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MAY 19, 2021
Boyfriend denies role in college student Mollie Tibbetts 2018 slaying (mercurynews.com)
[...]

Dalton Jack, the longtime boyfriend of Mollie Tibbetts, was a key witness on the first day of the first-degree murder trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the Mexican national charged in her killing.

[...]

During cross examination, defense lawyers for Bahena Rivera worked to try to cast suspicion on Jack, painting him as an angry young man who had a tumultuous relationship with Tibbetts and had cheated on her with at least one other woman.

But Klaver said a homeowner’s surveillance video will show Bahena Rivera’s black Chevy Malibu appearing to circle Tibbets as she ran. Bahena Rivera, now 26, told police that he drove past Tibbetts and turned around to get a second look because he thought she was “hot,” Klaver said.

[...]

The brothers testified that they became concerned after learning on July 19 that Tibbetts had not shown up for work at a daycare, and she was not answering her phone. Both returned to Brooklyn to help search for her, before calling police.

[...]

Dalton Jack testified that he had been part of a crew building a bridge in Dubuque, about 140 miles from Brooklyn. He worked 12 hours on July 18 then drank beer and played yard games with the crew before going to sleep at a hotel, adding that he never returned to Brooklyn that night.

On cross-examination, Jack acknowledged he used to have a “short fuse” and would get into fights. He said that he had “screwed up” and cheated on Tibbetts once, and that she discovered the relationship after looking through his phone.

[...]

He also said he did not agree to voluntarily testify and required a subpoena because he didn’t want to be in “the same room” as Bahena Rivera.

“I am obviously not his biggest fan,” he said. “I wholeheartedly believe he’s guilty.”

Jack said he joined the Army three months after Tibbetts’ body was found because he was heartbroken and “wanted to pretty much leave” their hometown.

[...]

 

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Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
After a recess due to a juror feeling unwell (per pool report), state calls Arely Nunez-Lorenzana as its next witness.@kccinews
#BahenaRiveraTrial
2:25 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Nunez-Lorenzana is Cristhian Bahena Rivera's cousin.@kccinews
#BahenaRiveraTrial
2:25 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Klaver is asking about the black Chevy Malibu, which Nunez-Lorenzana says she purchased for Bahena Rivera (in her name). Says she was unaware of anyone but Bahena Rivera ever driving it.@kccinews
#BahenaRiveraTrial
2:28 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Angenette Levy on Twitter
Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s cousin is on the stand. She testifies that she bought the Chevy Malibu for him at his request. He paid her for it. Car was registered to her@LawCrimeNetwork

2:29 PM · May 19, 2021 from Davenport, IA·Twitter for iPhone

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Nunez-Lorenzana says she granted permission for law enforcement to search the car.@kccinews
#BahenaRiveraTrial
2:30 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Lorenzana says she doesn't recognize a chrome cover on the side mirror of the car. Says she can't recall if it was there when she bought it.
2:32 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Angenette Levy on Twitter
Here are photos of the Chevy Malibu @LawCrimeNetwork

[URL='https://twitter.com/Angenette5/status/1395099993069944837']2:32 PM · May 19, 2021 from Davenport, IA·Twitter for iPhone[/URL]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Cross-exam: Jennifer Frese asking about family relationship. Lorenzana's mother is CBR's aunt.
2:34 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"Before he moved to Brooklyn, we were close." After he moved, no.
2:34 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Lorenzana says CBR has family in the Tama/Toledo area and lived there for a while. More than two years, she says.
2:35 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
When asked why CBR couldn't buy the car himself, Lorenzana says, "He wasn't able to." Frese asks if it's because he didn't have [immigration] papers. "Yes."
2:36 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"Have you ever known Cristhian to be a violent man?" Objection sustained. "Have you ever had any bad interactions with CBR?" No allowed to answer due to another objection. End of cross.
2:37 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Lorenzana says there was a family gathering in July 2018. "Did Cristhian seem happy?" Frese says. "Yes." He had a date coming up, Lorenzana says.
2:40 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
That's it for the day.
2:40 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Wow, surprisingly early out after a surprisingly quick opening statement from the State. Defense deferred opening statement. Back at it again at 8:30 tomorrow morning.
2:41 PM · May 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

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MAY 19,2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera's Defense Suggest Someone Else Killed Mollie Tibbetts (lawandcrime.com)
Defense attorneys for Cristhian Bahena Rivera appear to be suggesting an alternate suspect in the murder of college student Mollie Tibbetts — even though Bahena Rivera allegedly led investigators straight to Tibbetts’ body. Based on early cross examination, the defense’s alternate suspect appears to the victim’s boyfriend, Dalton Jack.

It remains to be seen how — or whether — the defense will try to put these details together. The defense tactically chose to postpone its opening statement until after the state’s case in chief.

[...]

DNA analysis of blood in Bahena Rivera’s trunk revealed it was Mollie’s, the prosecutor said. But the defense is pointing to unknown blood and fingerprints found in Bahena Rivera’s trunk as grounds for reasonable doubt.

An autopsy revealed that Tibbetts had been stabbed seven times.

This cause of death brings us to the defense’s approach to the case. Dalton Jack’s brother, Blake Jack, took the stand first. He testified to being out of town in the city of Newton at a job site for his construction company. During cross-examination, defense lawyer Jennifer Frese got him to acknowledge that both siblings are avid hunters who would field dress animals using a knife.

She suggested that Tibbetts and Dalton Jack had relationship problems, that Dalton cheated on Tibbetts, and that Dalton had anger problems. Blake said he was not aware of that.

[...]

Under cross-examination, Jack acknowledged having a temper at ages 16 and 17, but not anymore. Frese asserted through a question that Dalton had once choked a man out, but the state objected as to relevance. The judge sustained the objection.

Dalton Jack then acknowledged getting into fights. During re-cross, he said he did not remember telling Mollie he did not like other men looking at her.

