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   Jurors in the murder trial for the farmhand accused of killing   
   Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts on Friday were shown   
   graphic images of her partially naked and decomposed body, along   
   with some of her clothing items, including her underwear.   
      
   The photos were taken in the Iowa cornfield where Cristhian   
   Bahena Rivera — a Mexican national who came to the US illegally   
   — allegedly dumped Tibbets’ body after abducting her while she   
   was out for a jog and knifing her to death, the Des Moines   
   Register reported.   
      
   The photos show Tibbetts’ body partially covered by corn stalks   
   and wearing brightly colored shoes and a pink sports bra,   
   according to the report.   
      
   Black shorts, underwear and fabric they might have been from a   
   headband were also found nearby in the cornfield, criminalist   
   Amy Johnson testified at the trial, according to the report.   
      
   Tibbetts — who was studying child psychology at the University   
   of Iowa — was killed in the summer of 2018 in a case that   
   shocked America’s heartland — and bolstered then-President   
   Trump’s tough-on-immigration stance.   
      
   Bahena Rivera allegedly used a stolen ID to come to the US and   
   get a job as a farmhand near the University of Iowa, where   
   Tibbetts was studying.   
      
   He’s pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.   
      
   Friday was the third day of the prosecution’s case in the trial   
   and included testimony from Tara Scott, a DNA specialist who   
   works at a state crime lab in Iowa.   
      
   Scott testified that DNA from Tibbetts was found inside the   
   trunk of Bahena Rivera’s car by investigators soon after they   
   discovered her body.   
      
   Investigators tested a knife and bloody napkin found in Bahena   
   Rivera’s trailer, but did not get a positive hit for DNA that   
   belonged to Tibbetts, according to the Des Moines Register.   
      
   Bahena Rivera had worked on a nearby farm for some four years   
   after getting a job there through his girlfriend, according to   
   the report. He lived on the property in a mobile home and worked   
   with cows.   
      
   The trial will continue next week.   
      
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