In Mollie Tibbetts case, judge denies new trial request for killer
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An Iowa judge on Monday denied a request for a new trial by a man convicted of the 2018 murder of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student whose body was found in a cornfield weeks after she vanished.
Bahena Rivera, a farmhand living in the United States illegally, was convicted of first-degree murder and faces life in prison. "We are pleased that the judge upheld the jury’s verdict and we look forward to moving to sentencing," said Lynn Hicks, a spokesman for the state attorney general.
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