{"id":122345,"date":"2018-08-22T14:02:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=122345"},"modified":"2018-08-22T14:03:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:03:28","slug":"just-in-mollie-tibbetts-family-releases-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/just-in-mollie-tibbetts-family-releases-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Mollie Tibbetts’ Family Releases Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

BROOKLYN, Iowa — A murder charge has been filed against a 24-year-old illegal alien in the case of missing Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts<\/a>—a missing persons case that gripped the nation.<\/p>\n

24-year-old Christian Rivera is charged with first-degree murder, officials announced Tuesday. Rivera is being held on a federal immigration detainer.<\/p>\n

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Officials say they identified Rivera through a resident’s surveillance video system. They said the suspect was cooperative and explained to investigators<\/a> what happened that day.<\/p>\n

Rivera said he stopped his car and jogged alongside 20-year-old Tibbetts–at which point she clutched her cell phone and told Rivera to ‘leave her alone or she would call the cops.’<\/p>\n

Rivera went on to confess that when Tibbetts ran, he chased after her before he ‘blacked out’ and ‘came to’ in a corn field.<\/p>\n

Officers say the alleged killer led them to her body in the corn field in Poweshiek County, her body coverd in corn stalks.<\/p>\n

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