IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 *Arrest* #37

[SharonNeedles]

Ok I need opinions , specifically because my daughter runs in our well populated neighborhood , we do know all of our neighbors (and she is 30 yo not a baby but very tiny a size 0) NOT Blaming Mollie not one bit either ....But does anyone really think its even remotely safe to jog anymore , I don't and I haven't for quite sometime , nor do I think its safe for my 12 y/o to walk home from school, I have found 7 registered sex offenders within a mile of her school and its a very nice area (which really does not play into things anymore ) I don't think Jogging with earphones especially is safe at all WHAT DO YALL THINK????? I really want to know

Mollie Tibbetts' slaying highlights safety concerns for women runners - CNN

It’s not necessarily safe to jog, there’s always some degree of risk and that’s nothing new - but risk is not evenly distributed. Make good choices with safety in mind and teach your kids that. Don’t get lulled into a false sense of security. Use your head and be safe.

 

[Al Hoffman]

In one interview, Rick Rahn said they collected video from all over town and it took them a while to get to the one that had the good information on it. That was why he could not say exactly when it had come in nor how long they had it.

Thinking about this, I have wondered if -- once they found the helpful bit, could they then go to other video from others on the same roads and go back and forth up and down the street, piecing together the fact that CR was circling around and kept coming back to MT?

Would not each camera have a limited view? So, you see Mollie and a car on one; you maybe see the same car 2-3 times on that one camera, even after Mollie is long gone. So, he's circling around . . .

If you consider that LE has maybe dozens of videos from all over town, once they located something at Boundary and ??was it Middle??, then they hunt through the stacks of videos to find something a little farther up the road . . . . I think there's no way of knowing how much video they had and how much they had looked through before finding the gold nugget that started unraveling what had happened.

And all of that takes time. I'm sure LE did the best they could, which was a damned fine job, as it appears they got the perp! Yeah, you're right.

 

[rebel123]

Agree with you that, they have covered it and RT announced to them first that it was Mollie’s body, IIRC.

Barely a word on MSM about Mollie

And that interview with Martha was not aggressive by any means, she asked questions and wouldn’t put up with his BS, kudos to Martha!

It was very unprofessional; she wanted him to agree with her; he was having none of it, rightly so.

 

[gliving]

I work at a lumber yard. Anybody who can walk in the door and pull a few bucks out of his pocket has access to ropes.

But to answer your question, he worked at a dairy farm, not on a cattle ranch. It's highly unlikely he would use a rope for anything in the course of his workday.

Thanks duster1979. From what I've read CR didn't work with the milking operation. His job duties included:

"Rivera had worked at the farm for 4 years and assisted with cow movement and cow husbandry."

I guess cow husbandry is semen collection and insemination? CR lived on a forty acre parcel separate from the dairy operation. Also Yarrabee Farms is much more than a dairy farm.

“That’s the kind of immigration system we need, not only for agriculture, but for many other industries within the state,” said Lang, whose family operation has a 700-head dairy herd, farms 1,200 acres and runs a cow and calf beef operation."

That sounds like a cattle farm.

Murder Charges filed in death of Mollie Tibbetts
Beacon - Poweshiek County, IA
Mollie Tibbetts death spurs calls for stronger E-Verify, immigration reforms

 

[CheetosDust]

I could go to a concert and be the victim of a mass shooting/bombing.

I could be on a plane and the plane could be hijacked.

I could be the victim of a home invasion.

I could be shot randomly standing outside of a Dollar Tree.

I could be shot randomly at a stop sign.

I could be jogging and be attacked by a monster.

ALL of these situations have happened, many of them in my own city. I do not consider my city a "dangerous" city, but as the population grows, so does the crime rate. Unfortunately, evil is out there, and it's out of our control. We cannot live our life in constant fear all the time, otherwise that will prevent us from living our lives. All we know is, nothing is guaranteed. We can be the most prepared person in the world, and some things are simply out of our control. All you can do is live life to the fullest. Live it like it's your last day - because tomorrow isn't guaranteed.

Dollar Tree = riff raff. J/K don’t @ me, I shop there!
Very well put. I think Mollie lived every day like it was her last and was full of light and love.

 

[netbrsr]

She was 50 meters from the road, based on the pic where the corn was cut out. There is a grass driving path to get to other fields, she was 20 meters from the road, but only 10-12 feet from the grass driving path. I don't have a link to the picture but you can see both sides of the cut out they arc'd the rows at the edge of the field, leaving a driving lane. So I don't think he carried her 20 meters.

