Testimony continues Wednesday (5/26)in Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s murder trial.  He is charged with first degree murder in the July 2018 death of Mollie Tibbetts in Brooklyn.  On Tuesday (5/25), the defense began presenting its case.  Defense attorney Jennifer Frese said Bahena Rivera is a “yes” man and after what she described as a systematic confrontation rather than an interview with her client, he confessed to the crime.

“They got what they needed.  There was an intense amount of pressure, that’s what the evidence has shown you, to close this case, to arrest someone for this vicious crime.”

In Tuesday afternoon testimony, defense attorney Chad Frese recalled Dalton Jack, Mollie Tibbetts’ boyfriend, and questioned him about his temper.

Chad Frese: You don’t recall telling Mollie that you have a temper?

Jack: No

Chad Frese: You don’t recall saying that’s what makes you dangerous?

Jack: No.

Chad Frese: But the record says that.  Do you deny the accuracy of the record?

Jack: No.

Testimony in Bahena Rivera’s murder trial continues Wednesday in Davenport.