{"id":544825,"date":"2021-05-28T19:20:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T23:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544825"},"modified":"2021-05-28T19:20:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T23:20:47","slug":"illegal-immigrant-convicted-of-murder-in-death-of-mollie-tibbetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-convicted-of-murder-in-death-of-mollie-tibbetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal immigrant convicted of murder in death of Mollie Tibbetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillegal-immigrant-convicted-of-murder-in-death-of-mollie-tibbetts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2415317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2415317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cristhian Bahena Rivera reacts after the verdict is announced in his trial, Friday. (AP Photo\/Charlie Neibergall, pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:05 PM PT \u2013 Friday, May 28, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>An Iowa jury has found an illegal immigrant guilty of first-degree murder in the death of college student Mollie Tibbetts. Cristhian Bahena Rivera was convicted on Friday following only 7.5 hours of deliberation.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after he testified in his own defense earlier this week, claiming two unknown men forced him to follow and kidnap Tibbetts while she was on a jog back in 2018. Rivera alleges one of the men killed Tibbetts and put her body in the trunk of his car before forcing him to drive to a corn field where he helped hide her body.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2415455\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2415455\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2415455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mollie-1-656x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - In this September 2016 file photo provided by Kim Calderwood, Mollie Tibbetts poses for a picture during homecoming festivities at BGM High School in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Video evidence, DNA analysis and a partial confession will be critical to proving Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a farm laborer, stabbed Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student, to death while she was out for a run in 2018, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Kim Calderwood via AP, File)\" width=\"656\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mollie-1-656x437-1.jpg 656w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mollie-1-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mollie-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mollie-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2415455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Sept. 2016 file photo provided by Kim Calderwood, Mollie Tibbetts poses for a picture during homecoming festivities at BGM High School in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. (Kim Calderwood via AP, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rivera testified that he was afraid of the men and said they had told him they would harm his family, including his daughter, if he did not cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>The murder conviction carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. However, Rivera\u2019s defense team plans to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gen-mark-milley-warns-against-threats-from-china\/\">Gen. Mark Milley Warns Against Threats From China<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristhian Bahena Rivera reacts after the verdict is announced in his trial, Friday. 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