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The Controversial Murder of Mollie Tibbetts - July 18 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Share MCOM with a friend and follow us on Instagram @morningcupofmurder July 18th: Mollie Tibbetts Disappeared (2018) Going out for a run shouldn’t be a dangerous decision. On July 18th 2018 a young woman made the decision to go on a run and, in doing so, unknowingly placed herself in the direct path of a dangerous individual. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Mollie_Tibbettshttps://www.npr.org/2021/08/31/1032816434/mollie-tibbetts-iowa-college-murder-sentencing, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58390687, https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2021/08/30/mollie-tibbetts-mother-letter-court-sentencing-cristhian-bahena-rivera-after-trial-verdict/5653926001/, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-convicted-murdering-iowa-student-mollie-tibbetts-sentenced-life-prison-n1278038, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/us/mollie-tibbets-murder-life-sentence.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrives, I found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:13.0

A cup of murder.

0:14.4

Going out for a run shouldn't be a dangerous decision.

0:18.8

On July 18, 2018, a young woman made the decision to go on a run,

0:24.5

and in doing so, I knowingly placed herself in the direct path of a dangerous individual.

0:31.5

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

0:36.7

morning cup of murder.

0:39.1

Molly Cecilia Tibbitts, born May 8, 1998, lived with her mother Laura and father Rob in San Francisco, California.

0:48.1

When she was in the second grade, her parents divorced, and she moved to Iowa to live with her mother and siblings. Their father

0:56.0

kept a close relationship with his children, and according to the sources, last saw Molly at his

1:01.8

wedding in June of 2018, about a month before tragedy struck the Tibbitts family. Around the time

1:09.9

her story takes place, Molly, a resident of Brooklyn, Iowa,

1:13.9

was a psychology major at the University of Iowa and was working at a Children's Day Camp

1:18.7

at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center while preparing for her upcoming sophomore year in school.

1:25.6

On July 18, 2018, Molly, a former cross-country runner, left the home of her

1:31.6

boyfriend and went for an evening jog. Last scene at approximately 7.30 p.m., when she did not

1:39.0

show up that night or the following day for work, her family reported her missing.

1:49.0

According to the police, Molly's last confirmed communication was with her boyfriend shortly before leaving for her run.

1:52.2

But, though she was at his home, he himself was out of town for work over 130 miles away.

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