The suspect in the Iowa murder case made his first court appearance as prosecutors say he kidnapped and killed college student Mollie Tibbetts while she was jogging.The murder trial of a Mexican farmworker accused of fatally stabbing 20-year-old University of Iowa studentwho was attacked while out for an evening jog in 2018, began on Monday with jury selection.
Finding a fair and impartial panel to hear the case will be the first hurdle prosecutors and defense attorneys face. Tibbetts, a sophomore at the University of Iowa studying psychology, disappeared on July 18, 2018, while out for an evening jog in the rural farming town of Brooklyn, a close-knit community of about 1,500 residents 68 miles east of Des Moines.
When investigators interviewed Bahena Rivera, he allegedly told authorities that he saw Tibbetts running, got out of his car and ran alongside of her, according to an arrest affidavit.Bahena Rivera claimed Tibbetts grabbed her phone and said,"I'm gonna call the police," according to the affidavit.
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