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Defense paints Iowa murder suspect as hard-working immigrant


Defense paints Iowa murder suspect as hard-working immigrant
by Ryan J. Foley, The Associated Press
Posted May 25, 2021 12:43 pm EDT
Last Updated May 25, 2021 at 12:44 pm EDT
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) The man on trial for the 2018 stabbing death of a University of Iowa student is a hard-working, family-centered immigrant from Mexico who was pressured into making a false confession, his defense told jurors Tuesday.
Jennifer Frese, a lawyer for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, said in her opening statement that their hearts should break for 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, but that authorities conducted an incomplete investigation into her death and were too quick to close the case. ....

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Illegal Mexican immigrant accused of murdering Mollie Tibbetts now claims his confession was coerced


Illegal Mexican farm laborer accused of murdering Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts now claims his confession was coerced because he was questioned after working 12-hour shift scooping poop
Cristhian Bahena Rivera s lawyer Jennifer Frese said authorities conducted an incomplete investigation into 20-year-old Tibbetts death in July 2018 
His defense began Tuesday by questioning the confession and DNA evidence 
Frese told jurors: He wasn t in an interview; he was in an interrogation  
Bahena Rivera´s defense described him as a hard-working, family-centered immigrant from Mexico who was pressured into making a false confession
They also kept working to raise suspicion about Tibbetts´ boyfriend, Dalton Jack, who testified again Tuesday about their up-and-down relationship ....

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