Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 *Arrest* #48

[PommyMommy]

MAY 24, 2021
Bahena Rivera murder trial resumes with expert testimony (kcci.com)
[...]

Special Agent Trent Vileta, with Iowa DCI, took the witness stand first. ...

[...]

He testified that the home of Blake Jack, where Tibbetts and her boyfriend, Dalton Jack, stayed in 2018, would not be characterized as a crime scene. Vileta said during testimony that investigators eliminated Dalton Jack as a suspect following several interviews.

[...]

During cross-examination, the defense questioned Vileta about additional suspects considered during the Iowa DCI’s investigation, including a Poweshiek County man alleged to have a “torture room” in his basement.

Vileta said no such room was located at the man’s home and that a report was not created during his interview.

[...]

Horan testified that phone and FitBit data showed Tibbetts running east along one of her common running routes on July 18, 2018.

After 8:28 p.m., Horan said Tibbetts’ cell phone departed from a tower much farther south at an estimated speed of 60 mpg.

[...]

 

[geevee]

???

https://twitter.com/Angenette5/status/1396863984142331906

Something interesting just happened: Chad Frese just asked Agent Vileta whether they have evidence that puts the knife in CBR's hand. He said they have her blood in his car. But CBR didn't say he killed her. He said he blacked out
@LawCrimeNetwork

Frese asked about the ride from the sheriff's office to the cornfield, which I thought had been disallowed due to the Miranda violation, Brown immediately asked for a sidebar but came back not looking victorious so I guess the judge didn't see it as Frese having opened the door (though he keeps kicking it, imo).

 

[BUF]

ME and forensic anthropologist still to come...

 

[BUF]

Frese asked about the ride from the sheriff's office to the cornfield, which I thought had been disallowed due to the Miranda violation, Brown immediately asked for a sidebar but came back not looking victorious so I guess the judge didn't see it as Frese having opened the door (though he keeps kicking it, imo).

Thanks. There’s still hope he’ll kick that door hard enough to open!

 

[geevee]

Thanks. There’s still hope he’ll kick that door hard enough to open!

It seems he's determined to!

 

[geevee]

Back live on the record.

 

[PommyMommy]

And, we're back...

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[geevee]

Graphic of abduction area/search area:

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Back. Agent Horan says he was able to have investigators look in two areas where the phone was heading and where it was last known to be.
1:18 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
We're back from lunch. Horan back on the stand. @KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
1:19 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy (@ShannonMoudyTV) / Twitter

1:19 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Nicole Agee on Twitter
Kevin Horan from the FBI is still on the stand following lunch recess. The prosecution is asking him about the areas of interest based off Mollie's cell phone data (abduction area and last known "ping"). @KCRG
1:21 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Agent Horan says last hit of Mollie on certain tower is 8:28 pm. around box 1 (above.) "The next one after that was at 8:35 and it was much farther south [...] you're basically doing a calculation, time distance, and you'll get the speed of whatever she was in."
1:22 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Says that was in the low 60 MPH range around box 2.
1:22 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Horan testifying that data shows at 8:28pm her phone starts heading south, off her normal running route. Next data point shows phone was traveling > 60mph
@wqad #mollietibbetts

[URL='https://twitter.com/DeniseWQAD/status/1396894412249108482']1:22 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App[/URL]

 

[BUF]

Corn was huge...about 10 ft tall

 

[BUF]

ME is the next witness

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Cross-exam. Chad Frese asks about what else Fitbit records. Agent Horan says it can determine heartrate, but he wasn't sure on that info.
1:26 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese asks if that info could tell time of death. Horan says he's worked a case where he used that.
1:27 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
State calls Dr. Dennis Klein, state medical examiner.
1:29 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Next up is Dr. Dennis Klein, IA State Medical Examiner [URL='https://twitter.com/wqad']@wqad[/URL]
#mollietibbetts

[URL='https://twitter.com/DeniseWQAD/status/1396896456053772289']1:30 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App[/URL]

 

[chihuahua]

Watching the ME testify now. This is so sad I probably won't be commenting much.
Just letting ya'll know I am here for Mollie.
Chi

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Dr. Klein says recovery of Tibbetts' body included "layered" photographs (w/vegetation, w/o vegetation, area w/o body).
1:36 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"The thing we saw was just the outline of her body. It was clear her body had been decomposing in that area for some time," Dr. Klein says.
1:36 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

July in Iowa would be a more rapid decomposition, Dr. Klein says.
1:37 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Being in the cornfield would add more humidity, mud that would accelerate decomp.
1:38 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Dr. Klein says decomp can destroy fingerprints or other elements. Blood can be difficult to get even w/in a few days.
1:39 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

No blood could be recovered from Tibbetts.
1:39 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[PommyMommy]

Nicole Agee on Twitter
Dr. Klein says decomposition can destroy DNA on the body. He said Mollie's body was in moderate to severe decomposition. A DNA expert previously told the jury that no DNA, even Mollie's, was found on her body.@KCRG
1:41 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Forensic autopsy started Aug. 22. First stage took about 3 hours. Dr. Klein says they also needed an expert in bones for other stage.
1:42 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Dr. Klein says they couldn't determine anything of significance in relation to Tibbetts' injuries in X-rays.
1:44 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Usually he says that would show fragments from a bullet or a knife tip sometimes.
1:45 PM · May 24, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[Seattle1]

Thinking of Mollie's family and friends during this difficult part of the trial -- ME and autopsy results.

 

[chihuahua]

Thinking of Mollie's family and friends during this difficult part of the trial -- ME and autopsy results.

Me too. For Mollie and her family right now.
Chi
Fly high Mollie

 

[TTF14]

Thinking of Mollie's family and friends during this difficult part of the trial -- ME and autopsy results.

I can't even begin to fathom how this must feel.

 

[Bravo]

So brutal