{"id":704209,"date":"2021-08-31T18:21:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T22:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=704209"},"modified":"2021-08-31T18:21:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T22:21:44","slug":"illegal-immigrant-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder-of-mollie-tibbetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder-of-mollie-tibbetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Immigrant Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder 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\">24<\/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-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder-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=704209&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brooklyn-Iowa.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A 27-year-old illegal immigrant was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The judge, Joel Yates of Iowa, also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kwwl.com\/2021\/08\/30\/watch-live-bahena-rivera-to-be-sentenced-monday-after-judge-denies-request-for-new-trial\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;that Mollie\u2019s family would be paid $150,000 in restitution. He told Cristhian<\/span><span> Bahena Rivera, the man who murdered Mollie, who was 20 at the time,&nbsp;<\/span><span>\u201cYou and you alone forever changed the lives of those who loved Mollie Tibbetts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Through a victim impact statement, Tibbitts\u2019 mother expressed her thoughts to the court. \u201cI come here today not because I feel the need to address you,\u201d she <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weareiowa.com\/article\/news\/local\/mollie-tibbetts\/read-watch-full-victim-impact-statement-video-laura-calderwood-mollie-tibbetts-mother-cristhian-bahena-rivera-sentencing\/524-2a1d0ca4-d422-462a-b147-6c255a4ce844\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cI\u2019m here to give a voice to our daughter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She added that her daughter just \u201cwanted to go for a quiet run\u201d and was devastated that Rivera had \u201cviolently and sadistically\u201d ended Mollie\u2019s life.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She also noted the deep impact on Mollie\u2019s grandmother, Judy.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJudy truly believed her granddaughter would be found alive, because who could harm such a beautiful, vibrant, young woman so full of life, and promise? Who could harm Judy\u2019s precious granddaughter, let alone brutally murder her and dump her body in a cornfield?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She ended her testimony by talking about Rivera\u2019s own daughter, Paulina.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI do hope one day Paulina has the opportunity to become a mother,\u201d she said in her starter, \u201cBut how will she ever explain to her children who their grandfather is? This is the legacy you left behind for your only child Mr. Rivera. I don\u2019t know whose situation is worse.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rivera, who illegally migrated from Mexico to work on an Iowa farm, stabbed Tibbet\u2019s to death when she was out for a run in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa,<\/span><span>&nbsp;back<\/span><span> in July 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following a police investigation, Rivera admitted to the slaying and led the police to the cornfield where he hid her body. His defense team attempted to argue that he was compelled to kill Tibbet\u2019s by several kidnappers, though the jury was not convinced, as NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/08\/31\/1032816434\/mollie-tibbetts-iowa-college-murder-sentencing\">noted.<\/a> He was convicted of first-degree murder in May.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-26-year-old-illegal-immigrant-convicted-of-murdering-mollie-tibbets-in-2018\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> by the Daily Wire, Rivera\u2019s defense tried to pin the blame on Mollie\u2019s boyfriend, Dalton Jack. Jack was cleared by the police as not being near to the scene of the crime, and it was also noted that he was planning on proposing to Mollie and had purchased an engagement ring.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBecause of your act, Dalton Jack will never get to give Mollie the engagement ring he had purchased for her. Because of your act, Mollie\u2019s father, Rob, will never get to walk his only daughter down the aisle. Because of your act Mr. Rivera, I will never get to see my daughter become a mother,\u201d Calderwood wrote in her statement.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rivera\u2019s defense team will appeal the ruling.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-cmdiie e172hw750\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-26-year-old-illegal-immigrant-convicted-of-murdering-mollie-tibbets-in-2018\">26-Year-Old Illegal Immigrant Convicted Of Murdering Mollie Tibbets In 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 27-year-old illegal immigrant was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts.The judge, Joel Yates of Iowa, also said\u00a0that Mollie\u2019s family &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-704209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}