Dalton said he never had access to Bahena Rivera’s vehicle and that he and Tibbetts never had a connection with the defendant.

[...]

 

[Seattle1]

Mollie Tibbetts trial: Boyfriend denies role in 2018 slaying

May. 19, 2021 6:22 pm

The boyfriend of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts testified Wednesday that he had nothing to do with her 2018 abduction and stabbing death, saying he had been out of town for work and was heartbroken by her slaying.

Dalton Jack, her longtime boyfriend, was a key witness on the first day of the first-degree murder trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 26, the Mexican national charged in her killing.

Prosecutor Bart Klaver said in his opening statement Wednesday that video evidence, DNA analysis and a partial confession by Bahena Rivera, a dairy farmworker, will be crucial to proving his guilt. Tibbetts, 20, disappeared while out for a run in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 18, 2018. Her body was recovered a month later in a cornfield.

During cross-examination, defense attorneys for Bahena Rivera worked to try to cast suspicion on Jack, painting him as a man with a temper who had a tumultuous relationship with Tibbetts and had cheated on her with at least one other woman.

[..]

The jury including three alternates comprises 12 white people and three of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish descent, according to demographic data released Wednesday. The case inflamed passions over illegal immigration, after then-President Donald Trump said Bahena Rivera had exploited lax immigration laws to enter the United States from Mexico as a teenager.

Jack, 23 and now an Army sergeant stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, testified that he met Tibbetts at high school and had been dating her for three years. He described her as "happy, bubbly, goofy," saying she liked to have fun and that she went running most days.

On the day she disappeared, Tibbetts was staying at the Brooklyn home where Jack and his older brother, Blake Jack, lived. She had been watching Blake Jack's dogs while the brothers were out of town that week for work.

[..]

On cross-examination, Jack acknowledged he used to have a "short fuse" and would get into fights. He said he had "screwed up" and cheated on Tibbetts once, and that she discovered the relationship after looking through his phone.

Jack said the two worked through the problem and never broke up but acknowledged Tibbetts told him three days before she disappeared that she remained sad and upset about his infidelity. On the day before she went missing, she had discussed one of his previous relationships with a second woman, Jack admitted.

With friends and police searching for Tibbetts, a woman with whom Jack has previously had a relationship sent him a text message asking, "Dalton, is Mollie alive?" defense lawyer Chad Frese said, calling the question "odd."

Jack admitted that he initially told police that he was watching a movie in his hotel room on the night she disappeared and that he withheld information about his infidelity, calling it irrelevant. He also acknowledged that he told police his last communication with Tibbetts was a Snapchat he received at 10:30 p.m. that night, but phone records show it was after 1 a.m.

He also said he did not agree to voluntarily testify and required a subpoena because he didn't want to be in "the same room" as Bahena Rivera.

 

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MAY 19, 2021
Murder Trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera - Day One

 

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MAY 19, 2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera trial: Day 1 live coverage, how to watch | weareiowa.com
Wednesday, May 19 Fast Facts

• Prosecution delivers opening argument, defense opts to give its opening after the state rests.
• First witness: Blake Jack, the brother of Mollie Tibbetts’ boyfriend. He discussed when he found out Mollie was missing and how he tried to get ahold of her.
• Second witness: Dalton Jack, Mollie’s boyfriend. Testifies about dating history, relationship with Mollie, where he was when she disappeared, and states that he believes Cristhian Bahena Rivera is guilty.
• Third witness: Deputy Matt Simpson with the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office. Describes what he found at the home where Mollie was known to stay.
• Fourth witness: Jillena Scheck, a coworker and family friend of Mollie’s. She recalled trying to get ahold of her when she didn’t show up for work.
• Fifth witness: Kristina Steward, owns a beauty salon in town. She saw Mollie running the night she disappeared and went looking for her the next day.
• Sixth witness: Arely Nunez-Lorenzana, cousin of Cristhian Bahena Rivera. Talks about an agreement to buy him a car and their family gatherings.
• Court to resume Thursday, May 20 at 8:30 a.m.

 

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MAY 20, 2021 - DAY TWO

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Deputy Steve Kivi from Poweshiek County is the first witness of the day. #MollieTibbetts @wqad

8:51 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Mollie's cellphone information led them to focus efforts in the southeastern part of the county. FBI analyst found that was the last location of her phone.
8:54 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Deputy Kivi says the search for #MollieTibbetts was guided by some of her cell phone data. Involved doing door to door to farmhouses in that rural area in the SE part of Poweshiek County.@wqad
8:55 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Deputy Kivi says they got security video from several homes. "The one that was most useful to us came from 616 West Des Moines Street." That's the home of Logan Collins.
8:56 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
That video showed the black Chevy Malibu. "That particular vehicle would have had to have been in the area when Mollie Tibbetts was jogging. He would have had to have seen her."
8:56 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Atty Bart Klaver asks for clarification. Home is on East Des Moines St.
8:57 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
August 15th is when the vehicle was identified as of interest to police from that video.
8:58 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Deputy Kivi is testifying about surveillance video from a house that showed a black Chevy Malibu passing through, circling around, lingering. Investigators believed the car would most likely have been in the same area when #MollieTibbetts was jogging through. @wqad
8:58 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Deputy Kivi says the detail about the car came through on August 15th (Mollie last seen July 18th). He then spotted that "vehicle of interest" the black Chevy malibu and followed it. #MollieTibbetts @wqad
9:00 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Deputy Kivi saw the black Malibu when he was driving on Highway 63. "I caught the license plate [...] I ran it through...learned it was registered to a female from Tama."
9:00 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
He followed and talked to the driver after he got out. Says it was clear the driver didn't speak English but a neighbor came to help translate.
9:01 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Says CBR identified himself through a birth certificate.
9:01 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
CBR said he'd been working at Yarrabee Farms for 4 years. Said he visited Brooklyn sometimes to visit friends. Gave his usual route into town.
9:02 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Deputy Kivi says a man who couldn't speak English was driving the car. A bystander helped them communicate. The driver showed a birth certificate as ID. It was Cristhian Bahena Rivera. Worked at Yarrabee Farms and lived on a property owned by the farm.@wqad #MollieTibbetts
9:03 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"I take the gravel to the pavement. Later when we realized he lived at a different location on 200th it made more sense he would take 200th to 385th."
9:03 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"385th is the last street Mollie Tibbetts was seen on?" "Yes."
9:04 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Deputy Kivi took these pictures of Bahena Rivera and the car he was driving Aug. 16th, 2018. #MollieTibbetts @wqad

