NOTE: The above video is from the November 2019 hearing on a
motion to suppress Cristhian Bahena Rivera's conversations with
law enforcement.
A judge has once again set a new trial date for the man accused
of killing 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie
Tibbetts.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 26, is charged with Murder in the First
Degree after investigators said he led them to her body in
August 2018.
A January 2021 trial date was set in July, but a Wednesday order
from Judge Joel Yates has pushed the trial back to May 17, 2021
in Scott County.
A pretrial conference is scheduled for April 15, 2021 in
Poweshiek County.
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