Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 *Arrest* #34

[mrkyle]

Wrong spot

 

[sdmike1974]

With the benefit of hindsight, it now seems clear that:

A. Regardless of how many red shirts there were, this was not a factor.
B. As some of us (perhaps many of us) speculated Mollie never made it home on the 18th and there was no "working on her computer."
C. In one I had wrong giving him 50% probability -- WC had nothing to do with Mollie's abduction and murder.
D. All the talk of meeting up (or left voluntarily) with a friend or acquaintance or someone who one-sidely tracked her on social media was incorrect.

What a sad, sad day.

R.I.P. dear sweet Mollie.

 

[zencompass]

I wonder whether we will hear about other young woman who have been approached by him over the past years he's been living in the area.

It will be very interesting if there is history of him approaching others.

 

[Alethea]

I don't believe that he "blacked out" as in has no memory of what happened. But other serial sexual predators have testified to LE and journalists about how they get uncontrollable urges that "cause" them to act out. I say cause in scare quotes because I fully think they are responsible for their actions and choose to act this way. But they will have periods where they don't act out, and then some stressor or trigger causes them to attack again. That was the scariest part of the affidavit for me.

I will find some links. Joseph Duncan wrote about it in his jail blogs.

 

[MsBetsy]

The family has spoken. They are incredible. They are an example. This is why Mollie was so amazing.

Now we can understand their strategy, which I think was pretty brilliant.Despite some of the criticism they received

 

[jillycat]

The narcissism in these kinds of people always expresses itself the same way. They all lie alike. In fact, the lie at its core is always the same.

Someone or something caused them to react or behave a certain way. Then there's a gaping hole between the convoluted beginning of the story and the breezy ending, and the middle section is just all so confusing. In fact, it's not even part of the story.

The beginning always sets the victim up to become responsible for things going wrong. What happened next is narrated in a way that a toddler would tell a story. ('And then Mollie was in the trunk') There's a giant leap to the outcome, which just sort of happened but has no details. In this case, Mollie is dead but it's almost like she either ran ahead of him and made that happen on her own, or it's simply a mystery and only God knows. And there were also cornstalks.

It's going to be quite interesting to see what the evidence from his car, her body, her possessions, etc. reveal. I will not be surprised to hear that there is only a single thread of truth to the story he told because there's always a piece of truth in Narcissistic story-telling. And the rest is a lie.

So when he says he drove, and circled, then he got out, then he ran, then he walked, then he talked, then she grabbed her phone, then she said yada yada, then blackout, then he had an awakening at an intersection and a broken ear piece in his lap told him she was in the trunk - I think maybe he really means this: He swiftly and aggressively abducted her by ambush, he did the phone grabbing, and she was under his control in a matter of seconds, incapacitated in some way to make her transportable, and taken to a location where she was violently assaulted and then murdered. And it was after a lot of other moving parts that there was a body drag and dumping.

I do not believe his story of how he encountered her and made contact.

 

[DocBrew]

Just sad tonight. Pleased that they found Mollie for her family and the community, and that this toolbag is behind bars, but just danged sad.

 

[KLM6]

It seems that he was only identified yesterday, so if there was any surveillance, it was to facilitate getting him to come for an interview.

If they were this close to something why why why did they "encourage" dad to go all the way back to CA? Im so sad for him that the day after he leaves this happens. I just dont understand. I didnt see that he was back yet was he?

 

[skyedaze]

Exactly what I was thinking! Let's see, he was driving along and all of a sudden came to and thought to himself, "something makes me think I have a body in the trunk. I have an earbud in my hand, so it must be! Better check!" This guy is even dumber than I thought.

yeah every time an earbud cover pops of I immediately snap out of a daze and think about a dead body in the trunk of my car...everybody does that right?
lame

 

[MassGuy]

If they were this close to something why why why did they "encourage" dad to go all the way back to CA? Im so sad for him that the day after he leaves this happens. I just dont understand. I didnt see that he was back yet was he?

I think it was a complete coincidence. He talked about going back a few days ago, and the break only came yesterday. Just bad timing, nothing more. I’m not sure if he’s back yet.

 

[MsBetsy]

Then the next question should be, where are the other bodies? If this is a usual experience for him, then where are the other people he's killed?

Do they actually believe there are other victims, though?

 

[mrkyle]

I thought the MT teacher one was killed by a guy who was driving by and on a whim decided he wanted to kill somebody. So he randomly saw her and decided she was the one.

Nope he was driving while on meth decided he needed to find a girl to have sex.

Saw her running down road she was older skinny with sunken in features and he testified that he thought she was crack prostitute andthat shegot killed in struggle to get away by the mentally retarded other guy

 

[BelleIsle]

Never posted here, just lurk and read. Here's the statement from Yarrabee Farms where Rivera was employed.

Yarrabee Farms: Suspect in Mollie Tibbetts murder was employee in good standing

Heartbreaking (from article):
"Rahn said he met with the parents and other relatives of Tibbetts to inform them of the arrest Tuesday. He told them that the investigation revealed that they had 'raised a great daughter.'

'We got to know Mollie," he said. "She was a phenomenal individual.'"

 

[DocBrew]

Also, does anyone know where the video came from? The carwash? A resident?

Just wandering who deserves the key to the city and a VIP trip to the state fair.

 

[gliving]

In a statement Tuesday night, Dane Lang, of Yarrabee Farms, said Rivera was an “employee in good standing” and was “shocked to hear” Rivera was implicated.

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In the statement, Lang said Rivera worked for Yarrabee Farms for four years and passed the government’s vetting process. Investigators visited the farm Monday to speak with employees.

Investigators said Rivera was in the country without proper legal documentation.

Cristhian Rivera, charged in Mollie Tibbetts' death, worked at a farm owned by a prominent Republican Iowa family

 

[CrimeVault]

The world has become a little less bright today.

 

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[MsBetsy]

Yeah I don't know what I was thinking...I don't believe he blacked out, so I don't know why I would believe anything he says.

I have a feeling we will find he is pathological liar.

 

[Gunslinging Granny]

If they were this close to something why why why did they "encourage" dad to go all the way back to CA? Im so sad for him that the day after he leaves this happens. I just dont understand. I didnt see that he was back yet was he?

At the press conference today, the IDCI spokesman stated that they only started interviewing this creep yesterday. Dad went home several days ago.

 

[Alethea]

Also, does anyone know where the video came from? The carwash? A resident?

Just wandering who deserves the key to the city and a VIP trip to the state fair.

The affidavit says a resident's surveillance camera. The camera captured the car going back and forth multiple times while Mollie was running by.