The Killing of Mollie Tibbetts Murder Trial

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

It’s been almost two years since 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts disappeared while on an evening jog, setting off an enormous search that made national news. A month after her disappearance Cristhian Rivera, a local dairy farm worker who was in the country illegally, was arrested, allegedly confessed to her murder and led investigators to her body. But before the police homed in on Rivera there were four other viable suspects that were looked into and eventually cleared. What prompted the suspicion in these men and could it be used as a viable defense when Rivera goes on trial later this month? Host Vinnie Politan and Court TV Legal Correspondent Julia Jenaé will share what was revealed about them in court documents and how it may impact the trial. Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 11pm. For more about the upcoming trial of Cristhian Rivera, click here.

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0:00.0	The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.
0:05.0	Opinions, all are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.
0:09.0	Sensitive topics are discussed.
0:11.0	Discretion is advised.
0:13.4	On this week's court TV podcast, we're days away from one of the most anticipated
0:20.6	murder trials of the year.
0:22.0	Did Christian Rivera murder 20-year-old University of anticipated murder
0:23.7	20-year-old University of Iowa student Molly Tibbets
0:26.9	while she was out for an evening job.
0:29.3	What about the other suspects that police looked into?
0:32.4	Court TV's legal correspondent Julie Janay is back. other suspects that police looked into.
0:32.5	Court TV's legal correspondent Julie Janay
0:34.3	is back to bring us up to speed on the latest developments.
0:38.1	This is the Court TV podcast with Vinny Polytan.
0:46.0	I'm Vinny Polytan.
0:47.0	Thanks so much for downloading the podcast.
0:49.0	And this episode of the Core TV podcast is to me absolutely fascinating because I've been covering trials for decades now.
1:00.0	And in all these cases, defense attorneys try to point the finger in another direction and you're like well yeah maybe
1:07.1	Then you know you read online and some people are kind of extrapolating a little bit and come up with an alternative theory.
1:14.7	But in the case we're going to talk about today, there are actual viable suspects.
1:22.3	They've all been cleared by law enforcement
1:24.3	through their investigation, so they haven't been charged
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