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obituario/u.s.news Diahuebs 15 Juli 2021

Judge delays sentencing after twists in Mollie

Tibbetts case

(AP) — A judge on Wednesday delayed sen- day before his lawyers revealed newly obtained in-
tencing for the man convicted of killing formation that they say calls his guilt into question.
University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts
after defense lawyers said they needed time Judge Joel Yates ruled Wednesday the sentencing
M i n o a m u ri , p es e y m i n o a b i sa a yo . to investigate new information pointing to would be delayed until after he holds hearings
M i a d j i s h a b r i m i h a l a n a n y b u l a b a i
k ei ro . other potential suspects. on the defense’s requests to compel prosecutors
Bo so a k ed a a t ra s. No l a g a t ri st esa to release information about other suspects and
d o m i n a b o so . Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 27, was scheduled to be to order a new trial. Yates said he would hold the
Ked a u n i u n cu o t ro p a m i a lm a . sentenced to life in prison without parole Thurs- first hearing Thursday at the Poweshiek County
Es ey l o t a u n a l eg ri a .
Re co rd a m i cu h o p i a m o r. Courthouse in Montezuma and set a later date for
the hearing on a new trial.
C u i n me n s o t ri st es a y d ol o r n a n o s
c u ra s o n, p e r o c o nf o r me c u b ol u n t a d d i Prosecutors remain confident in Bahena Rivera’s
Di os , n os t a a n u n ci a f ay ec i me n t o di n o s
es p o s a, ma m a , o ma y r u ma n sti ma : guilt and were expected to respond in court fil-
ings later Wednesday, state attorney general’s office
spokesman Lynn Hicks said.

A jury in May found Bahena Rivera guilty of first-
degree murder in the stabbing death of Tibbetts,
20, who vanished while out for a run in her home-
town of Brooklyn, Iowa, in July 2018.
Maar ik mag door Uw grote liefde Uw
huis binnengaan, van ontzag vervuld Prosecutors built their case on surveillance video
mij buigen naar Uw heilige tempel. showing Bahena Rivera driving in the vicinity
Leidt mij langs mijn belagers, HEER, of where Tibbetts disappeared while jogging, on
door Uw gerechtigheid, maak effen de DNA evidence showing that her blood was found
weg die U mij wijst. in his car’s trunk, and on a partial confession in
Glenda B eatriz Kro zendij k which Bahena Rivera led investigators to a remote
e/ v d e S o u s a F e rn an d es P ern a Psalmen 5:8–9 (NBV) cornfield where her body was found a month after
*1 8 j an u a ri 1 9 5 3 – † 1 3 j u l i 2 0 2 1 she disappeared.

Treur niet om mij, maar gedenk mij
ACTO DI ENTIERO LO W ORDO met een glimlach, want er is nog Bahena Rivera, a dairy farm worker, claimed pub-
ANUNCIA DESPUES zoveel licht. Veeg de tranen uit je licly for the first time while testifying at his trial
ogen. that two masked men were responsible for the kill-
ing and had forced him to drive them around and
Breng een lach op je gezicht. dispose of Tibbetts’ body at gunpoint. A native of
Mexico who illegally came to the U.S. as a teen-
Met diepleedwezen maken wij bekend ager, he has been jailed since his 2018 arrest.
dat van ons is heengegaan, onze lieve
moeder, schoonmoeder, grootmoeder, Defense lawyers Chad and Jennifer Frese request-
overgrootmoeder en ed a new trial last week, saying two witnesses re-
betovergrootmoeder: cently came forward independently of one another
to partially support Bahena Rivera’s testimony.
The witnesses told investigators that a 21-year-old
man with a history of violence against women had
“ But seek first the kingdom of God and claimed responsibility for killing Tibbetts.
His righteousness strengthens,
One of the witnesses said the man told him while
and all these things shall be added to they were at a county jail that Tibbetts had been
you”
kidnapped and brought to a “trap house” used for
Matthew 6:33 sex trafficking before she was killed, according to
Bahena Rivera’s lawyers.
Cu inmenso tristesa na nos curason nos
ta anuncia fayecimento di : The man told the witness that the house was
owned by a 50-year-old who was running the traf-
ficking ring and decided to have Tibbetts killed
after the publicity surrounding her disappearance
got too big. The man allegedly said he and an asso-
Wilma Gertrude van Ree op de ciate followed through with a plan devised by the
gezegende leeftijd van 90 jaar. 50-year-old to stab Tibbetts and frame a Hispanic
Weduwe van Franklin Pinas man for the death.

Kinderen, The Freses said they learned Tuesday about a crim-
Wijlen Roy van Ree, inal investigation that centered on a 50-year-old
Ernand van der Kuyp, man who allegedly met one of his sex trafficking
Roland van der Kuyp victims in May 2018 at a gas station in Brooklyn,
Tibbetts’ hometown of 1,700 people that is rough-
Sra. Phyllis Elaine Maria Mingo- en Henna van der Kuyp. ly 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Iowa City.
Geerlings met hun gezinnen.
The woman told investigators that the man lured
Mihor conoci como Jufr. Geerlings De gelegenheid tot afscheid nemen en her to a house in the nearby town of New Sharon,
de crematie vindt plaats op zaterdag where she was repeatedly drugged, raped, and held
*17-09-1953 - †10-07-2021
17 Juli 2021 van 09:00 a.m. –11:00 against her will until August 2018, court records
a.m. in het crematorium Aurora. show. The woman said she sometimes would hear
Adres : Cumana #76 other women’s voices in the home.
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues.