[11] He told investigators he received a Snapchat message from her later in the evening that appeared to show her indoors. Illegal immigrant says his "constitutional rights were violated" Yates asked whether he should jail the photographer or her editor first, and added that he wasnt joking. Bahena Rivera's lawyers sought to link Tibbetts' death to the other young woman's report of being kidnapped and sexually assaulted in summer 2018, and the recent disappearance of an 11-year . Because Brooklyn, Iowa, is such a small town, they may have connected simply because they went to the same school. What we know about her abduction, death. He testified he was forced to drive the two maskedmen into Brooklyn when they spotted Tibbetts jogging in July 2018. Mollie Tibbetts: Alleged killer was caught on video circling Iowa Crime techs could not recover a clear DNA profile from any of the clothing items and did not locate any sperm. They've made no mention of recovering a knife or other weapon linked to the death. According to court documents, a woman in her early 20s told police that, in May 2018 a few months before Tibbetts disappearedshe was with her boyfriend when they met up with Lowe at a Casey's in Brooklyn. Instead, Romero has described statementsBahena Rivera allegedly made the following morning as heled authorities to the cornfield where Tibbetts' body was found. The defense pointed to a man named James Manuel Lowe, 50, who was once investigated but nevercharged over allegations that he'd committed sexual assault and kidnapping in Mahaska County in March 2019. On Wednesday morning, Judge Joel Yates delayed Bahena's sentencing and ahearing was held Thursday to determine whether the state is obligated to turn over any additional information. Autopsy reports are confidential under Iowa law, except for the cause and manner of death. [6][7] At the time of her disappearance, she was a resident of Brooklyn, Iowa, a small town about 70 miles (110km) east of Des Moines, and a psychology major at the University of Iowa. I have alibis and everything. Rivera faced a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole. He did not have a criminal record in Iowa before he was charged in the Tibbetts case, online court records previously showed.