9:07 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Deputy Kivi says he asked Bahena Rivera if he knew about the missing #MollieTibbetts. He said he had heard of her but didn't have any useful information. Describes him as calm and polite. Kivi let him go after that encounter. @wqad
9:11 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Cross. "He seemed calm, not nervous." Says he was polite, answered all questions.
9:11 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Lots of agencies got involved in this case, including federal. "Did any of these briefings include briefings from the FBI about what type of individual you were looking for?" defense atty Chad Frese asks. "I don't believe so, no," Deputy Kivi says.
9:14 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Says southeast part of county was were #MollieTibbetts phone "powered off or the last known location of the phone." Chad Frese asks about a man named Wayne Cheney.
9:15 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese: If there were a tip about a person who had a history of violence against women, sexual (deviance?) in that quadrant would that be something police follow up on? Kivi: Yes. We had a missing 20-year-old.
9:17 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Asking about who law enforcement talked to who live near where #MollieTibbetts body was found.
9:19 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Asking about neighbor/former law enforcement who lived to the west of where body was found. Deputy Kivi says he did talk to this neighbor and got info on his past. "Would the report involve him being sexually violent in the past?" "I don't remember, it could've."
9:20 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
As to other man, Cheney, Kivi says: "He was interviewed. He was looked at very closely and cleared.'
9:21 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
The other man was not brought in to be officially questioned, but Deputy Kivi says they did walk his property.
9:22 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
As to July 20, Frese asks: "Was your interview the first real interview Mr. [Dalton] Jack had to go through?" Kivi says Deputy Simpson did talk to Dalton the night of the 19th. "Mine was the very next one, yes."
9:27 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Statements taken to further investigation, Kivi agrees. "To gain more information on Mollie Tibbetts, her habits, build victimology."
9:28 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Dalton told Kivi he was at the hotel in Dubuque on the 18th. Was working until noon on the bridge on the 19th. Went to the hotel to take a nap after getting rained out.
9:28 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"Do you recall saying to Mr. Jack that every little detail he could give you was important?" "Sounds like something I would say. We don't know what's important and what's not."
9:29 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"He had clear recollection of her run routes?" "Yes."
9:31 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese asks about Dalton telling about a rumor of "some girl and an unknown male had been in an accident down by the small town of Pekin? And the girl had injuries." "I remember asking, just to be polite, I wasn't sure how that matched up with what we were doing."
9:33 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese asking about search of Jack home. "Do you remember seeing guns." "No." "Do you remember seeing knives?" "Not any that stuck out. I've got knives in my home too."
9:34 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Kivi says he wrote search warrants for Google locations, CBR's trailer, a Nissan Altima involved. 8 or 9 in total. Also did a consent search of the Jack residence. Says he didn't remember seeing guns or nights. #BahenaRiveraTrial
@KCCINews
9:34 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese now going through list of people investigated for Mollie's disappearance. Deputy Kivi wasn't involved in all these investigations, he says.
9:35 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese asking if anyone at Manatts in Brooklyn were investigated. Kivi says they canvassed but he's not sure if anyone was specifically investigated. Frese asked earlier if Dalton said Mollie ran by there regularly. Kivi said he didn't recall the mention of Manatts.
9:37 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Redirect. Bart Klaver asking about August 20th visit to Yarrabee Farms.
9:39 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Kivi says he knew CBR was being interviewed, but he wasn't part of it. About 9 pm that night he got a call "They're still down here talking to Mr. Rivera. He has some interesting things to say. You may want to get back here."
9:40 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
In prosecution redirect, Kivi now talking about canvass of Yarrabee Farms (CBR's employer) on 8/20. Kivi says he was aware that an interview of CBR was taking place. #BahenaRiveraTrial @KCCINews
9:40 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Got to sheriff's office the morning of August 21. Says they then went to cornfield "about four to 500 feet west of 2474 460th Ave." Says they found human remains, later identified as #MollieTibbetts
9:42 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter

9:43 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Arrived at cornfield a little after 5 am, Kivi says.
9:45 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"I believe Agent Potratz (sp?) was" first person to discover body.
9:45 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Klaver: Were you aware of any admissions the defendant made at the cornfield? Kivi: Yes. Klaver: Was any physical evidence associated with Wayne Cheney (or Mr. Peska)? Kivi: No. #BahenaRiveraTrial @KCCINews
9:47 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Angenette Levy on Twitter
Redirect to Kivi: Regarding the people mentioned by Mr. Frese, did you develop any evidence tying them to Mollie Tibbetts' disappearance? No. Recross: Did you ever find the murder weapon? No.@LawCrimeNetwork
9:49 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese: Was a murder weapon ever found? Kivi: No.
9:49 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

10 minute recess.

