seriously though, often times they somehow have more facts on a breaking story than any of the big network.news stations do, and there is never a shortage of photos. My biggest issue with them is spelling and grammar errors. They have nobody proofreading stuff!!

But!!! If you want to know the value of the home of any of the key players, they almost always deliver that tidbit of info!

 

[ptandj]

I wondered this as well and assumed it was another neighbor. Moo.

Yes, this. Different neighbor.

 

[human]

I believe the reply was "OK." While it's not affirmative, I don't believe"OK" is negative. Also don't recall anything else vegetarian, etc..

I commented that she may have not shown up for brats as she may be vegetarian. So many people her age are. And it is based on my dislike of brats. Yuck

 

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[Jethro4WS]

I wondered this as well and assumed it was another neighbor. Moo.

It is a different neighbor. Lives much closer to the home that Mollie was staying at.

 

[Seattle1]

Mollie Tibbetts search: Boyfriend's brother says scrutiny directed at his family unwarranted

"Collum said he often saw Tibbetts running in the neighborhood but didn't on the night she vanished." I thought the neighbor had seen Mollie running on the night she vanished?

That was witness Thompson. Collum is the latest witness statement in media.

 

[ptandj]

From KCRG tV 9

Kriegel stated boyfriend and both brothers not suspects

That's all I see publicly stated by Kriegel.... I could be wrong

Did you see the quote that was posted by a few people? Here it is again:

Kriegel told ABC News that Jack's alibi was confirmed and he is not a suspect, and neither is his brother. Tibbetts' two brothers have also been cleared and are not suspects.

Bolding and underlining mine.

 

[Squirrel85]

That was witness Thompson. Collum is the latest witness statement in media.

It is a different neighbor. Lives much closer to the home that Mollie was staying at.

Thank you

 

[PommyMommy]

Mollie Tibbetts search: Boyfriend's brother says scrutiny directed at his family unwarranted

"Collum said he often saw Tibbetts running in the neighborhood but didn't on the night she vanished." I thought the neighbor had seen Mollie running on the night she vanished?

No, he was told that Mollie jogged past his house.

Mollie Tibbetts search: Boyfriend's brother says scrutiny directed at his family unwarranted

Neighbor Dave Collum, a retired maintenance director for the school district, said he was interviewed by investigators who told him that data from Tibbetts' Fitbit showed she jogged past his home that evening and made it home from the run safely. He said investigators told him she was doing homework on her computer later that evening.

 

[liz b.]

So it was a neighbor who reported that M. had worn a pink sports bra to go running ?

 

[ab01]

Poweshiek County Sheriff says Mollie Tibbetts' boyfriend is not a suspect

In an interview with ABC, Poweshiek County Sheriff Tom Kriegel confirmed Mollie Tibbetts' brothers and boyfriend are not suspects.

Just posting this for reference: per TOS we can not sleuth anybody who has not been named as a poi. Especially victims friends and family