Guilty verdict in murder of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts

Guilty verdict in murder of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts.

Cristhian Bahena Rivera, accused of murdering University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts as she was jogging, has been found guilty by an Iowa jury. Rivera, a 26-year-old an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, was found guilty by the jury of first-degree murder for allegedly killing Tibbetts, 20, and hiding her body in a cornfield in the rural town of Brooklyn, Iowa, in July 2018. The jury deliberated for seven hours over Thursday and Friday and all were in agreement with the guilty verdict. In Iowa, the sentence for first degree murder is life in prison without the possibility of parole. Bahena Rivera's sentencing will take place at 9:30 a.m. on July 15 in Poweshiek County and he was granted no bond pending sentencing.