 

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Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
After a brief recess, Logan Collins taking the stand. He's the neighbor who investigators say had surveillance video showing CBR's Chevy Malibu. #BahenaRiveraTrial@KCCINews
10:09 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
We're back. State calls Logan Collins, the neighbor who gave police the surveillance video they say shows CBR following #MollieTibbetts
10:09 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Logan Collins is the next witness. Lived in Brooklyn starting in 2012, where the surveillance video of the black car was taken.@wqad
#MollieTibbetts

10:11 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Collins worked for a Cedar Rapids company that installed cameras for hotels, commercial, residential. He's familiar with security systems.
10:12 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Cameras were on the detached garage, one pointed to southeast toward Boundary St. North, northeast, and south were also covered by three more cameras.
10:14 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Collins says he contacted a deputy sheriff "shortly after Mollie went missing" and he came and took some surveillance.
10:15 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter

10:18 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Prosecutors showing screengrab from Collins’ security camera video, showing the Malibu.@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial

10:21 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Cross-exam. Collins says he didn't review the videos before handing them over to police.
10:23 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Chad Frese: "If someone's driving around three, four times around the block, that's something someone would take notice of." "Yes." Says nothing unusual caught his attention July 18.
10:25 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
We saw still pics from Collin's video but no video and nothing of Mollie Tibbetts.
10:27 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
State calls Agent Derek Riessen with Iowa DCI.
10:27 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Next prosecution witness is up: Iowa DCI Special Agent Derek Riessen.
@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:28 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Iowa DCI Agent Derek Riessen is testifying now. He works with the major crimes unit. Assigned to help with Mollie's disappearance.@wqad #MollieTibbetts

10:31 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Agent Riessen became involved with #MollieTibbetts case July 26th to canvas, interview, etc. Agent Trent Villeta was the case agent in charge.
10:32 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Agent Riessen was tasked with trying to gather surveillance footage "to establish a timeline for Mollie." Says it took some time even though Brooklyn is a small town, but people were very cooperative.
10:34 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Riessen's job was to gather surveillance footage in and around Brooklyn.
@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:35 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Agent Riessen joined the case 8 days in. Tasked with finding surveillance video. Map shows how LE kept track of places checked or needed follow up.@wqad
#MollieTibbetts

10:36 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Agent Riessen gathered video from Logan Collins' house.
10:39 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Nothing particularly earth-shattering in Riessen's testimony so far. Seems like prosecution is just establishing how investigators obtained Collins' surveillance video.@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:40 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"The last person to have seen her based on our timeline was Kristina Steward at approximately 7:45 pm." That was the siting on 385th, so they worked backwards from there.
10:42 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"After looking and being in the town of Brooklyn, to get to 385th there were only two roads to access that road on the pavement."
10:44 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"After looking and being in the town of Brooklyn, to get to 385th there were only two roads to access that road on the pavement."
10:44 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Angenette Levy on Twitter
Riessen says on August 14 he did not see a jogger on the video. On August 15, he spent a considerable amount of time reviewing the video. He shows Agent George the video and he says "I think I saw something there."
10:45 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Angenette Levy on Twitter
"Sure enough, we saw what looked like a jogger in the frame," Riessen recalls.
@LawCrimeNetwork
10:45 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
The runner was seen from a distance and appears to have a ponytail, Agent Riessen says. Mollie was seen running in a ponytail by Steward.
10:45 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Bringing up that video now.
10:46 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

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Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Timestamp: July 19, 2018 7:45 pm Agent Riessen says he compared time and date on his cellphone; date was correct but time was three minutes slow
10:47 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Looking at photo now. The jogger is tiny (taken from distance) and it lasts only a fraction of a second.
10:49 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Agent Riessen says a runner who appears to have a ponytail is seen on one video at 7:45pm on the night of July 18th. Very hard to see, just a few frames.@wqad
#mollietibbetts

10:49 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Enhanced video is a bit better. You can definitely see a runner, but it's quick and blurry.
10:51 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"Essentially what we decided to do was start logging everything we saw on the video." Before 7:45 timestamp and after.
10:52 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Enhanced surveillance video shows what appears to be a runner. That led investigators to log everything in the video (vehicles etc) in and around that time.
@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:53 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Saw a black Chevy Malibu in the video. "It was significant just being in the area. It was someone we really felt we needed to identify...if they saw Mollie jogging."
10:54 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Agent Riessen says the black Malibu is seen on video shortly after the runner flashes by. Says that stood out as someone they needed to talk to. Car had distinctive "after market" chrome on the mirrors.@wqad #mollietibbetts
10:56 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
We've discussed the chrome mirror covers on that car several times. Agent Riessen says they investigated and found they aren't a standard feature for that car, a specialty or after-market item.
10:56 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
10 min break here.
10:56 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

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Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Back w/Agent Riessen testimony.
11:09 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Agents went through other videos to see where else the Malibu was in that 7:45 timeframe.
11:10 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
First saw Malibu: "Approximately 20 to 30 seconds later up East Des Moines Street traveling west."
11:11 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
The Malibu is seen 7:47 (shortly after first seen) spotted by northeast facing camera.
11:15 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Malibu is in the upper left.

11:16 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Agent Riessen now testifying about that black car with those distinctive mirrors driving by again, taken on home surveillance video. It is seen on 3 occasions so far.@wqad #mollietibbetts
11:16 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
7:48 timestamp: Malibu back on East Des Moines St.
11:17 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Traveling from west to east (opposite of first pass on E. Des Moines)
11:18 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Last time the Malibu was on the camera was 8:07 pm traveling west - east on East Des Moines again.
11:20 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"How would you describe the rate of speed on this trip in comparison to the others?" prosecutor Scott Brown asks. "In my opinion on this trip they seemed to be going faster."
11:22 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
There's the car again. Driver or plate not visible in any of the videos.@wqad
#mollietibbetts

11:22 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
There are additional views that show the same car -- the north facing camera. "Did you see the black Malibu pass through the area of the surveillance system after 8:07?" "No sir." There were other vehicles seen by the cameras - that info was passed on to other law enforcement.
11:25 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Prosecution now showing video of Malibu making multiple passes throughout the area in the camera's field of view.@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
11:26 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
That includes Kristina Steward's van driving on E. Des Moines about 7:53 pm. She testified yesterday she went to her parents' home on 385th Ave. (and saw #MollieTibbetts running there) that evening.
11:27 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
"This information you had on the video, concerning the black Malibu, would that have been a significant lead to law enforcement?" Assistant @AGIowa
Scott Brown asks. Riessen: Yes. Of the 14 vehicles seen on the camera, 6 were the Malibu, Riessen says@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
11:27 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
As to the Malibu, Agent Riessen says it was significant because "The vehicle passed through numerous times after seeing the runner pass on the video."
11:28 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Cross-exam. Chad Frese asking about other vehicles seen in video before/after jogger. A man who knew Mollie (couple years younger) "preceded the jogger."
11:30 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
During cross examination -- Defense Attorney Chad Frese throwing out the names of a number of other men identified on video, including a man named Jackson Eichhorn (sp?)@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
11:30 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Defense strategy seems to be introducing as many names as possible into the mix in an attempt to create doubt in jurors' minds that investigators followed up thoroughly on every lead. This was a big theme in jury selection questioning.
@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
11:31 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Chad Frese says Mollie Tibbetts is believed to have been abducted about 8:20 pm. Agent Rieseen says 8:20 to 8:30 timeframe.
11:33 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Chad Frese establishing how many days' worth of footage came from Logan Collins' cameras. About 30 days, going back to about July 16th.
11:34 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"You didn't see the black Malibu any other time but that small time period?" Frese asks. "I did not review any other time."
11:35 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Talking about Wayne Cheney again. Agent Riessen did talk with him.
11:36 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Wayne Cheney's name coming up again. Riessen says he was also involved in interviewing. Riessen says there were a number of elements leading law enforcement to have interest in him -- his path of travel may have been out by that property.@KCCINews
11:36 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Defense talking to Agent Riessen about a man interviewed who became uncooperative who also came up in testimony with Deputy Kivi. Defense pointing out other men in the area had problems with violence, sexually deviance.@wqad #mollietibbetts
11:38 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese asking about whether law enforcement would talk to people who live near where deceased is found. "That'd be something you get to, in the sense that, obviously, the location of the deceased becomes the primary. Like the video you start there and work out."
11:40 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Breaking for lunch. We'll be live at noon on@iowasnewsnow
with a morning update on the trial. Tune in!
11:41 AM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

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MAY 20, 2021
Video tip was key to solving slaying of Mollie Tibbetts, Poweshiek deputy says | The Gazette
[...]

Poweshiek County Deputy Steve Kivi said the homeowner’s surveillance video collected during a canvass showed a black Chevy Malibu with chrome door handles “just kind of lingering” near where Mollie Tibbetts disappeared while running on July 18, 2018, in Brooklyn, Iowa.

Kivi said he reviewed the video on Aug. 15, 2018, while investigating what happened to Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who was back in her hometown over summer break. The next day, Kivi said he spotted the vehicle just outside of Brooklyn getting off of Interstate 80 and later interviewed the driver, a local dairy farm worker named Cristhian Bahena Rivera.

[...]

Bahena Rivera’s defense team tried Thursday to cast doubt on others who had initially come under scrutiny, including Tibbetts’ boyfriend and local residents who had been investigated because of their past behavior toward women.

[...]

Kivi acknowledged that investigators never found a murder weapon. An autopsy found that Tibbetts had died of stab wounds.

He acknowledged that several other county residents had come under scrutiny during the monthlong investigation, including a man who lived next to where Tibbetts’ body was found. But he said no evidence was found linking anyone else to Tibbetts’ death.

[...]

Riessen said he made a spreadsheet logging every person or vehicle that could be seen on the video around that time, and the first four entries were of a distinctive Chevy Malibu.

"We wanted to know who was driving that vehicle," he said.

Deputy Steve Kivi testifies about locating finding Mollie Tibbetts' body

 

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Shannon Moudy on Twitter
State calls Agent Michael Fischels with the Dept. of Homeland Security.
1:39 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Mike Fischels, Federal agent with Department of Homeland Security, is now on the stand. Part of his job is immigration enforcement. He is stationed in Cedar Rapids.@wqad #MollieTibbetts
1:40 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Angenette Levy on Twitter
Homeland Security Special Agent Michael Fischels takes the stand in the #MollieTibbetts trial

1:40 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
He works to enforce certain illegal trafficking laws and also enforces immigration laws. He is proficient in Spanish and can easily speak to native Spanish speakers, he says.
1:41 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
On August 20th he assisted in investigation at Yarrabee Farms where CBR worked.
1:42 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Says they were doing a canvas to talk to employees/company, see if there was any info related to Malibu, and to find CBR.
1:43 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Fischels says he was granted permission to talk to workers and other officers located CBR.@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
1:45 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Agent Fischels says CBR was in a building with other workers where investigators were allowed to interview them, kind of a break area/locker room. Says CBR was calm.
1:46 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
CBR was not driving the Malibu that day. He told them it was located at his trailer, just down the road from the farm.
1:47 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Bahena Rivera gave permission for a search of the Malibu.
1:48 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Fischels says he obtained consent to search both the Altima and Malibu from CBR, as well as his trailer.@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
1:48 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Gave consent for a search of his home and agreed to come to the sheriff's office for an interview.
1:49 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"He stated he did not know her, had not seen her, and he mentioned something about Facebook," Agent Fischels says about CBR when asked about #MollieTibbetts.
1:50 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Fischels says he asked if CBR knew #MollieTibbetts. CBR said he did not know her but mentioned something about Facebook.@KCCINews
#BahenaRiveraTrial
1:51 PM · May 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

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MAY 20, 2021
Murder trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera: Day 2

 

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MAY 20, 2021
Key takeaways from Day 2 of trial for accused killer of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts - ABC News (go.com)
[...]

