we are told that verdict will b read about 15 minutes from now. that is the breaking news that was happening is the president was speaking. we should know more moments fro now. the verdict coming down in abou 15 minutes. weep said this many times and many of these trials, the faste the verdict comes down, the mor it looks very bad for the defendant and talking about twenty-year 28 -year-old who wa accused in the murder and you recall that he first came out and said listen, i was followin molly tibbets and then i blacke out and when i came to i found that she was in the trunk of my car and she was bleeding and i panicked and i. the body and a cornfield and iweb. that s what he told police initially as you look at the courtroom here. then this week in court, he change that story and said ther were these two mystery men who kidnapped me and they forced me
clarify any of the details in the case. more from outside that courthouse in davenport, iowa a we await the reading of the verdict happening the 26 -year-old illegal immigrants, w will learn his fate shortly. sandra, the jury ended up deliberating for about seven hours inside of this court room about four hours today after three hours yesterday. we now expect a verdict at any moment. the jury is made up of seven men , five women they identify as nine white and three hispanic, latino, or spanish. fox news closely followed this case from the beginning back in july of 2018 all the way leadin up to this moment and the big shock of this murder trial was as it was winding down the defendant and illegal immigrant told that took the stand in his own defense and gave this shock revelation of his version of
morning. by about lunchtime they have a verdict so take from that what you will. closing argument yesterday in the final moments of this trial portion, the prosecution really emphasized something they had not hammered on too much prior and that was the element of the sexual assault is a potential motive. the prosecution said that salt sadly molly tibbets was found without her her underpants were moved away from the body, they argued that christian rivera wa angry and that he was rejected by molly tibbets. that he initially confessed tha he had found molly tibbets hot, he approached her and she rejected him. in the final moments yesterday the prosecution really emphasized that elements. it seemed like they had stayed away from something so sensitiv throughout the trial and throug all of their pretrial publicity but yesterday they hammered on that final element. so now, seven hours into the
to cooperate in the murder of molly tibbets and that has of course brought a great deal of skepticism in the courtroom and the legal world about why he would change his story now having zero evidence on who these two mystery men were and the defense in their argument all along has been looked, ther is no murder weapon, there s no motive, there is no dna that wa found in one of the big keys in this whole case was his black chevy malibu that was seen on multiple surveillance cameras and because of that car, they link to the card to molly tibbets, there was her blood in the trunk and that was one of the key findings, but you look at the verdict coming down, and it s very quick, they got the casey late yesterday. it hasn t even been a day of deliberation and they already have a verdict. as far as we know, no questions have been asked of the judge to
yes. juror number 48, is this you re true and accurate verdict ? yes. before i release the verdict anything else on the record in front of the jury? no your honor. no your honor. thank you very much on behal of the state of iowa, this completes your service, carrie will take you back to your jury room. thank you. the 26 -year-old illegal immigrant from mexico by unanimous verdict reached by an iowa jury there in davenport wa found guilty of first-degree murder of 20 -year-old molly tibbetts who went missing in july of 2018. it launched a massive search fo that young woman. a guilty verdict has been reached standing outside of the courthouse there in davenport, the reaction, matt?