Cristhian Bahena Rivera Found Guilty in Murder of 20-Year-Old Mollie Tibbetts

An Iowa jury on Friday found Cristhian Bahena Rivera guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old college student who went for a run in 2018 and never came home. The jury deliberated for seven hours over two days before returning a verdict against Bahena Rivera, 24. In closing arguments, the prosecutor scoffed at Bahena Rivera's claims of being abducted by two masked gunmen who made him put Tibbetts' body in the trunk of his car. Rivera faces life behind bars.