Kivi said that just two days before his encounter with Bahena Rivera, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, other investigators on the case were combing through security video they had collected from homes and businesses in Brooklyn, Iowa, and came upon footage of Tibbetts jogging in the rural farming community. Investigators also noticed in the footage that a black Chevy Malibu with chrome side mirrors and chrome door handles kept appearing over and over again in the same area and around the same time Tibbetts was out exercising.

[...]

Agent Derek Riessen of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation testified he and other investigators were going through about 30-days worth of video taken from the home of Brooklyn resident Logan Collins, 27. Collins testified that he turned over to authorities in mid-August 2018 video taken from four security cameras he had mounted on his garage.

[...]

He said investigators determined the jogger seen in the video was Tibbetts, testifying that another witness had seen Tibbetts jogging not far from Collins' home just before she went missing.

[...]

Riessen said a black Mailbu was seen going past Collins home six different times and that the last time it was seen it was headed in the direction Tibbetts was running.

[...]

Acting on the information Kivi had gotten from Bahena Rivera, Special Agent Michael Fischels of the Department of Homeland Security said he and other investigators went to the dairy where Bahena Rivera worked on Aug. 20 and questioned him and other employees with the permission of the dairy owners.

[...]

Pamela Romero, a former Liberty City, Iowa, police officer, said she was asked to help interview Bahena Rivera because she speaks Spanish.

Romero said that during an 11-hour interview, Bahena Rivera confessed when he was confronted with a still image of his car captured on Collins' security camera.

[...]

She said the interview continued into the early morning hours of the next day, Aug. 21, and that Rivera went with her and other investigators to his home, his place of work and then directed them to a cornfield on the outskirts of Brooklyn.

Romero said that while sitting in a police vehicle parked near the cornfield, she read Bahena Rivera, who had been placed under arrest, his Miranda rights. He said he waived his right to remain silent and agreed to continue the interview.

[...]

Romero said Bahena Rivera allegedly claimed Tibbetts said she was going to call the police.

"Mr. Rivera said that he got angry," Romero said. "After he said that he got angry, he stated that they started fighting. He said that Mollie tried to slap him and was screaming at him."

Romero said that Bahena Rivera allegedly claimed that when he gets angry, he usually blacks out.

"So the next thing that he told me was he remembered driving and looking down to his legs and finding the earbuds that belonged to Mollie and that is when he remembered he had Mollie in the back of his vehicle, in the trunk," Romero said. "He stated that he did not remember putting her inside the car. He did not remember how she got there but he did remember how he took her out of the vehicle."

Romero said Bahena Rivera allegedly said he drove to the cornfield, opened the trunk and saw blood on Tibbetts' neck.

During his opening statement at the trial on Wednesday, prosecutor Bart Klaver told the jury that an autopsy determined Tibbetts was stabbed seven to 12 times in the neck, head and chest.

[...]

Romero testified that when she pressed Bahena Rivera for more details, he allegedly replied, "I brought you here, didn't I? So, that means that I did it. I don't remember how I did it."

 

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MAY 20, 2021
'I brought you to here, didn't I?': Officer recounts 11-hour interview with Bahena Rivera (kcci.com)
[...]

Bahena Rivera told Romero during their interview he used the Nissan Altima on gravel roads because it wasn’t up to date on registration, but used the Chevrolet Malibu to drive around town.

When initially in the interview room, Romero showed Bahena Rivera pictures of the vehicle from three security videos. Bahena Rivera told her it was his car and he was alone in the car at the time of the photos.

Romero showed the photograph of the security camera catching a jogger, but the gender of the jogger is unidentified. When showed the image, Bahena Rivera referred to the jogger as a female and recalled seeing her that day. He then told Romero he saw the jogger three times.

[...]

The investigators and Bahena Rivera then went to 2478 460th Ave. at about 4:30 a.m. Aug. 21. Authorities located Tibbetts’ body in the cornfield.

[...]

He told Romero he took Tibbetts to a cornfield at 2478 460th Ave. Bahena Rivera said he carried Tibbetts over his shoulder, and she felt like “a person who had just fainted.”

Romero testified that Bahena Rivera acknowledged injuries to Tibbetts’ neck, however defense attorneys said her injuries don’t reflect that. Romero told the defense that she couldn’t testify to Tibbetts’ injuries, only what Bahena Rivera told her.

[...]

Defense attorney Jennifer Frese said Bahena Rivera fell asleep multiple times during the interview and his breaks, however Romero said she did not witness it. Romero said by the end of the interview everyone was tired.

Jennifer Frese said Bahena Rivera’s family came to the sheriff’s office that evening. Romero said she didn’t know how long the interview would go for and said they could go home for the night. She then told Bahena Rivera that his family had visited.

[...]

The defense said as he was being interviewed, his vehicle was being processed. At a point during the interview, an investigator told Romero that a hair was found in the vehicle. She asked Bahena Rivera why there was hair in the vehicle and he claimed it was from his daughter.

Referring to the transcripts, Jennifer Frese mentions Bahena Rivera spoke about a date he was going to have on July 18, 2018, but it didn’t happen due to the tornado that hit Marshalltown. The date correlates with testimony given Wednesday by Bahena Rivera’s cousin.

Court adjourned for the day while Romero’s testimony had not yet concluded.

[...]

Poweshiek County Deputy Steve Kivi took the witness stand first Thursday to detail authorities’ search for Mollie Tibbetts.

[...]

During testimony, Kivi stated that FBI cell phone analysis helped authorities narrow down where Tibbetts may have disappeared.

“There was some kind of what (the FBI) called an ‘event’ at a certain point along 385th Ave., and all of the sudden (Tibbetts’) phone is traveling, like, 55 to 60 mph down south down a gravel road,” Kivi said. “And then it just shuts off.”

[...]

Poweshiek County resident Logan Collins gave witness testimony Thursday regarding security footage he provided to investigators during the search for Tibbetts.

Collins’ security footage showed the black Chevrolet Malibu affiliated with Bahena Rivera.

[...]

Special Agent Derek Riessen, with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, gathered surveillance footage around Brooklyn during the search for Tibbetts.

Riessen obtained the footage of the black Chevrolet Malibu from Collins. Attorneys played the footage during Riessen’s testimony, which also showed what investigators believed to be a runner.

The car affiliated with Bahena Rivera appeared on the surveillance multiple times.

[...]

Special Agent Mike Fischels with the Department of Homeland Security gained permission from the owners of Yarrabee Farms to speak with employees.

Fischels said he was proficient in Spanish and spoke with Bahena Rivera who provided permission to search his residence, a black Chevrolet Malibu and a Nissan Altima, another vehicle affiliated with Bahena Rivera.

[...]

Fischels testified that Bahena Rivera told authorities he hadn’t met Tibbetts, but mentioned “something about Facebook.”

Authorities also testified to taking a DNA sample on Aug. 20, 2018 from Bahena Rivera.

The defense questioned Scott Green with the Division of Criminal Investigation about their canvassing practices. Green said they had canvassed all of Brooklyn and Yarrabee Farms.

[...]

Green told the court agents found running shorts in the front seat of the Nissan Altima and a grey pipe in the back seat.

[...]

 

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MAY 21, 2021 - Day 3

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Day three of the #BahenaRiveraTrial starting within minutes. Former officer Pamela Romero expected to take the stand again to continue testimony.
8:14 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Her testimony yesterday included Cristhian Bahena Rivera's alleged confessions to: following #MollieTibbetts, fighting w/her, 'blacking out', remembering her body in the trunk and leaving her in a cornfield near Brooklyn/Guernsey.
8:15 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Pamela Romero continues with cross-exam from Jennifer Frese.
8:42 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Frese asking what Romero did to prepare for testimony. She reviewed the transcripts of her interviews with CBR. Now talking about video recording of interview at the sheriff's office.
8:44 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Romero says she tried to compare the transcript with the video recording. Says it was difficult.
8:44 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Says the video is a "fair and accurate depiction of what was going on."
8:45 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Looks like defense may show a portion of this video. The whole interview was 11 hours.
8:46 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Defense wants to show this to prove CBR was sleeping.
8:46 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
The Aug. 20/21 interview came after CBR worked a full day at Yarrabee Farms. Defense has established he worked 12-hour days, twelve days out of every two week period.
8:47 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Video is being played at 3X speed. There's no audio as this isn't a portion that includes an interview. CBR is alone in the room. He checks his phone briefly, then sort of reclines in the chair, arms crossed, head down. He rubs his eyes every once in a while.
8:49 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Looks like he goes from head down to head up sometimes. I see his eyes blink but mostly they're closed.
8:50 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

At one point he puts a ballcap over his face.
8:51 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter

8:51 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Hasn't moved much for a while (again this video is 3X speed) and his head is kind of lolling around.
8:52 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

His head falls to the side and he stays that way for a bit before kind of jerking back.

8:53 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
He looks like he wakes up, sits up, adjusts, then goes into this position.

8:54 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

He adjusts his position, mostly shifting his legs, a few times. Rubs his eyes. Now appears to be leaning back and not moving.
8:55 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Now he's laying on the table.
8:56 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

8:56 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Not moving from this position.
8:56 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

The movements look odd because of the sped up video but he stays like that, only moving his head a bit, then moves his face into the crook of his arm. Romero re-enters with some food.
8:58 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

This was about half an hour worth of video sped up. Romero says she did not actually see him sleeping. Says she was looking down at the food and only saw him look up.
8:59 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Frese: "So you're telling this jury you did not see him sleeping?" Romero says she was looking down to make sure a sandwich didn't fall off a plate. Now going back and forth over transcript and translation. Transcript says "you fell asleep."
@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
9:00 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Asking about different possible translations of "You fell asleep" in Spanish. Translation has been a point of contention in this testimony. Romero said yesterday she doesn't agree with some of the transcript translation, done by ICE.
9:00 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

"Isn't true that as you walked into the room you said, 'You fell asleep.'" "Yes," Romero says.
9:00 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

This portion of the video is from 8:27 to 9 pm.
9:01 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Frese says CBR started work Aug. 20 at 5 am.
9:01 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

"It was certainly past his dinnertime at 9 o'clock." Romero: Y She brought a sandwich but Frese says the last time he ate was likely lunch.
9:02 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

We're going to see another interview portion.
9:02 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter

