Ep 162: The Case of Mollie Tibbetts

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old University of Iowa student, went for a run in July 2018, and never returned. A suspect led investigators to her body weeks later, but at trial, he said someone else was to blame. Sponsors in this episode: Madison Reed - Get 10% off plus free shipping on your first Color Kit when you go to Madison-Reed.com and use code COURT. NetSuite - Schedule your FREE Product Tour RIGHT NOW at NetSuite.com/COURT. LifeLock - Join today by going to LifeLock.com/COURT to save up to 25% off your first year. Apartments.com - Millions of renters rely on Apartments.com every month to search the most comprehensive inventory of rentals available. Jordan Harbinger Show - Search for The Jordan Harbinger Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. This episode was researched and written by Polly Kotowski, with Law & Crime. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @PollyKotowski. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie.

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0:00.0	A 20 year old college student leaves for an evening run in Brooklyn, Iowa.
0:06.6	Then, she vanishes.
0:09.6	Molly Tibbitts.
0:13.0	This case is her story.
0:15.2	This case is a story of Molly's disappearance and a story of Molly's murder.
0:22.2	Investigators soon have their suspect.
0:24.7	And he cooperates in some way, at least initially, giving shocking admissions about what he says
0:31.4	happened that night.
0:33.7	He admitted that he'd seen Molly the night she disappeared July 18, 2018.
0:40.2	He admitted that he followed her and he got out of his car.
0:45.1	He admitted to jogging to catch up with her that he wanted to get close to her.
0:50.3	He admitted that Molly didn't want to have anything to do with him.
0:53.4	That she threatened to call the police.
0:56.4	And he admitted he became angry at that time.
0:59.6	But when it came time for trial, he would have quite a different story to tell the jury.
1:06.2	And why did you think there was something or why did you know there was something in
1:09.2	the trunk?
1:16.8	Because previously I had felt when they had placed something or put something in the trunk.
1:22.8	Did you look in the trunk?
1:24.8	Yes.
1:25.8	What did you see?
1:26.8	You were wonderful.
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