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The 27-year-old former farmhand, who testified that he came to the U.S. illegally from Mexico as a teenager, was convicted in May of the University of Iowa student's murder.
Defense attorneys in the case of murdered Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts say new witness testimony could have bolstered their case, and they're asking for a new trial before their client is sentenced for her murder. Meg Oliver reports.
Hundreds have been searching for Xavior Harrelson, an 11-year-old boy who disappeared last week in the same area where college student Mollie Tibbetts was murdered nearly three years ago. Charlie De Mar has more.
An Iowa farmworker has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2018 abduction and stabbing death of a University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts. Cristhian Bahena Rivera is expected to be sentenced in July. Tibbetts went out for a run almost three years ago and never returned. The case fueled anger against illegal immigration. Adriana Diaz reports.
A jury found Cristhian Bahena Rivera guilty of murdering Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old Iowa woman who was on a run when she disappeared in 2018. Adriana Diaz has the latest.
20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts vanished while on a jog in 2018 and was later found stabbed to death.
The trial of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts' suspected killer has entered its final stages. Cristhian Bahena Rivera is accused of murdering the 20-year-old in July 2018 and hiding her body in a cornfield. William Morris, a court reporter for the Des Moines Register who has been following the story, joined CBSN AM with more details.
A prosecutor said there is "overwhelming evidence" against Cristhian Bahena Rivera in Mollie Tibbetts' murder.
In a surprise development, the defense called Cristhian Bahena Rivera as a witness at his first-degree murder trial.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in Tibbetts' 2018 stabbing death.
Video, DNA analysis and a partial confession will be key in the case against Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a prosecutor said.
Laura Calderwood grants first TV interview since arrest of man in University of Iowa student's slaying during July jog in her Iowa hometown
Four men were the subject of police interest at times during the five-week search for the Iowa student, the AP reports
The University of Iowa student disappeared while out for a run; a medical examiner said she was stabbed to death
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, worked at the farm for roughly four years and lived in one of its trailers for free
Cristhian Bahena Rivera's alias, John Budd, emerged Wednesday as his employer, a cattle operation in Iowa, faces questions over whether there were signs he was in the U.S. illegally
Rob Tibbetts is calling on politicians to stop using his daughter to advance views "she believed were profoundly racist"
She said Cristhian Bahena Rivera, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, is calm, not violent, and a good father
The Iowa State Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy and concluded the Iowa student's manner of death to be homicide
Cristhian Bahena Rivera is accused of killing Iowa college student after illegally living and working in the U.S.
"Even if it was just passing her on they way to class, she would smile," a student who knew her said
But even if farm worker Cristhian Bahena Rivera did, chances are he could still have gotten a passing grade
Federal authorities say the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts is an undocumented immigrant
20-year-old Iowa college student found dead this week joins other cases where female joggers' lives were cut short