Mollie Tibbetts murder: Key home surveillance video of jogger, vehicle shown at trial for Mexican national

As the trial of the Mexican national accused of murdering 20-year-old Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018 continued into its second day Thursday, prosecutors called law enforcement officials to the stand and key surveillance video was unveiled, showing Tibbets running through a neighborhood as a vehicle allegedly operated by the defendant followed. 

But law enforcement officers insist that those individuals have been cleared and prosecutors argue that new evidence, including video of Rivera’s Chevy Malibu, blood found in its trunk – that was later a match for Tibbetts – and a partial confession by the defendant will be crucial in proving his guilt. Jurors were shown several videos and photos of the runner and the Malibu, including some that were enhanced in size. Deputy Steve Kivi, an investigator with the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Department, testified Thursday at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport that he was among the officers who responded to the home of Dalton Jack and his brother, Blake Jack, in Brooklyn, Iowa, after Tibbetts was initially reported missing.