8804 2 June 2017 2 Uk Attack 2017 - Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts, a University of Iowa Student, Disappeared on July 18, 2018,...

Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts, a University of Iowa Student, Disappeared on July 18, 2018, While Jogging Near Her Home in Brooklyn, Iowa. After a Month-long Search, Police Identified 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera as a Suspect Using Surveillance Camera Footage That Showed His Car Following Her on Her Jog. He Led Police to Her Body in a Poweshiek County Cornfield on August 21 and Was Charged With First-degree Murder. Rivera's Immigration Status Became a Politicized Issue After Police, the U.s. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and U.s. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Indicated He Had Been in the Country Illegally. The Case Became a Political Talking Point for and Against the Immigration Policies of the Trump Administration. Tibbetts' Family Denounced the Efforts to Exploit and Politicize Tibbetts' Death. Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts Was Born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, to Rob Tibbetts and Laura Calderwood. When She Was in the Second Grade, Her Parents Divorced, and She Moved to Iowa With Her Mother and Two Siblings.1 Her Father Kept in Touch With the Family Through Telephone, and He Last Saw Her at His Wedding in 2017.23 at the Time of Her Disappearance, She Was a Resident of Brooklyn, Iowa, a Small Town About 70 Miles (110 Km) East of Des Moines, and a Psychology Major at the University of Iowa.4 She Was Preparing for Her Sophomore Year in College When She Disappeared.1 on July 18, 2018, Tibbetts, a Former Cross Country Runner, Left the Home of Her Boyfriend's Brother in Brooklyn for an Evening Jog.14 She Was Last Seen at Approximately 7:30 P.m. Cdt and Was Reported Missing by Her Family When She Did Not Show Up for Work the Following Day.5 According to Police, Her Last Confirmed Communication Was With Her Boyfriend of Three Years, Shortly Before Leaving for Her Jog.1 Her Boyfriend Was Out of Town for Work in Dubuque, Iowa, Over 130 Miles (210 Km) Away.6 He Told Investigators He Received a Snapchat Message From Her Later in the Evening That Appeared to Show Her Indoors.4 Over the Next Several Weeks, Police in Multiple States Investigated Hundreds of Leads in the Case,7 Including an Unconfirmed Sighting at a Truck Stop in Kearney, Missouri5 (Later Confirmed to Have Been False),7 but Were Not Able to Locate Tibbetts. They Received Over 2,300 Tips8 and Conducted Over 500 Interviews During the Course of the Investigation.9 as She Was Known to Always Wear Her Fitbit Activity Tracker, Police Attempted to Use Its Data to Help Find Her.10 About a Week Prior to Her Body Being Found, Police Said That the Search Had Been Refocused to Several Specific Areas in and Around Brooklyn, Including Her Boyfriend's Home, a Truck Stop, a Car Wash, and Two Area Farms.11 Prior to the Discovery of Tibbetts' Body, Monetary Rewards for Information Leading to Closure in the Case Had Reached Over $366,000, Surpassing the Previous Record Reward Amount Raised by the Local Crime Stoppers Branch.12 as the Money Was to Be Used on the Condition of Her Return Alive, the Money Will Be Returned to Those Who Requested It, or Dispersed to the General Crime Stoppers Fund and/or to the Tibbetts Family.13 on August 21, Police in Iowa Announced That a Body Had Been Found in Poweshiek County,14 Where Tibbetts' Hometown of Brooklyn Is Located; the Body Was Identified as Tibbetts' in an Autopsy That Was Conducted Two Days Later by the Iowa State Medical Examiner.15 They Had Been Led to the Site by 24-year-old Suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera.1416 on August 23, the Iowa State Medical Examiner Performed an Autopsy and Recorded the Cause of Death as "multiple Sharp Force Injuries" and the Manner as Homicide. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, Age 24, Lived and Worked in the Rural Poweshiek County Area Where Tibbetts Vanished.1718 Originally From El Guayabillo, Guerrero, Mexico,19 He Arrived in the United States at Age 17