Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 *Arrest* #47

[Al Hoffman]

I’m sure that’s right and it angers me too. Smoke and mirrors. I still want to hear them explain how he led them to her body, but I imagine they never will even address it.
The defense attorneys’ idea of justice is to try and get a murderer off scot free. No thoughts of Mollie and her family.

He was framed by the cops...

 

[PommyMommy]

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Yates: "I think what you're getting to depends on what evidence, if any, the defense presents" "You may well be...set up on rebuttal to address what you're concerned about. I don't know what else I can do in terms of getting out in front of it."@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:49 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Judge Yates says the prosecution may be able to rebut the defense's argument that CBR falsely confessed later on. He will not allow the evidence for now but says that ruling may change.
10:50 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Prosecution redirect on Pamela Romero now beginning. @KCCINews
#BahenaRiveraTrial
10:51 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Romero says the interview/interrogation was never confrontational; she categorizes it as friendly.
10:52 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Romero says CBR could have left at any time before 11:30 pm when he was put into custody by ICE. She says she showed him the exit and even jiggled the lock to show it was unlocked.
10:56 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Romero says it was made clear early in the interview CBR was there to talk about Tibbetts. "We, again, started showing pictures of the surveillance camera we had. [...] I had a poster/flyer of Mollie. I laid it in front of Mr. Rivera and he told me he'd seen them around town."
10:58 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Romero is excused after reiterating that Bahena Rivera confessed to her he carried Mollie out of his trunk and leaving her in the field. She also reiterates that he told her "I brought you here." Prosecution not allowed to enter evidence of him actually leading police to field.
11:02 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[PommyMommy]

Nicole Agee on Twitter
The state has now called Amy Johnson, a DCI Criminalist, to the stand. A reminder that we've been warned of graphic photos today, so if you're watching the livestream, keep that in mind.@KCRG
11:03 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Amy Johnson, DCI criminalist, now up for the prosecution.@KCCINews
#BahenaRiveraTrial
11:04 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
She is a part-time crime scene tech.
11:05 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Angenette Levy on Twitter
Crime scene tech Amy Johnson takes the stand in IA v. Cristhian Bahena Rivera
@LawCrimeNetwork

[URL='https://twitter.com/Angenette5/status/1395773086100856838']11:06 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App[/URL]

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Johnson is part of a team that processes the scene with photos, measuring, evidence collection, etc.@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
11:07 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
She and a partner were called to Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office to process the Nissan and Malibu driven by CBR.
11:09 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Questioning so far is about the black Malibu. @KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
11:09 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Johnson says she and her coworkers began photographing the interior and taking tape-lifts for hairs and fibers -- and took samples of stained areas to test for blood.@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
11:11 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"I took samples from some of the stained areas to do presumptive testing for possible blood." Did not yield blood results that day, she says.
11:12 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[Amster]

What did I miss? I had to run an errand

You could scroll back to when you left & catch up from there....

 

[PommyMommy]

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Johnson is tasked with examining Rivera's black malibu. Took about 3 hours. She's going over the contents of the trunk, including fishing equipment, plastic bags, etc.@wqad #mollietibbetts
11:14 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Examined trunk of Malibu at the crime lab. "Items included a football, a volleyball, a fishing pole in two different pieces, a bag of fish stringer, some bobbers and other fishing equipment, plastic bags, paper..."
11:14 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Those items were tested for blood. "The football and two pieces of the fishing pole were found to have stained areas that were positive presumptive for blood."
11:15 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter

11:17 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Johnson searched the trunk for the presence of human blood. There were stains on several of the items in the trunk, she says. The football and two pieces of fishing pole that were positive presumptive for blood. Several other areas negative for blood @LawCrimeNetwork
11:15 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[StarryStarryNight]

Why are these witnesses not allowed to look at their notes?

 

[JudgeJoe]

Pretty stunned that it appears CB didn’t attempt to clean obvious blood stain off car exterior above license plate. And left bloody fishing gear in trunk. And here all this time I thought defense’s claims of low IQ was just a legal tactic...

