Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 #14

[ptandj]

Yes, after I got booted off and posted mine, lol. I haven't had time to look at the links - do all of those have to do with black vans/SUV's?

No they don't and some of the descriptions are different.

 

[gregjrichards]

Hi all - I've been lurking this for a long time and finally decided to make an account. There are some cases that really cling to me and this is one of them. Every morning when I wake up I immediately check to see if there's any update with Mollie, I cannot stop thinking about her Hoping there are some answers for her family very soon.

Welcome to Websleuths Salt! Thank you for joining us and for caring about Mollie. I’m doing the same as you checking to see if there is any news.

Dear Alethea,

Your insight as an attorney is very much appreciated on these threads.

Thank you for your knowledgeable and compassionate posts.

I totally agree. The knowledge of members who are legal professionals is invaluable and much appreciated.

 

[human]

How about the passport, for her upcoming trip?
Wondering if she had a new photo taken for this passport; if so, where it was taken; and where she went to pick up the passport.

The passport is mailed to you. I think you can even take your own pics if you follow the passport pic rules. Size, smile?

 

[Stormy21]

From the articles, I can see the North Kansas City and Lawrence incidents maybe being related, but the Lawrence one the description is totally different from the IA incidents.

Agree. Different description. Different age.

 

[zencompass]

Hi all - I've been lurking this for a long time and finally decided to make an account. There are some cases that really cling to me and this is one of them. Every morning when I wake up I immediately check to see if there's any update with Mollie, I cannot stop thinking about her Hoping there are some answers for her family very soon.

Welcome, Salt_,

We share your compassion for Mollie.

Thank you for your caring message for her.

I am so glad you are here.

 

[ChuckMaureen]

Thinking about this case...

What if LE released information from their 'solid timeline', such as when MT went jogging, or that MT returned to the house after jogging, slept and left the house in the morning to go to pick up the car at her mother's house?

If you were provided any of that information in whatever combination that makes sense what would you do then? What could you sleuth from that point that you couldn't sleuth now?

Let's say, you now know MT returned from her jog, did some homework, ate dinner, slept, woke up at 6 am, showered, dressed, ate breakfast, placed the dogs in the basement then left the house to go to her mother's house to pick up the car.

Now what? What do you sleuth?

 

[Momma2cam]

Also a reasonable chance that the lady witness who saw the black SUV mixed up her dates and that what she may have seen was a FBI SUV out patrolling the area.

This was exactly my first thought. Especially since it is "new" information that I'd have thought would have come out before now. But, maybe it was reported immediately and just not leaked.

 

[Deleted member 227095]

LE did speak to WC for a few minutes today. A woman in the neighborhood of Mollie's boyfriends brothers house said she saw a black SUV circling around the night she went missing, between 11:30pm-1am (not sure if the car was circling that whole time, or that was around the time she noticed). The 300 lb man refers to a report of a man in a dark SUV who chased a young girl. Can't help with the I-80 part, though, I got slightly lost on that part.

Here is the link to the 300 lb man story. He was driving a black suv and tried to grab a jogger in MO. The jogger escaped. The story was intriguing because the MO could have been used to grab MT. Man tries to abduct young female in Miner, MO, still at large

 

[Confusion]

I dont think anyone’s questions or theories should be outed out as “dumb”. This is an open investigation and everyone here is just trying to help. Moo.

Especially not mine!

 

[Weeobanite]

Found the video of the neighbor who said she was just walking with her phone and could have only gone north or south. Poor guy looks traumatized at the very end. I imagine I'd feel the same if I knew I could have been the last person to see her alive.

Neighbor offers new testimony about the night Mollie Tibbetts disappeared

So sad

 

[PaulR]

The passport is mailed to you. I think you can even take your own pics if you follow the passport pic rules. Size, smile?

Lighting is the big one I think. But yeah you can take your own photos.

 

[Deleted member 718]

May 8, 2018, attempted abduction of girl walking, Carbondale Il (just across the border from MO).
Carbondale police search for suspect in attempted abduction

Maybe it will narrow down your search if you stick to black van/suv and big older guy. There are so many abduction attempts it would be hard to find them all.

