MONTEZUMA – Despite the fact that sentencing was set for Thursday, the trial for Cristhian Bahena Rivera continues as both the prosecution and defense wait for the judge to decide on whether or not...
Sentencing for Cristhian Bahena Rivera has been delayed until the court hears a motion for a new trial, which has caused the prosecution to file resistance to the defense’s requests.
The defense...
The defense for Cristhian Bahena Rivera filed an appeal for a new trial after both a local county inmate and third-party witness came forward separately with corroborating information that could identify...
University of Iowa student Alexander Jackson, 20, has been charged with killing his sister, who was also a UI student, and his parents in their Cedar Rapids home on Tuesday.
Jackson is currently...
The court presiding over the trial for the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts denied a motion for mistrial filed by the defense for Cristhian Bahena Rivera.
Bahena Rivera, 24, was...
After three years, Cristhian Bahena Rivera was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday in the abduction and fatal stabbing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, who went missing in July...
The prosecution and defense for Cristhian Bahena Rivera offered countering closing statements on the alleged guilt of the defendant before the jury entered deliberation on Thursday.
Bahena Rivera...
Cristhian Bahena Rivera testified Wednesday that his fear for his daughter and ex-girlfriend’s lives stopped him from telling investigators that he was the driver for the men who he claims abducted...
A person entered the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics emergency room and began threatening others with a knife on Tuesday evening.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety received the report...
The defense for Cristhian Bahena Rivera implored the jury to remember its ability to say “no” as it heard testimonies on behalf of the defense during the seventh day of trial for the death of University...
The defense’s request for acquittal was denied during the trial for Cristhian Bahena Rivera on Monday.
Bahena Rivera is charged with first-degree murder in connection to the disappearance and...
Mollie Tibbetts’ blood was present in the trunk of the car belonging to Cristhian Bahena Rivera, an expert witness confirmed during testimony on Friday.
Graphic photographs and DNA evidence were...
