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Suspicious black SUV circled neighborhood on night Mollie Tibbetts vanished, neighbor says

A black SUV was seen circling the Iowa neighborhood where Mollie Tibbetts was staying on the night she vanished, a neighbor revealed to Fox News on Sunday, in what could be a new clue to the college student's disappearance.

The driver went very slowly around the neighborhood the night of July 18, according to a young woman who lives a block away from the home of Tibbetts' boyfriend, Dalton Jack.

Between 11:30 p.m. and 1 a.m., the woman said she observed the suspicious vehicle. She told Fox News that she reported it to the FBI when she was questioned.

 

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Mollie Tibbetts went missing three weeks ago. Here's how her family is trying to cope

The days since Mollie disappeared have been chaotic, Calderwood said. She tries to begin each day with some structure, to help maintain a sense of normalcy for her two sons. She makes breakfast for Jake, a 21-year-old University of Iowa student, and Scott, a 17-year-old high school senior.

But the rest of her day has little to no structure.

Her phone lights up with about 30 to 40 phone calls and text messages a day -- from the FBI and state authorities, from friends and family, from the media.

 

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BRING MOLLIE HOME FUND
Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa

 

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AUGUST 6: Today's press conference has been canceled and re-scheduled for Friday, August 10 at 9:30 am.

Cancellation of Tuesday's Press Conference

 

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Police Refuse to Explain Hog Farm Focus in Search for Missing Iowa Student

Police have also been warning about the spread of misinformation on the internet. Communities of amateur online sleuths have sprung up, scrutinizing every piece of information released so far.

There are at least 10 such groups on Facebook, the largest of which has more than 12,000 members.

 

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Mollie Tibbetts: Why do police hold back information from the public?

Oftentimes, police are reluctant to release information because they feel it can hinder the investigation — or the abductor's prosecution, Moulder said.

Some information withheld in the 2005 murder of 5-year-old Evelyn Miller helped lead to the conviction of her mother's boyfriend, for example.

 

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Reward for missing Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts at $260,000, breaking record

The reward for information about missing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts is now $260,000, breaking a record in that part of the state.

The 20-year-old University of Iowa student disappeared on July 18 after going for a jog, and the search remains in full force.

The reward has been steadily increasing over the past days and weeks, and its expected to go up again today after the donations from over the weekend are added.

Greg Willey, the vice president for public relations for Crimestoppers of Central Iowa, which is coordinating the reward, said that this is the highest in the group's history.

"We don't have these types of things happen too often," Willey told ABC News of such disappearances and their ensuing rewards.
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Fox News Video (Includes interview with Mollie's father) Twitter

Mollie Tibbett's father believes his daughter is alive somewhere being held against her will and is urging anyone with information to come forward. He says he believes Mollie might have gotten into a car willingly and that the person she got into a car with perhaps misinterpreted their relationship and then made a horrible mistake.

Mollies father says, "The longer we go without finding Mollie um, the longer we go without finding Mollie's body, the more hopeful we are that she's alive somewhere um, and going through something that she can survive."

 

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Mollie Tibbetts' dad: I believe she's still alive, and with somebody she knows

"It's totally speculation on my part, but I think Mollie is with someone that she knows, that is in over their head," Rob Tibbetts said. "That there was some kind of misunderstanding about the nature of their relationship and at this point they don't know how to get out from under this."

Tibbetts added that he believes Mollie and whoever is with her "don't know how to resolve this," but encouraged anyone with information "to come forward and bring Mollie home."

 

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Reward for missing Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts now more than $277,000, breaking record

 

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Video at link.

‘Mollie is with someone that she knows’: Dad of missing college student says she’s alive and with someone ‘in over their head’

“It’s totally speculation on my part, but I think Mollie is with someone that she knows, that is in over their head. That there was some kind of misunderstanding about the nature of their relationship and at this point they don’t know how to get out from under this.”

 

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Mollie Tibbetts’ case reminds Iowa family of girl missing 17 years

Mollie Tibbetts' case is bringing back difficult memories for another Iowa family.


It's been 17-years since Erin Pospisil vanished in Cedar Rapids, and she's never been found.

 

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Coworkers of Mollie Tibbetts surprised by disappearance

Local 5 spoke to employees at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center Day Camp, who say Mollie's disappearance didn't raise any alarms at first.

"It's not uncommon if someone is sick and maybe they forgot to phone in so we weren't too concerned that morning," said Jarrett Rose, a worker at the camp.

 

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Mollie Tibbetts: Why do police hold back information from the public?

 

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Ex-FBI agent: Tibbetts investigation will likely have to scale back

Local 5 wanted to know, from the experts, what are law enforcement doing right now to find her, and when does it reach a point when the investigation will scale back? We spoke to Brad Garrett, a former FBI agent.

"If you're still having this conversation a month from now, sadly, law enforcement will get smaller to justify the leads that are in this case," said Garrett.

 

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Fox News Investigates sat down with Alexis Lynd, one of Mollie's close friends since 3rd grade. Alexis talks about the confusion surrounding the investigation, her memories with Mollie, and how she realized that her good friend was missing.
"I snapchatted her earlier that morning and she hadn't opened in seven hours... definitely odd" - Friend of Mollie Tibbetts, Alexis Lynd

 

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Coworkers of Mollie Tibbetts surprised by disappearance
Mollie didn't show up to summer job
8/6/18

Mollie is one of ten employees at the day camp. They say her infectious personality is what made everyone fall in love with her.
... After 20 days of Mollie being missing, her family and friends are still hoping for the best.
Coworkers of Mollie Tibbetts surprised by disappearance

 

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Missing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts' father says not too late for abductor to return her
8/2/18

One of Mollie's brothers joked the family would make her watch each interview they had done with reporters “back to back,” Rob said. Chuckling, her high school sweetheart, Dalton Jack, said they would slap the magnets displaying her face on her car and have her wear the T-shirts that warn “MISSING” in large red letters.

“And go pull every one of those flyers out of every store in the state of Iowa,” Rob added.

As FBI forensic experts sift through data from Mollie's digital footprint, Rob described his family as convinced someone in a small community such as Brooklyn must know something. He called on anyone suspicious of a loved one, a family or friend acting unusual, to come forward, saying if they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear.
Missing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts' father says not too late for abductor to return her

 

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Video Interview of Hog Farmer:
Mollie Tibbetts Mystery: Body language expert analyzes hog farmer’s interview, says he’s nervous and shows deception