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   From: criminally-complicit@sfchronicle.com   
      
   The body of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts was found 500   
   yards into a cornfield about 10 to 12 miles south from where   
   police think she was abducted, an investigator tells PEOPLE.   
      
   Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Iowa Division of   
   Criminal Investigation, says the Guernsey field was not owned by   
   Yarbee Farms, the dairy farm that employed suspect Christhian   
   Rivera, 24, but that Rivera “was familiar” with the area because   
   he lived and worked a few miles away.   
      
   Tibbetts, a 20-year-old psychology major at the University of   
   Iowa, was found buried under parts of cornstalks, says Mortvedt.   
   Her body was 500 yards from a gravel road and not visible from   
   it, he says.   
      
   “Corn … in Iowa this time of year is over eight feet tall and   
   has that long skinny leaves as it grows and blossoms, and   
   [Rivera] had ripped off a bunch of those off the corn stalk and   
   just kind of laid them on her to try to camouflage her,” says   
   Mortvedt.   
      
   Although investigators had searched nearby cornfields, Mortvedt   
   says that particular cornfield hadn’t been searched until Rivera   
   allegedly led them to Tibbetts’ body Tuesday.   
      
   Authorities have not revealed when, exactly, Tibbetts was killed   
   and Mortvedt would not comment on whether or not Tibbetts was   
   held captive for a period of time. “At this point, we can’t talk   
   about [it],” he says.   
      
   Rivera is charged with first-degree murder in Tibbetts’ death,   
   which preliminary autopsy results show was caused by “multiple   
   sharp force injuries,” although Mortvedt says authorities are   
   not currently providing more specifics.   
      
   Rivera has not entered a plea to the charge, but his attorney   
   has said he is presumed innocent, describing his client as a   
   hard worker and “loving father” to his young daughter. At his   
   initial court hearing Wednesday, Rivera’s bond was increased   
   from $1 million to $5 million at the urging of prosecutors.   
      
   Tibbetts went missing on July 18 after leaving her home in   
   Brooklyn, Iowa, to go for a jog. Brooklyn is about 11 miles from   
   southeast of Guernsey.   
      
   At a press conference Tuesday announcing Rivera’s arrest, Rick   
   Rahn of the Iowa DCI alleged Rivera confessed to circling around   
   Tibbetts a few times with his car before he started running   
   alongside her. Rahn said that Rivera confessed that at one   
   point, Tibbetts told him to leave her alone, threatening to call   
   the police.   
      
   Subsequently, Rivera allegedly chased Tibbetts down and at some   
   point said he blacked out, Rahn said.   
      
   Rahn said Rivera allegedly admitted seeing Tibbetts previously,   
   but he did not elaborate.   
      
   Mortvedt tells PEOPLE that speculation that Rivera and Tibbetts   
   might have known each other prior to her killing “isn’t   
   something law enforcement has verified.”   
      
   Rivera had no criminal record before his arrest.   
      
   “All of a sudden he just does it,” Mortvedt says. “Who escalates   
   to abduction, kidnapping and homicide that fast?”   
      
   “That is part of the ongoing investigation,” Mortvedt says. “We   
   want to dig into his background — and not just the last four   
   weeks. Who is this guy? Where has he been? What has he done? How   
   can we verify that?”   
      
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