<p>In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the sad and tragic case of Mollie Tibbetts.</p><p><br></p><p>Listener Discretion-brutal murder and SA.</p><p><br></p><p>On Wednesday July, 18, 2018, 20 year old Mollie goes for a run in her small home town in Iowa around 7:30 pm. When Mollie doesn&#39;t show up for work the following day her family, boyfriend, friends, and comminity.</p><p><br></p><p>After a month long of searching for Mollie the police catch a break and find a man named Cristhian Bahena Rivera who leads the police directly to Mollie&#39;s body. Her family is devastated, vigils are held, and a country mourns another woman lost while doing something they love--running,.</p><p><br></p><p>Bahena goes on trial after many delays due to motions, moving the trial location and the pandemic of Covid-19--May 17, 2021--almost 3 years after Mollie went missing.</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to hear full details and remember Mollie--her beautiful life and legacy her family leaves in the Miles for Mollie Annual Fundraiser Walk/Run--held in September in Brooklyn, Iowa.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>References for this Episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>https://youtu.be/0Zz5UPLzVOA?si=RN_eV-ye-rrBDdHF</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>&quot;University officials, students react to the discovery of Tibbetts&#39; body&quot;-Hillar Ojeda--The Des Moines Register-Wed. Aug 22, 2018</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>&quot;Chronology of the Mollie Tibbetts missing person case&quot;-Staff--The Des Moines Register-Wed Aug 22, 2018</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>&quot;Tibbetts---Video Recordings help solve case, Suspect was from Mexico&quot;--Staff--The Des Moines Register Wed. Aug 22, 2018</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>&quot;Officer: Miranda failure for Iowa murder suspect a mistake&quot;-Associated Press--Globe-Gazette-Fri. Nov, 15, 2019</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>&quot;Iowa college student hasn&#39;t been seen since last week&quot;-The Washington Post--Omaha World-Herald--Thur. Jul 26, 2018</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>https://www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/18636/embed/CourtAppealsOpinion</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>https://iowaappeals.com/uncategorized/iowa-court-of-appeals-denies-new-trial-for-cristhian-bahena-rivera/</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Episodes DID include other information via:</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.newspapers.com/</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.ancestry.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.facebook.com/gfearsmedia?rdid=2J3DmRrwK1yzecQl&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F16Ws41EzTt%2F#</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/</p><p><br></p><p>To connect w/ Unexplained America:</p><p><br></p><p>https://unexplainedamerica.com/</p><p><br></p><p>[email protected]</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586477442538#</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rIqbuh-TeAl_9dZNL3fUA</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.instagram.com/unexplained_america/</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.patreon.com/unexplainedamerica</p><p><br></p><p>Find us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.</p><p><br></p><p>Xoxoxoxo, Lisa</p><p></p>