A small-town run on a warm July evening should have been routine for 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts. Instead, it became the last time anyone would see her alive. What unfolded next gripped the nation: a massive search, hidden clues, and a chilling story that unraveled in the courtroom. In this episode, we step into Mollie’s final hours, the investigation that shocked Iowa, and the twisted defense that left more questions than answers.

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RESOURCES: 

• ABC News – Jury gets case after hearing contrasting claims of how Mollie Tibbetts was killed
• KCRG – The Disappearance and Death of Mollie Tibbetts: A Timeline
• Runner’s World – Mollie Tibbetts Disappearance: How Fitbit Data Became Part of the Investigation
• KCCI – The Trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera: Complete Coverage
• ABC News – Guilty Verdict in Murder of Iowa Student Mollie Tibbetts
• Des Moines Register – What to Know About the Life and Murder of Mollie Tibbetts
• ABC7 News – A Timeline of Mollie Tibbetts’ Disappearance
• For Iowa – Mollie Tibbetts Memorial Fund Surpasses $125,000
• MPR News – After Daughter’s Killing, an Iowa Mother Holds on to Her Humanity
• Columbia Journalism Review – How The Des Moines Register Built on Credibility for Its Reporting
• Wikipedia – Murder of Mollie Tibbetts
• TIME – Mollie Tibbetts Died of ‘Multiple Sharp Force Injuries,’ Preliminary Autopsy Says

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