Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 #30

[TL4S]

Maybe he stopped at 5 to get gas and a meal, at 6:30 a car wash, at 7 a cruise through Brooklyn, at 7:45 grabs Mollie?

I think they have the same vehicle on camera at both truck stop and car wash.

 

[Deleted member 155000]

If LE has a list of POIs, they may know some but not all of their movements that evening.

Maybe they can place 1 of them near the car wash, but not the farm or they can place them near the truck stop, but not on Mollie’s jogging route.

They can place them through any number of things:

Through the suspect’s phone’s GPS/ping
Through eyewitness accounts from police interviews with community members
Through video footage from security cameras
Through their credit card or debit card activity
Through their time card punch out time at their workplace
Through a tip called in
Through their social media activity
Through their semi truck logs at a weigh station or GPS in semi
(Add others?)

Now they ask the public for anything they observed at a second location where they cannot confirm the POI went to, even though they suspect he did.

 

[PaulR]

yes, thank you. but why did hers stop pinging then. is it because the battery may have died. on her way back to the house perhaps

We don't know.

 

[Deleted member 155000]

Tanya Rider, WA. - car went into ravine, found 8 days later.

Toni Anderson.

There have been multiple cases of people found in their cars in bodies of water or off cliffs/ravines too.

 

[PaulR]

The only sticking point I have with LE only having her route is that they would likely not have been so definitive about including the truckstop as a point on the map if they didn't have a pretty good idea that a vehicle came from there. And if they knew the vehicle came from there then they also would've had to have seen the vehicle.

JMO.

Do we know that? They may just want to see if anyone saw anything at the truck stop since it's the closest onramp to I-80.

 

[i'm someone]

The only sticking point I have with LE only having her route is that they would likely not have been so definitive about including the truckstop as a point on the map if they didn't have a pretty good idea that a vehicle came from there. And if they knew the vehicle came from there then they also would've had to have seen the vehicle.

JMO.

I'm thinking the opposite-LE had run down all the tips and leads, found nothing, and spread the net out to include the truck stop in case anyone saw something or heard someone talking about something or what have you.

 

[i'm someone]

I wonder if they would have interviewed anyone who may have dropped their payment off that night.

I am guessing, at this point, they have interviewed almost everyone in the county.

 

[i'm someone]

Are there any cases we know of where there was a missing child or woman and it turned out to be an accident? I've seen it brought up before but I can't think of a case where this turned out to be true.

I can think of several in the last couple of years right in my state. Probably happens all the time.

 

[:+:MrTT:+:]

We don't know.

But if her battery did died, no charge left in the battery then it could not ping. Is that correct.

 

[1987]

yes, thank you. but why did hers stop pinging then. is it because the battery may have died. on her way back to the house perhaps

battery died , the phone was powered all the way down..not sitting there ready to use... really turned off, or destroyed. something happened to stop the phone and cell tower from talking to each other. the tower and phone talk to each other electronicly when phone is waiting to be used. they don't talk when phone is powered all the way down for whatever reason it is powered all the way down. the pings are the phone and tower talking to each other, kind of checking to make sure each other is still there and ready if a call is made.

 

[Copper]

I am guessing, at this point, they have interviewed almost everyone in the county.

Has there been any word of LE interviewing people in Dubuque? Had the boyfriend been working there long enough to let someone know he had a girlfriend that was staying at his place this summer?

 

[kpm]

That's what this should reflect:

1. truck stop
2. car wash
3. hwy 385 (near Mollie's house-sit) and W. Pershing Dr
4. 385 ave East out of the city
5. Guernsey area

Hi, been a while since I’ve been on but have been following this case.

I think number 4 is where they will find Mollie based on connections, IMO

Great maps, thanks!

 

[Kapua]

You know, Wednesday night is a strange night for someone to do something like this. It's in the middle of the week, people who work typically have a job to go to the next day. And Brooklyn would be a real hit or miss in terms of finding someone to abduct, I'm sure it's not full of people out running, especially in the summer. So what would drive someone to go to Brooklyn? And how would they know Wednesday would be a good day? Why Wednesday?

Great observation, Mom24. Was Wednesday the perp's day off? Was the perp unemployed? A student? A teacher with the summer off?

 

[sripey]

What about footage of somebody waiting near the car wash, watching for her to run by, then following her home or looping around to come directly at her? Just a thought.

If they had footage of the perp or a vehicle, they would provide that information.

 

[TL4S]

I'm thinking the opposite-LE had run down all the tips and leads, found nothing, and spread the net out to include the truck stop in case anyone saw something or heard someone talking about something or what have you.

Then why not the Pilot truck stop?

 

[TL4S]

If they had footage of the perp or a vehicle, they would provide that information.

Not if they have reason not to.

 

[Kapua]

Thanks, I didn't know that. I don't know which model Mollie had but that would be another bit of data to add to the phones own GPS and cell tower pings.

Just surprised the Fitbit is mentioned so much when her phone will be even more crucial and a treasure trove of info. The Fitbit is just a welcome added bonus for LE.

I have been saying that from day one. IMHO, the phone will provide far more useful information than a Fitbit.

 

[Doghairrules]

Toni Anderson.

There have been multiple cases of people found in their cars in bodies of water or off cliffs/ravines too.

I am not the original poster, but I think they may have been replying to the post right above theirs that was commenting on the possibility that someone accidentally hurt Mollie and a parent or someone else in town helped them cover it up.

I tried to multiquote but it doesn’t look like it worked.

 

[:+:MrTT:+:]

battery died , the phone was powered all the way down..not sitting there ready to use... really turned off

battery died , the phone was powered all the way down..not sitting there ready to use... really turned off
That is what i think happened on the way home, back to the house . her phone died no charge no power left in it whatsoever. and that is why it stopped pinging. But just speculation of course. thank you for your response. not owning a cell phone i was not sure how the pinging process worked.

 

[otto]

That is exactly what I have been thinking. Isn't there an empty lot adjacent to the car wash?

Very interesting! If someone was in Brooklyn for a carwash, what other businesses are in the area? I don't see an empty car lot.