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   BROOKLYN, Iowa –  The Chevy Malibu that investigators linked to   
   Cristhian Rivera, the illegal immigrant suspected of killing   
   Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts, was not registered in   
   Rivera's name, a law enforcement source revealed to Fox News on   
   Wednesday.   
      
   Police said Tuesday that the Malibu, which was caught on   
   surveillence footage in Brooklyn, Iowa, was driving back and   
   forth in the area where Tibbetts, a 20-year-old University of   
   Iowa student, was running in the "late afternoon hours of July   
   18," the day she went missing.   
      
   "We were able to, first of all, see what we believed to have   
   been Mollie running on one of the streets," Iowa Division of   
   Criminal Investigation special agent Rick Rahn told Fox News.   
   "From that, we started to look into all the vehicles that were   
   also captured on video and eventually identified the vehicle   
   that was driven by Mr. Rivera."   
      
   The surveillance footage in which the Malibu was seen was not   
   able to capture the vehicle's license plates, but there were   
   "unusual markings" on the car which helped lead investigators   
   track it down, Rahn told said.   
      
   The special agent said there were "some distinct features to the   
   vehicle that allowed us to basically search the area for it and   
   just happened that we were able to locate the vehicle, and   
   subsequently identify Mr. Rivera driving the vehicle."   
      
   The footage was provided by a resident. It clearly showed   
   Tibbetts running, and also had a clear shot of the Malibu   
   driving back and forth, Rahn told Fox News. The video was   
   "critical" and allowed authorities to zero in on the 24-year-old   
   Rivera, Rahn added.   
      
   Rivera was charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday in   
   Tibbetts' death, and was being held Wednesday on a $5 million   
   cash-only bond. During his first court appearance Wednesday   
   afternoon, Rivera looked stoic and refused to speak when given   
   the chance. Rahn said authorities believe this was a   
   "premeditated" attack.   
      
   While investigators earlier had looked into the area where   
   Tibbetts' body was ultimately discovered — a cornfield roughly   
   12 miles southeast of Brooklyn — Rahn said detectives wouldn't   
   have seen the woman's body even if they were relatively close,   
   as it was covered in cornstalks.   
      
   He wouldn't detail what led investigators to the Deep River Area   
   where Tibbetts' body was found, but stressed that they "focused   
   hard on her digital footprint."   
      
   Investigators said they were working to determine whether Rivera   
   acted alone. They said that other charges may be filed against   
   Rivera if evidence shows that sexual assault or other crimes   
   were committed against Tibbetts.   
      
   Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents said that   
   Rivera, of Mexico, has been in the U.S. illegally for four to   
   seven years.   
      
   Yarrabee Farms, which had hired Rivera, initially said he passed   
   a federal E-Verify check, which is intended to maintain a   
   database of I-9 forms and tax records of employees across the   
   country. On Wednesday, however, co-owner and manager Dane Lang   
   said that the farm used a different program that a family member   
   wrongly thought was E-Verify. The farm used Social Security   
   Administration data in the vetting process, Lang said.   
      
   Lang added that Rivera provided a state-issued photo ID and   
   social security card.   
      
   “We learned that our employee was not who he said he is," Lang   
   told reporters on Wednesday, and noted that his coworkers knew   
   him by a different name, but recognized him after seeing media   
   reports about his arrest.   
      
   A spokesperson with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services   
   said in a statement that, "A search of records by USCIS revealed   
   Rivera did not make any DACA requests nor were any grants given.   
   We have found no record in our systems indicating he has any   
   immigration status."   
      
   Despite what federal officials have stated about Rivera's status   
   in the U.S., his lawyer said the suspect worked legally in the   
   country.   
      
   Attorney Allen Richards alleged that the government was saying   
   falsely that Rivera was not in Iowa legally, in a court document   
   through which he asked for a gag order on the case, the Des   
   Moines Register reported.   
      
   A judge denied Richards' gag order request.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/22/mollie-tibbetts-   
   investigation-chevy-malibu-seen-in-surveillance-video-not-   
   registered-to-suspect-rivera-source-says.html   
                      
      
      
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