Reached by phone separately Friday by The Associated Press, Jones and Hansen said they had no involvement in Tibbetts' disappearance from her hometown of Brooklyn, about 50 miles west of Iowa City, or her violent death. They said they hadn't spoken with investigators but were eager to do so in order to clear their names.
"The cops haven't talked to me. No one has talked to me. You are the first person that has called me," said Jones, of Oskaloosa. "I wasn't involved in anything. I have alibis and everything. I am just waiting for someone to come talk to me."
He ended the interview without answering whether he had made prior statements about Tibbetts' death.