9:04 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
CBR is sitting in the courtroom listening on his headphones. He's not holding his head as high as I've seen previously but he's looking up and back and forth as conversation goes on.
9:05 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Video so far shows CBR in the same room, on his cell and eating his sandwich.
9:08 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
This is in real time.
9:08 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
CBR still sitting in the room alone. Using his cellphone.
9:11 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
CBR still sitting in the room alone. Using his cellphone.
9:11 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
We are watching what seems to be a 20-30 minute (if not more) video in real-time, hence the lack of trial updates...@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
9:22 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
OK...video's over. Showed CBR eating his sandwich and trying to use his phone.
@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
9:28 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Done with the video. Talking about whether CBR could use his cell to make a call and why his family, who showed up to the sheriff's office that night, wasn't allowed to speak with him.
9:29 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Frese: "Will you acknowledge my client indicated he was very tired?" Romero insists Bahena Rivera was engaged and active with her in conversation. She says everyone was tired, but it was not impacting their interaction.
9:32 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"He, to me, appeared to be resting," Romero says of the video.
9:33 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
More exchanges over Romero's perception of CBR's wakefulness @KCCINews
#BahenaRiveraTrial
9:34 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Talking about another portion of video. Sergeant Fink and Officer Romero enter and Fink asks CBR how he's doing. Romero acknowledges CBR said he was sleepy.
9:36 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter TwitterTalking about difference between interview and interrogation. Romero agrees interview is with witness, interrogation is w/suspect. Romero says at the time she was no aware he was a suspect.
9:38 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"Do you recall Officer Fink saying 'The evidence doesn't lie?'" Romero: I don't recall that.
9:39 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Romero looks at transcript and agrees Fink did say 'the evidence doesn't lie' and telling CBR 'we know you're lying.' "That's an interrogation technique, is it not?"
9:40 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"I was not aware that it was a homicide case at the moment." "You were not aware there was a missing girl who might be dead?" Romero: I was aware she was missing. "There's several times you asked my client, 'Where's the body?' You speculated several times she was dead."
9:42 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
"Why would you tell my client that he's not telling the truth?" "At the beginning the interview he said he wasn't aware of her -- then we showed him the black Malibu that he admitted was his."@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
9:42 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Romero testifying that she believed this was an "interview" with Bahena Rivera. Defense arguing this is a high pressure interrogation. "You questioned my client saying where's the body? Why would you tell me client he is not telling the truth?"@wqad #mollietibbetts
9:42 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
CBR only left interview one time in 11 hours - to use the bathroom.
9:45 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Some back and forth now on a certain exhibit, part of video. Asst. atty general Scott Brown says he wasn't aware there were seven parts to this one exhibit.
9:47 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
We're going to recess for 10 min. Will use this time for state/defense to go over this exhibit.
9:48 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

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Shannon Moudy on Twitter
We're back.
10:04 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Playing more video at 3X speed.
10:05 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Fink and Romero walk out. CBR rubs his eyes/face, then leans onto table with his head in his arms like he's sleeping.
10:07 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Sgt. Fink and a DCI agent enter he room in the video. This is the only time CBR lifts his head and sits up in this portion shown.
10:11 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
At about 11:30pm during that interview, Bahena Rivera is placed in custody on an immigration hold. His phone is taken away from him, and he was no longer free to leave at any time.@wqad #MollieTibbetts
10:12 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
CBR told Romero "an agent from immigration was coming" and that he was under arrest after this.
10:12 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese asks if CBR says Romero never told him his family was outside would that be correct. Romero says she told him they were there and the interview was recorded.
10:13 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Romero says he believed he was there for something to do with immigration, and she told him she wasn't with immigration several times.
10:14 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"Do you understand the position that sometimes people will say things that they didn't really do?" Frese asking about false confession.
10:15 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese says the sandwich was the only food CBR got during that 11 hours, that he fell asleep several times, and that he only had one break to leave the room.
10:16 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Kristin Rogers on Twitter
Romero confirms that around 11:30 p.m. the night of the interview with Bahena Rivera, he was taken into custody by ICE agents. At that point he was not free to go, but prior to that, he could have left the interview at any time.@KCRG
#BahenaRiveraTrial
10:16 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Now discussing whether CBR ever indicated he sexually assaulted Tibbetts. Romero says no.
10:18 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese asking how long Romero has done an interview over an hour. 4 times. Over two hours? Approximately 4 times. Over three hours? Approximately 4 times. Says these were all with suspects.
10:21 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Frese has been grilling Romero on her lack of knowledge of the concept of a false confession -- as well as her experience interviewing suspects. Romero says she's never conducted an interview that lasted more than 11 hours.@KCCINews
#BahenaRiveraTrial
10:21 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Denise Hnytka on Twitter
Romero says she rarely conducts interviews that last more than an hour. Only 4 times has an interview ever lasted longer than 3 hours in her experience. This interview lasted 11 hours. @wqad #mollietibbetts
10:23 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"The blackout that was suggested here, that was your suggestion, that he may have some sort of condition?" Romero: That is not correct.
10:23 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Frese asking whether CBR ever said he knew, saw, or was angry with #MollieTibbetts before the evening of July 18. Romero says no, he told her he only saw her that day three times as she was jogging and that he got angry when she was going to call the police.
10:26 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Going to take another break so prosecution can go over some questions.
10:27 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

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Shannon Moudy on Twitter
OK so jury is breaking so prosecution can ask about something to do with a previous suppression hearing.
10:29 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
On the record outside the presence of the jury. Talking about statements suppressed after the Miranda violation. Scott Brown: "The defense spent considerable amount of time cross-examining Pamela Romero over sleep deprivation."@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:31 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Scott Brown says defense has now "pushed back in statements" that weren't to be admitted and now the State wants to ask about other statements that were to be left out as impeachment/rebuttal of sleep deprivation/false confession.
10:32 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Brown now asking Judge Joel Yates to allow that evidence back in because of that lengthy cross-examination. "We believe the defense has made that relevant to impeach that notion that he was sleep-deprived."@KCCINews
#BahenaRiveraTrial
10:32 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
J. Frese: "It's premature." "There may be a point where the court says, hey, you've opened the door, it's allowed for impeachment" But Frese says must be able to present this information in order to be able to mount a defense.
@KCCINew #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:33 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Frese says she was very careful to make sure that she limited the questioning.
@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:34 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
"We are not offering any evidence in this case, what the court has heard is merely cross-examination."@KCCINews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:36 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Breaking now. Judge Yates will come back with his decision.
10:36 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

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

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

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

11:06 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

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

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

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

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

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

11:20 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

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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

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

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

 

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MAY 21, 2021

Day 3 Morning Testimony in Bahena Rivera Trial
We're recapping testimony from Friday morning of the Cristhian Bahena Rivera murder trial with Kristin Rogers KCRG, Nicole Agee KCRG and defense attorney Eric Tindal.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=189990032987922