 

[Jerrod]

Once CR was identified as the perp, I noticed the major news outlets starting distancing themselves from their earlier insinuations about Mr. Cheney.

 

[rebel123]

Maybe you aren't reading those outlets. I'd post links, but they are OT.

I've stated previously; it's become a high profile case; so it is going to get a lot of coverage.
Fox News slammed for covering the killing of a college student more prominently than the convictions of 2 top Trump aides

 

[thecatmeows]

Dollar Tree = riff raff. J/K don’t @ me, I shop there!
Very well put. I think Mollie lived every day like it was her last and was full of light and love.

It was a Family Dollar, but same point. This happened near where my BF's mom used to live.

Shooting Reported At Family Dollar In Des Moines

 

[kpm]

It was very unprofessional; she wanted him to agree with her; he was having none of it, rightly so.

I am respectfully disagreeing that she was very unprofessional

She was stating the facts of the case based on information provided by LE, homeland security and his employer.

He was trying to spin the facts

 

[cody22]

It was very unprofessional; she wanted him to agree with her; he was having none of it, rightly so.

That is your opinion. Thank you for sharing it with us.

 

[TL4S]

I'm still intrigued with LE's map. I can correlate and make guesses about all the points on there except the truck stop. I believe the map was released prior to them having knowledge of the black Malibu, and it doesn't make sense now as being a digital signal location (which LE said the last one was located at the pig farm area). So why include the truck stop?

 

[ALcat82]

I haven’t posted before but I have been following along. I was thinking if CR is to be believed about the black out then maybe he has a a severe case of dissociative identity disorder. That would also explain why his family described him as a different person and a good father.

Personally I think he’s a serial killer who has killed before.

 

[feralwriter]

I don't want to go off topic. This is something I had to do a lot of soul searching about. IF you are considering a gun.... YOU have to have the mindset that you are going to shoot, not just hold it out to try and scare someone. JMO

One thing I had to think a lot about, too: I have my Iowa permit and the sole thing holding me back from buying (after a ton of research & going into stores & checking them out) is I don't trust *myself* when I get too depressed. The RARE instances. I don't entirely trust I would give it to a friend and say hey, can you hold onto this a while? That's just me, for now. (Lol, no I'm not depressed as I write this, yes I carry a knife everywhere I go, etc.) Just saying it's a consideration esp. in light of the high number of suicides by firearms in the U.S. Sorry, carry on. added: I strongly encourage women to get a gun. I posted this as just a consideration in the purchase process for you or another member of your household.

 

[Anthony D]

Authorities have not revealed when, exactly, Tibbetts was killed.

Mortvedt tells PEOPLE that he can’t discuss whether or not she was held for any period of time after being taken.

Cops Wonder: If Mollie Tibbetts' Accused Killer Has No Record — Who Jumps to Murder That Fast?

Can someone explain to me why he would not be able to discuss if she could have been held?

 

[cody22]

I've stated previously; it's become a high profile case; so it is going to get a lot of coverage.
Fox News slammed for covering the killing of a college student more prominently than the convictions of 2 top Trump aides

Please don't slide into politics and get the thread shut down...We have been warned.

 

[CheetosDust]

I'm still intrigued with LE's map. I can correlate and make guesses about all the points on there except the truck stop. I believe the map was released prior to them having knowledge of the black Malibu, and it doesn't make sense now as being a digital signal location (which LE said the last one was located at the pig farm area). So why include the truck stop?

I think the truck stop had security cameras pointed in a lot of directions and traffic coming and going from Brooklyn.

 

[Twistinginthewind]

I agree. But this month timeline still plays on me. I don't see this cut and dry story he's telling lends itself to what happened. When the true story actually comes out, I may think differently.

He lived locally and abducted and killed her and hid her body. It took LE 5 weeks to find him and arrest him and he led them to her body. It could have taken much longer to locate her without the video footage and cell phone data, etc. She could never have been found.

Well isn’t that just peachy. Manson had lots of admirers, so there you go.

What happens when this individual gets turned over to Mexican authorities? They have no obligation to align with our laws and sentences? Would he even go to jail?
I know zero about how that would play out. Anyone?

CR has been charged with first degree murder by the Iowa DA, and will serve life in prison without parole in the USA when convicted.

 

[Jennifermn]

I have a feeling this thread will be locked soon due to the politics and CNN vs. Fox conversations going on. Little to actually do with MT or the case.

ETA: It is unfortunate to me that anyone is focusing on this. I really wish the politics would be left out, especially since this is the wish of MT's family.

 

[kpm]

Can someone explain to me why he would not be able to discuss if she could have been held?

Because they are now building the case for the state?