Cristhian Bahena Rivera sentenced to life in prison without parole in abduction and killing of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts three years after she disappeared... More
August 30, 2021
The man convicted of killing Mollie Tibbetts -- in a trial Court TV carried gavel-to-gavel -- is scheduled to be sentenced Monday, August 30, starting... More
August 30, 2021
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected a convicted man's request for a new trial in the... More
August 2, 2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera was to be sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for the murder of Mollie Tibbetts. More
July 28, 2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera was supposed to be sentenced on July 15 for the murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. More
July 27, 2021
For our 100th episode host Vinnie Politan and Court TV’s Ted Rowlands cover the Mollie Tibbetts Murder Trial and Britney Spears' court battle to end... More
July 22, 2021
July 20, 2021
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two childhood friends named by defense lawyers as alternate suspects in the killing of... More
July 16, 2021
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor rejected defense claims Thursday that the 2018 killing of University of Iowa... More
July 15, 2021
July 14, 2021
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge on Wednesday delayed sentencing for the man convicted of killing University of... More
July 14, 2021
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors in May dismissed a defendant's testimony that he was framed by two masked... More
July 13, 2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, who was convicted of murdering University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, is asking for a new trial after claiming two new witnesses... More
July 13, 2021
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A jury found a farm laborer guilty of murder Friday in the abduction and... More
May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021
By Ivy Brown IOWA CITY, Iowa (Court TV) — A jury found Cristhian Bahena River guilty of first-degree murder of the University of Iowa student... More
May 28, 2021
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jurors deliberated for three hours Thursday without reaching a verdict in the trial of... More
May 27, 2021
Court TV has been in Iowa this week, covering the murder trial of Christhian Bahena Rivera, the man accused of murdering University of Iowa student... More
May 27, 2021
The defendant took the stand in his own defense, claiming two men kidnapped him, made him drive and attacked Mollie Tibbetts. More
May 27, 2021
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The man on trial for the 2018 abduction and stabbing death of a University... More
May 26, 2021
