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Man Gets Life Sentence in 2018 Killing of Mollie Tibbetts
A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the stabbing death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts three years ago
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Judge Denies New Trial Request in Mollie Tibbetts Case
A judge has denied a convicted man’s request for a new trial in the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts.
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Judge Hears Request for New Trial in Mollie Tibbetts Case
The lead investigator in the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts says he’s confident the right man was convicted of murder and rejects claims that her abduction could be tied to two other men.
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Judge Hears Request for New Trial in Mollie Tibbetts Case
The lead investigator in the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts says he’s confident the right man was convicted of murder and rejects claims that her abduction could be tied to two other men
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Judge Delays Sentencing After Twists in Mollie Tibbetts Case
A judge delayed sentencing for the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts after defense lawyers said they needed time to investigate new information pointing to other potential suspects.
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Man Found Guilty in Stabbing Death of Iowa Runner Mollie Tibbetts
A jury found a farm laborer guilty of murder Friday in the abduction and killing of a University of Iowa student who vanished while out for a run in 2018.
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Analyst: Blood in Suspect's Trunk Came From Slain University of Iowa Student
Blood found in the trunk of a farmhand’s car was an exact match for a University of Iowa student who was abducted and killed while out for a run in 2018, a DNA analyst told jurors Friday.
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Mexican Man Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Iowa College Student Mollie Tibbetts
The farmhand charged in the abduction and stabbing death of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts in Iowa has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. Cristhian Bahena Rivera entered his plea Wednesday at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa. Rivera is charged in the killing of Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who disappeared while out for a run July 18 in...
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Mollie Tibbetts' Father Asks People to Stop Using Her Death in Immigration Debate
The father of Mollie Tibbetts, the Iowa woman allegedly killed by a Mexican man living in the United States illegally, implored people Saturday to stop using her murder to advance their political agenda, a day after President Donald Trump’s son criticized some Democrats and what he called an “open-borders agenda,” NBC News reported. “At the outset, politicians and pundits used...
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Tibbetts' Father: Hispanic Locals ‘Iowans With Better Food'
The killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has prompted criticism of the U.S. immigration system because the man charged in her death is a Mexican farmworker. But the victim’s father told mourners he’s been embraced by the local Hispanic community. Speaking Sunday afternoon to more than 1,000 people at a ceremony at his daughter’s former high school, Rob...
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At Funeral, Mollie Tibbetts' Father Remembers Her as ‘My Hero'
The father of the 20-year-old Iowa woman whose body was found in a cornfield last week wants people to remember her by “celebrating something wonderful” __ not by the way she died. Mollie Tibbets’ father, Rob Tibbetts, urged the hundreds of people at his daughter’s funeral on Sunday afternoon to remember her passion for life and her desire to help...
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Rauner Vetoes Bills on Immigration
Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a measure Friday that would encourage immigrants’ cooperation with police investigations by offering protection from deportation, one of three immigrant-related bills the Republican nixed in a week of rising tensions over national policy because of the death of an Iowa college student, allegedly at the hands of an immigrant.
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Mollie Tibbetts Killing Focuses Attention on Immigrants in Agriculture
The arrest of a Mexican farmworker in the death of an Iowa college student renewed calls to change immigration laws, but it also focused attention on the immigrant workers whose labor is essential to the state’s agricultural industry. Hours after authorities found the body of Mollie Tibbetts and charged the suspect with murder, politicians including President Donald Trump, the Iowa...
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Autopsy Results Released in Iowa Student's Death
The death of an Iowa college student who had been missing for one month before her body was found in a cornfield earlier this week has been ruled a homicide.
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Mollie Tibbetts' Family Releases Emotional Statement After Search for Missing College Student Comes to Heartbreaking End
The family of an Iowa college student whose body was found in a cornfield near the area she disappeared from while jogging last month released a statement to the public Wednesday.
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Attorney Challenges Whether Iowa Suspect is in US Illegally
The attorney for a Mexican man accused of killing an Iowa college student challenged the government’s statement Wednesday that the suspect has been living in the United States illegally.
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Undocumented Immigrant Charged With Murder of Iowa College Student
A man from Mexico living in the U.S. illegally has confessed to kidnapping college student Mollie Tibbetts while she was running in her small Iowa hometown, killing her and dumping her body in a cornfield, authorities said Tuesday.
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Police Look Into Reported Missouri Sighting of Iowa Student
Authorities are investigating a report that a missing Iowa college student might have been seen in northwest Missouri.
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Investigators Baffled by Disappearance of Iowa Student
Investigators say they still don’t know what happened to a 20-year-old Iowa college student who vanished nearly two weeks ago.