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
The rubber seal above the rear license plate also tested presumptive positive for blood.
11:17 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Johnson says the rubber seal area tested presumptive positive for blood.
@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial

[URL='https://twitter.com/CGothnerKCCI/status/1395775976072781827']11:18 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Johnson says she found four areas of the trunk that tested presumptive positive for blood.
11:20 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Closer look at blood stain on rubber seal. It's to the right of the item placed for scale. Overall, 4 areas tested presumptive for blood. @wqad #MollieTibbetts

[URL='https://twitter.com/DeniseWQAD/status/1395776569403133956']11:20 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App
[/URL]
[/URL]

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Johnson says the stain on the trunk seal "wasn't apparent to us" when searching the vehicle in Poweshiek Co., only noticed in lab.
11:27 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Johnson says stain was overlooked when her team was at the Poweshiek Co Sheriff's Office, but noticed it in the lab@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
11:27 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
This examination was before Mollie's body was found.
11:27 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Johnson was requested the next day (Aug. 21) to process scene where #MollieTibbetts was found.
11:28 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Was called around 6 am.
11:29 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[JudgeJoe]

CB looking at crime scene photos in courtroom- zero sign of emotion imo.

 

[Considering]

CBR appears to me to be more engaged in the current testimony than previous testimony.

 

[PommyMommy]

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Johnson also called to site where Mollie's body is found. Crime tape shows secured location in the cornfield.@wqad #MollieTibbetts

11:33 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Brown: "How would you describe the remoteness of the area?" Johnson: "It was quite remote. There was a house to the east approximately half a mile, house to the west approximately half a mile."
11:35 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Body was in corn, which was about 400 feet from the road, to the left and straight of an entrance into the corn about 60 feet.
11:37 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Johnson says they could see Mollie's bright running shoes but the rest of the body was covered by bent corn stalks.
11:38 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Mollie's brightly colored running shoes were visible, while the rest of her body was covered by cornstalks. Johnson describes the corn as very dense.
@wqad #MollieTibbetts
Opting not to post the pictures being shown in court right now.
11:40 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Johnson says the body was clothed in the shoes, black socks, a pink sports bra. No shorts were found at the location, nor the Fitbit.
11:43 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[BUF]

She was found without her shorts on

they were found near her in cornfield 15 feet from her body further in cornfield

stripped pattern consistent with underpants found 34 feet from her body further in cornfield

 

[Considering]

CB looking at crime scene photos in courtroom- zero sign of emotion imo.

No emotion whatsoever.

 

[JudgeJoe]

Phone & fitbit were never located. Body had shoes, socks & pink sport bra (reported early on by witnesses that saw Mollie jog that night). Black shorts, underwear & pink band of fabric (possible headband) were scattered elsewhere in the cornfield 15-34 ft away.

 

[PommyMommy]

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Saw some very graphic photos of #MollieTibbetts' body in the cornstalks. Johnson testifying to it. @KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
11:45 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Black shorts were found near her body along with pink band of fabric (headband) and striped underwear. This sketch shows her body position relative to where the items were found. @wqad #mollietibbetts

11:49 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Nearby in the corn, Johnson found the black shorts 15 ft. south of the body, a possible headband found 24 ft. away from the body. Striped underwear found around 34 ft to the southwest.
11:51 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Jury seeing pictures of the clothing items found near her body. Assuming now this means those items were removed and tossed, as the body was covered under those corn stalks. Shoes and sports bra found on the body.@wqad
#MollieTibbetts

11:54 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Nicole Agee on Twitter
The court will break for lunch. The trial will resume at 1:15PM.@KCRG
11:55 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App
https://twitter.com/DeniseWQAD/status/1395785107638833154/photo/1

 

[PrairieWind]

Is the first we have heard about her being found without her shorts on? I don't recall hearing that before.

 

[BUF]

Is the first we have heard about her being found without her shorts on? I don't recall hearing that before.

Me either. Sad.