remember mollie tibbets, the 23-year-old student who went missing last month and whose body was found yet. the man accused of the murder was arraigned. the co-owner of a darery form learned that he gave false identification pamplts president trump and his allies have been highlighting her murder when they say there needs on the a change in immigration policy. mollie tibbets was in college. her family put out a statement thanking the world who sent their thoughts and prayers. they say they ll hold mollie in their hearts forever. we continue to follow that circle. our newscast just started on facebook. you pick the stories we cover. see it 6:25 week nights. circle. right now the news continues. i hand it to chris cuomo.
home. investigators say in field is where her accused killer dumped her body. investigators busted cristhian rivera for her killer. the suspect s boss says she s shocked. the manager of the farm where rivera worked says he was a dependable employee and he says nobody saw a difference in rivera s actions after molly s family reported her missing. our matt finn has recovered this from the beginning and is live in brooklyn, iowa. matt? we just wrapped up an interview with one of rivera s co-workers. they worked together on the farm not far from here. that woman also happened to be the aunt of his ex-girlfriend. her name is maria sandoval. she said that cristhian rivera was known as john rivera. she said that she was not aware of rivera having any history of blacking out. police say that rivera admitted to blacking out on july 18 when he approached molly tibbets and when he came to the body of
bret: the illegal immigrant who admits to kidnapping and killing in iowa college student made his first court appearance today. the shocking crime is fueling even more outrage over an immigration system the president is now calling a disgrace. correspondent matt finn is in montezuma iowa tonight. wearing striped prison garb and a shackles, 24-year-old christian rivera was led into the county court in iowa this afternoon and charged with first-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old molly tibbets. immigration and customs enforcement agents say he s from mexico and has been in the united states illegally for 4 t. police say he confessed that he followed her on her nightly job. he told investigators she pleaded with him to stop trailing her and said she was going to call police. he claims he blacked out. when he came to, tibbets was in his trunk.
missing. today, sadly, her body was recovered, and now the police have arrested an illegal immigrant they believe is responsible for her murder. watch this. the first-degree murder charge was filed today in connection with the disappearance of mollie tibbetts, who was last seen jogging in brooklyn, iowa, on july 18th, 2018. a complaint and affidavit names christian rivera, age 24, who resides in the rural county and he s been charged with murder in the first degree. wee have confirmed it with homeland security investigation that he is an illegal alien and we believe he has been in this area now for 47 years. what happened to these young woman, molly tibbets, a senseless, evil, horrific crime. now we believe the charges against an illegal immigrant. tonight, we extend our deepest condolences, first her familycoi and friends. we ll get to all of that in the.
the legal alien coming in very sadly from mexico and you saw whatic happened to that incredible, beautiful youngea woman. should have neverul happened. legally in our country. we ve had a huge impact by the laws are so bad. the immigration laws are such a disgrace. we are getting them change, but we have to get more republicansr sean: that was the president earlier tonight at his west virginia rally lamenting what was the ultimate untimely death of molly tibbets. we feel so sorry for her family tonight. our thoughts and prayers as we said earlier go out to them. this is a tragedy that can be prevented. with reaction to those who horrific story, author of the book why we fight, dr. sebastian gorka.