Man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts says armed men forced his involvement Share Updated: 8:47 AM CDT May 27, 2021 Chris Gothner Share Updated: 8:47 AM CDT May 27, 2021
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Show Transcript WILL GO ON AS SCHEDULED, ALONG WITH THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RFO THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, WE ARE HEARING FROM THE MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING MOLLIE TIBBET.TS CRISTHIAN BAHENA RIVERA TOOK THE STAND TODAY AND TOLD THE JURY TWO ARMED, MASKED MEN FORCED HIM TO FOLLOW THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA STUDENT BACK IN 2018. KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S JOSE ZOZAYA IS LIVE WITH THE TESTIMONY. JOSE? JOSE: YEAH, ALEXANDRA,AHAEN B RIVERA TESTIFIED THE TWO MEN HELD HIM AT GUN AND KNIFE POINT, THREATENING TO HURT HIS DAUGERHT AND THE CHILD’S MOTHER IF HE DIDN’T DO AS HE CLAIMS THEY SAID. AT ONE POINT, AS HE DROVE ON JULY 18, 2018, CRISTHIAN BAHENA RIVERA SAYS THE MAN SITTINING THE RIGHT PASSENGER SEAT GOT OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE RD.OA HE THEN CAME BA
Des Moines Register
The man charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Mollie Tibbetts testified Wednesday that he didn t kill Tibbetts. Instead, he pointed blame at two unknown masked men one armed with a gun, another with a knife who surprised him at his home on the Yarrabee Farms property in rural Poweshiek County the night Tibbetts disappeared.
The men, according to Cristhian Bahena Rivera, forced him to get into his car July 18, 2018, and drive around near Brooklyn, Iowa, before spotting Tibbetts jogging toward town. Bahena Rivera said the men one named Jack made him circle around several times before stopping along a gravel road near where Tibbetts was last seen.
Mollie Tibbetts Murder: Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Both Accuse Witnesses of Lying in Closing Arguments Aaron Keller
Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented wildly different versions of what happened when Iowa college student
Mollie Tibbetts, 20, was murdered in 2018. Prosecutors painted the defendant,
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, as a killer who suddenly targeted Tibbetts after spotting her jogging. The state said the defendant exploded in a fit of violent rage when Tibbetts rebuffed his advances even slapping him and saying she would call the police. The defense pointed to unknown male DNA in a blood sample recovered from the trunk of the defendant’s car “mixed with” Mollie Tibbetts’ DNA. The defense said that indicates that other killers were involved, just as Bahena Rivera testified. The defense further pointed to inconsistent statements by
Des Moines Register
The man charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Mollie Tibbetts testified Wednesday that he didn t kill Tibbetts. Instead, he pointed blame at two unknown masked men one armed with a gun, another with a knife who surprised him at his home on the Yarrabee Farms property in rural Poweshiek County the night Tibbetts disappeared.
The men, according to Cristhian Bahena Rivera, forced him to get into his car July 18, 2018, and drive around near Brooklyn, Iowa, before spotting Tibbetts jogging toward town. Bahena Rivera said the men one named Jack made him circle around several times before stopping along a gravel road near where Tibbetts was last seen.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented wildly different versions of what happened when Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts, 20, was murdered in 2018.