Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 *ARREST* #33

[Marie224]

The pictures of the assault rifles on the bed are dated 2004 in the photo and posted on FB in 2017 and we don't even know if they belong to him or not since he isn't in the picture at all. Also, in 2004, CR would have been 11 years old at the time so I doubt they are his guns. He just wanted to appear tough on FB.

 

[MidnightSleuth]

Learn from this and teach your daughters: DIAL 911. Better to be embarrassed by a false report than found dead in a corn field.

Learn from this and teach your children: DON’T MURDER PEOPLE.

There. Fixed that for you.

 

[heli]

First degree murder charged in Mollie Tibbetts disappearance. 24-year-old Cristihian Bahena Rivera, 24. Rivera lives in Poweshiek Co. Authorities confirm "he is an illegal alien."
From KWWL

 

[Gunslinging Granny]

it's a bunch of guns on a bed

Three Armalite rifles like this one

 

[Jazzy5980]

Am I the only not confident with this

Investigators: Suspect in Mollie Tibbetts death is in custody, subject to immigration detainer

I don’t believe this is the case at all. Still thinking a local !

Suspect had lived in the Brooklyn area for a number of years, sounds like he’d seen Molly running on more than one occasion and is very familiar with the area. Seems like a local except for the fact he was not enrolled in school.

 

[scotdeerie]

He wouldn't say that she was raped.

Of course. But ask yourself, what would be another reason for this? He wanted a kiss?

 

[Miranda]

Cristhian Bahena Rivera is the correct spelling

 

[CheetosDust]

apparently suspect's exgf is friends with mollie on FB

I was waiting for a reporter to ask if they went to high school together. Isn't he 24 years old?

 

[gribear]

HLN is reading the affadavit.

 

[monster12]

Now maybe people will realize why no details were being released and LE was actually doing something with their time....body found and charges in the same day.

 

[Veracity]

The reporter asking the question about what message would you tell women on how to keep themselves safe really bothers me.

The answer should have been, "teach your sons respect for women".

There are societies around the globe where women are not much more than property. I want to know where he is a citizen. How he was able to drive? Work? Wouldn't he have been part of the protected DACA?

 

[DocBrew]

But I'm trying to figure out how he got her in the car from then on?

His FB page, if the one posted earlier was the right one, showed quite a few guns. If he flashed and she froze, that is likely all it would've taken.

 

[Nah]

The reporter asking the question about what message would you tell women on how to keep themselves safe really bothers me.

The answer should have been, "teach your sons respect for women".

I disagree. Because of the fact that not all sons are going to learn respect for women, women need to be able to defend themselves. It’s unfortunate, but this is the world we live in.

 

[Quill]

She wanted to LIVE.

THANK YOU for this. She fought to live. I am so angry right now. May he ROT in HELL.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

There should be a lesson here about accusations against innocent family members. All it did was add to their pain and devastation.

 

[RavenCC2020]

I want to thank LE for their hard work. They didn't give up and the located Mollie along with the suspect. Some people are so hard on LE but I think they did a great job in this case.

Absolutely! They did a wonderful job. Considering there were no witnesses that could even identify a suspect they did a phenomenal job of piecing this together. Kudos to them. Still my heart sinks knowing although her family has some form of closure, it is not the happy one they had prayed for

 

[gregjrichards]

Was his black vehicle the one seen in the neighbourhood that night?

 

[MassGuy]

From what we have learned, this crime was incredibly brazen, and one of opportunity. The arrest affidavit, says he parked his vehicle, got out and jogged alongside her. He became angry when Mollie threatened to call police. He attacked her and put her in the trunk. He dragged her from vehicle to cornfield, put her over his shoulder, and carried her to location where she was found. Face up, covered in corn. Sounds like this all happened very quickly and she was beaten to death, on account of the blood he described seeing when he “blacked out.”

 

[Seattle1]

I missed the beginning - did they say when he killed her - was it the 18th?

the 18th is the last date Mollie reported jogging so I'd say yes...

 

[beita]

His girlfriend (or ex gf) is friends with Mollie and other Tibbetts on FB, so they probably knew each other.