Mollie Tibbetts’s Killer Sentenced to Life in Prison

Mollie Tibbetts’s Killer Sentenced to Life in Prison
Cristhian Bahena Rivera listens to proceedings during his sentencing, at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa, on Aug. 30, 2021. Charlie Neibergall/Pool/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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The illegal immigrant who murdered a college student in Iowa was sentenced on Aug. 30 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Iowa District Judge Joel Yates handed down the sentence to Cristhian Bahena Rivera before relatives of Mollie Tibbetts, 20, who was found dead in a cornfield in Poweshiek County on Aug. 21, 2018.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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