Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 *Arrest* #48

[usnuzuloose]

I will discount such, as if a cup is on one side, (and normally such is placed on such side). I'm left handed, but would not pick up a cup on the right side cross body. MOO. Also, we have discussed in many many cases here, that if someone writes with their (e.g.) left hand.. they do everything else with their right.

e.g. I am "left writing, left eating with a fork" EVERYTHING else is right handed. Shooting, archery, bowling, batting, skiing, etc.

I do everything right handed. The only thing I can do is deal cards left handed, can't do with my right.

 

[JudgeJoe]

Why the heck are we looking at a family wedding pic from 2016? Prosecution got it thrown out on relevance… Sheesh.

 

[PommyMommy]

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
CBR's parents still live in Mexico, Cervantes Valle says.
@KCCINews #bahenariveratrial
10:09 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Bahena Rivera looking down at times during aunt’s testimony.
@kccinews #BahenaRiveraTrial

[URL='https://twitter.com/CGothnerKCCI/status/1397208466079559706']10:10 AM · May 25, 2021 from Davenport, IA·Twitter for iPhone

Brown objects to a photo of a 2016 wedding as "improper character evidence" and not relevant. Judge Joel Yates agrees. @kccinews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:11 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App
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[Seattle1]

I forgot about this account by one of Mollie's friends.

Friend of murdered Mollie Tibbetts reveals chilling texts with Cristhian Rivera, Mollie's killer | Daily Mail Online

Aug 28, 2018

A school friend of murdered Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts shared with DailyMail.com a text message exchange with the murder suspect that took place two weeks after the young girl's disappearance.

[..]

Haileigh frequently returned to Brooklyn to visit family and would often see Mollie while she was out with friends.

She is also familiar with the 24-year-old Mexican immigrant who was arrested for Mollie's murder yesterday after police uncovered surveillance footage of his car following the 20-year-old while she was out jogging on July 18.

The 18-year-old asked, 'So you think she’s [with] someone she knows', before Rivera wrote, [I don't know] her parents say they think she is so probably.'

On August 10, while she was visiting friends in Iowa and while the hunt for Mollie intensified, Haileigh ran into Cristhian while she was out with a group.

She once again asked if he had known what had happened to Mollie and he became uncomfortable, she claimed on Wednesday during an interview with DailyMail.com.

Everything was normal except for when we brought Mollie up. He didn’t seem to want to talk about her, just changed the subject.

'I was panicked and was asking everyone if they knew anything. So I brought it up again and asked what he thought happened.

''All he said was “Probably what her parents think, she took off with someone and doesn’t know what to do.”

 

[Bravo]

I guess we are to hear what a good boy he is

 

[Bravo]

And the fact that he never killed any Family

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Defense wanted to show a photo of CBR w/some family from 2016, but State objects because of the date and relevance. Judge Yates does not allow it to be published.
10:11 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Courtney Crowder on Twitter
CBR is looking around less, looking down more. His head is normally on a swivel, like he's at a tennis match, but now he's looking down.
10:12 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Cervantes says Luis Medina, a brother-in-law, took Bahena Rivera in after he came to Iowa.
10:13 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Courtney Crowder on Twitter
CBR has been employed since he came to the United States, his aunt says.
10:14 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
"With the family, he's very funny. He's always playing w/the family," Cervantes says of CBR. "He's very shy. He's quiet," she says of when he's around strangers.
10:15 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[MsBetsy]

MAY 25, 2021
Defense makes opening statements in Cristhian Bahena Rivera trial (kcci.com)
[...]

Freese stated that the trial is about Tibbetts and Bahena Rivera and that the jury should consider justice for both parties.

“…Your heart should break for Mollie Tibbetts,” she said. “Your heart should break for her family. Mollie Tibbetts deserves justice. Her family deserves justice, but so does Cristhian Bahena Rivera.”

Freese said the defense will call on witnesses in addition to relying on the “failure of the state to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.”

She stated that the jury will learn more about the circumstances surrounding Bahena Rivera’s immigration from Mexico and his work ethic.

Freese also claimed in her opening statement that the idea of “blacking out” during Tibbetts’ death may have been put in Bahena Rivera’s head.

[...]

In the Watt's case, investigators put the idea in his head that Shannan may have hurt the girls, but that doesn't mean he wasn't lying when he claimed she smothered them.

Rivera had probably already admitted to chasing Mollie down on the road when the idea of blacking out came up. He led LE to the body so I'm not sure why it would matter, either way. Imo

 

[usnuzuloose]

I guess we are to hear what a good boy he is

That is a given.

 

[Seattle1]

Here we go -- more about the funny, family jokester, CBR, yet I've not seen any reaction from the accused seated at the defense table -- not even to acknowledge his family testifying on his behalf.

 

[Bravo]

In the Watt's case, investigators put the idea in his head that Shannan may have hurt the girls, but that doesn't mean he wasn't lying when he claimed she smothered them.

Rivera had probably already admitted to chasing Mollie down on the road when the idea of blacking out came up. He led LE to the body so I'm not sure why it would matter, either way. Imo

Same thought popped in my head as well.

 

[TTF14]

This is so tedious, especially having to go through an interpreter.

 

[usnuzuloose]

He won't even look at her..

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Jennifer Frese: How did you find out CBR was involved in police investigation? "I found out once he'd been stopped, asked questions. Routine questions. The second time was when my sister-in-law called and let us know he was at Montezuma Police Dept."
10:17 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Cervantes Valle says CBR is more reserved around those he doesn't know but opens up more. Cervantes Valle says she heard about #MollieTibbetts' disappearance on the news. Was aware CBR sought by law enforcement when she found out he was stopped by LE @kccinews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:17 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter
Second time was when sister-in-law called to let her know he was at the (Poweshiek Sheriff's Office). She was concerned about his welfare and went to Montezuma. @kccinews #BahenaRiveraTrial
10:17 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

 

[mickey2942]

"Beyond a reasonable doubt". The new "standard"..."we don't have it on video with 25 eyewitnesses".

 

[StarryStarryNight]

Prosecution:
“So Mollie Tibbetts blood was inside the trunk.”

Defense expert microbio witness:
“Apparently so.”

No further questions…

Mic drop...

 

[JudgeJoe]

Here we go -- more about the funny, family jokester, CBR, yet I've not seen any reaction from the accused seated at the defense table -- not even to acknowledge his family testifying on his behalf.

Ita- I guess he can break out his comedy routine soon at the big house- once he gets to know them all & overcomes his shyness.

 

[usnuzuloose]

How convient to try and say he may have been on a date that night

 

[Warwick7]

Am I hearing this right? There MAY have been extraneous, unmatched DNA in the trunk of the car? The state failed to match it to every possible person....

Seriously.

Sheesh a couple denigrated alleles could be from others who used the fishing poles ten years ago or someone who loaded groceries into that trunk four years ago or.....

When there is no defense....

JMO

And there were previous owner(s) of the car.

 

[PommyMommy]

Shannon Moudy on Twitter
Cervantes and Luis Medina went to see CBR during that police questioning around 8:30 pm (this would be Aug. 20) and says they weren't allowed in.
10:19 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Cervantes had said Montezuma PD but this did occur at the Poweshiek Co. Sheriff's Office.
10:19 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Says she didn't ask officers any questions and they weren't helped.
10:21 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Talking about this date CBR was supposed to have again. Cervantes says she was going to help him get the flowers.
10:22 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

Cervantes and CBR had "fairly frequent phone contact." She tried to call/text him the night of Aug. 20 and weren't able to reach him.
10:22 AM · May 25, 2021·Twitter Web App