"You know, it's a real Iowa kind of thing," said Tibbetts. "And you can sort of feel the Iowa character here. People are genuinely compassionate and emotional over Mollie's disappearance and want her to come back. So if you can help spread the word a little bit."
While Tibbetts walked around the fair, he received a lot of prayers and well wishes.
"There will be hundreds of thousands of Iowans here in the next ten days, if not millions,” said Tibbetts.
Mollies boyfriend, Dalton Jack joined the trip to the fair. It’s a trip usually meant for happier times but this time it was filled with determination more than anything.
"We’re raising awareness to people who may have not seen her,” said Jack. “It's a huge foot traffic area so it's easy to hit a lot of people at one time."
CR said he contacted the Powoshiek County Sheriff’s Office on their Facebook page shortly after he learned about Mollie’s disappearances. Authorities later searched his house for around 10 to 15 minutes. Riley described the investigators as “polite.”
CR said the name-calling, such as being called “killer” and “pervert” by social media users online, while other people bang on his door, has stressed him out and scared his young daughter. He reiterated that the FBI already questioned him and he has not been named a suspect in Mollie’s disappearance.
There are dozens of reasons we should pray for Mollie. But here’s a unique one: We know that Mollie herself believes in the power of prayer.
We do not know the end of Mollie’s story. But we do know the story in which her story fits. And Mollie knows the Storyteller who holds her in His hand and cherishes her in His heart. Neither she nor we have reason to abandon hope, because our hope does not rest on what happens next. Our hope rests on what happens last. Because while evil might have prevailed for a moment, it will not prevail in the end.
“Mollie’s very spiritual, and so is her brother Scott and so we talked about that quite a bit,” Tibbetts told Fox News.
Mollie’s brother, Scott Tibbetts, tells Fox News that Mollie was giving that speech at their Christian youth group, which she faithfully attended.
“In high school she went to that every week as well as church most weeks. Sometimes she would even go with our grandma to church,” Scott Tibbetts said.
People attending the annual St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival in Cedar Rapids shared their thoughts and prayers for the family of a missing 20-year-old University of Iowa student. Sweet Corn Festival organizers put up a prayer wall where people could put their thoughts in writing.
DCI to Give Update on Mollie Tibbetts Investigation
Law enforcement cancelled two previously scheduled news conferences on the investigation last week. Investigators are slated to give an update Monday afternoon at 3 pm on the disappearance of Mollie Tibbetts.
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