RIVERA MURDER TRIAL RESCHEDULED

Rivera murder trial rescheduled

The murder trial for the man accused of murdering Mollie Tibbets of Brooklyn will now start September 29 in Sioux City.  Cristhian Bahena Rivera is accused of killing the 20-year-old University of Iowa student in July 2018.  Tibbetts’ body was found a month later in a cornfield near Brooklyn.  The trial was moved back after defense attorneys said Rivera’s confession to law enforcement was unreliable.  The district court judge suppressed part of Rivera’s confession.

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