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Jurors began their deliberations Thursday in the first degree murder trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, who is accused of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018. He's pleaded not guilty and has alleged that two masked men abducted her and forced him at gunpoint to participate.
After a week’s testimony, lawyers for the state and the defense give closing statements on why Mexican immigrant Cristhian Bahena Rivera should or should not be convicted of first-degree murder.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera listens as his attorney Chad Frese delivers his closing arguments in his trial, Thursday, May 27, 2021, at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
DES MOINES, Iowa (CN) Jurors met for about three hours Thursday to begin weighing evidence in the prosecution of Cristhian Bahena Rivera for the 2018 murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts after attorneys for the state and for the defense made closing statements.
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