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   Tibbetts grabbed her phone and said she was going to call the   
   police. The affidavit says Rivera panicked and then said he   
   blacked out. Rivera next remembers seeing her earphones on his   
   lap, and taking her bloody body out of the trunk of his car, it   
   said.   
      
   "The defendant further described during the interview that he   
   dragged Tibbetts on foot from his vehicle to a secluded location   
   in a cornfield," the affidavit said.   
      
   Investigators said they had earlier searched the area for   
   Tibbetts but didn't find her, noting the body was covered by   
   corn stalks when recovered early Tuesday.   
      
   Rahn said that Rivera was cooperating with investigators and   
   speaking with the help of a translator. He said an autopsy would   
   be performed on the body Wednesday by the state medical   
   examiner's office, which would assist investigators in   
   understanding whether Tibbetts had been assaulted or tried to   
   fight him off.   
      
   Rivera's initial court appearance is scheduled for 1 p.m.   
   Wednesday in Montezuma.   
      
   A conviction on first-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence   
   of life in prison without parole in Iowa, which doesn't have the   
   death penalty.   
      
   On Tuesday night, deputies were guarding a trailer where the   
   suspect had lived on a gravel road outside Brooklyn near a dairy   
   farm.   
      
   Tibbetts' disappearance set off a massive search involving   
   dozens of officers from the FBI, as well as state and local   
   agencies. They focused much of their efforts in and around   
   Brooklyn, searching farm fields, ponds and homes. Investigators   
   asked anyone who was around five locations, including a car   
   wash, a truck stop and a farm south of town, to report if they   
   saw anything suspicious on July 18.   
      
   Last week, Vice President Mike Pence met privately with the   
   Tibbetts family during a visit to Iowa and told them that   
   "you're on the hearts of every American."   
      
   At Brooklyn City Hall, city clerk Sheri Sharer said Tuesday was   
   a sad day for the town.   
      
   "It never crossed our mind that she wouldn't come home safe,"   
   she said.   
      
   The University of Iowa mourned the loss of Tibbetts, a   
   psychology major who would have started her junior year this   
   week.   
      
   "We are deeply saddened that we've lost a member of the   
   University of Iowa community," said university official Melissa   
   Shivers, who urged students to seek counseling and other support   
   services as needed.   
      
   Rahn said he met with the parents and other relatives of   
   Tibbetts to inform them of the arrest Tuesday. He told them that   
   the investigation revealed that they had "raised a great   
   daughter."   
      
   "We got to know Mollie," he said. "She was a phenomenal   
   individual."   
      
   https://abc7news.com/authorities-mollie-tibbetts-killed-by-   
   mexican-in-us-illegally/4019048/   
               
      
      
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