 

[Amyk63]

Yes, I noticed that as well, not that posts necessarily mean anything...but I feel it does. I was looking back at post of friends I've lost to suicide. Most are pretty cheerful, which is why the recent comment from the man bothered me that she looked without a care in the world. I may have missed it, but has there been any evidence she was abducted? Does she have favorite spots to go to from when she was little etc? When my neighbor Rashaan Salaam committed suicide, he went to an old favortie spot. Secret hiding places (I lived in rural Australia so we had our spots)?


I still have no idea about who Mollie is as a person. Sometimes more details are disclosed regarding relationships with others. Does she have any friends at her school? I can't recall one of them discussing how she was away from home, may have missed that also. This info would be helpful if they really wanted us to know Mollie. The family mentioned she was a fighter? How? In what way and what happened in her life prior to describe her in that way....usually implies a major struggle (illness, depression, addiction, bullying) what was her struggle at one point. Just some random thoughts of mine. May be totally irrelevant haha.

Very insightful comments.

 

[SharonNeedles]

BBM. I think you'd either need to look up news articles from previous summers to see what turns up OR you could find and area you feel is comparable and search that area to see if you find a generally comparable number of stories there. Some of the ones listed are clearly not connected based on the POI and circumstances, though.

In rural Iowa this story repeats itself every year. I don’t think most of them end up being confirmed, also it’s normally a white panel van following kids - which has already been reported multiple times this year. I don’t know what to make of it, just feel sorry for anyone that drives a white van.

 

[Dogmen]

Here is the link to the 300 lb man story. He was driving a black suv and tried to grab a jogger in MO. The jogger escaped. The story was intriguing because the MO could have been used to grab MT. Man tries to abduct young female in Miner, MO, still at large

So 300 pound man “at large.” Sounds aboit right.

 

[ptandj]

Thinking about this case...

What if LE released information from their 'solid timeline', such as when MT went jogging, or that MT returned to the house after jogging, slept and left the house in the morning to go to pick up the car at her mother's house?

If you were provided any of that information in whatever combination that makes sense what would you do then? What could you sleuth from that point that you couldn't sleuth now?

Let's say, you now know MT returned from her jog, did some homework, ate dinner, slept, woke up at 6 am, showered, dressed, ate breakfast, placed the dogs in the basement then left the house to go to her mother's house to pick up the car.

Now what? What do you sleuth?

It wouldn't necessarily change what I would be able to gather information about, but it would certainly change the things I'm wondering about a little bit because it doesn't quite fit with other things such as last contact with anyone being the night before (AFAIK). I would expect there to be more of a digital trail in the morning via social media, even if it is just retweeting something or liking a couple things on Facebook or whatever. I would look a little further into the weather that morning, maybe...

I'd still be wondering a lot of the things I'm already wondering and have no way to find out though.

 

[EA18G]

Strange!

Neighbor offers new testimony about the night Mollie Tibbetts disappeared

 

[Deleted member 227095]

I get Friday July 27.

Police: Man approached, chased girl on Ankeny's northeast side Friday

Interesting for sure. Maybe this is the kind of guy that just keeps driving until he gets what he is looking for. But he has to stay someplace or eat as he is driving. I would think that LE is working hard to track down the SUV.

 

[ptandj]

In rural Iowa this story repeats itself every year. I don’t think most of them end up being confirmed, also it’s normally a white panel van following kids - which has already been reported multiple times this year. I don’t know what to make of it, just feel sorry for anyone that drives a white van.

Yeah I agree that it's common, I just don't have data to back it up (and frankly am not interested in looking it up because I think it's sadly not atypical).

 

[Stormy21]

Maybe it will narrow down your search if you stick to black van/suv and big older guy. There are so many abduction attempts it would be hard to find them all.

I am a bit astonished. This many 'stranger' attempted abductions in MO-IA in a couple months. It's dangerous out there.