The Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

It was not the ending we had hoped for. It was not the ending we had prayed for when you

have been in the business of crime. You know in your head to expect this, but then when

it happens, you're not ready for it no matter how many cases I've tried, how many cases

I've prepared, investigated or covered, still not ready. Molly Tibbets, 20-year-old

co-ed from Iowa found dead. In the last hours, we learn who her alleged attacker is. I'm

Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us. Take a listen to the

Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations.

I complaint in affidavit names Christian Bahina Rivera, H-24, who resides in rural

Powyshite County and has been charged with murder in the first degree. A body was discovered

early this morning in a farm field southeast of Brooklyn, Iowa. The identity has not been

confirmed, however, we believe it to be the body of Molly Tibbets. And first degree

murder carries a penalty of life without the possibility of parole.

Missing Iowa student Molly Tibbets just 20 years old, her world ahead of her, found

dead on a rural property just 15 minutes from where she vanished weeks ago. One week

after the fed say her kidnapper was hiding in plain sight, so clearly they knew, they

knew at that time, pretty much what had happened to Molly and they were focusing on five areas

because of what they knew. Now this, we believe, is what they knew. Listen.

And during our neighborhood canvas, we came across an individual that had security cameras.

We took those cameras. He was kind enough to give us the footage from it. And through

that, we were able to identify a vehicle that we believe belonged to Mr Rivera. It was

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