Cristhian Bahena Rivera
Defense attorneys Jennifer Frese, left, and Chad Frese speak during a news conference after the verdict in the Cristhian Bahena Rivera trial, Friday, May 28, 2021, at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. A jury on Friday found Bahena Rivera guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who vanished while out for a run in 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Pool)
Farm laborer convicted in 2018 stabbing death of Iowa runner

By Ryan J. Foley May. 28, 2021 03:44 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2019, file photo, Cristhian Bahena Rivera appears for a hearing at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa. Citing COVID-19 protocols, Judge Joel Yates said in an order dated Monday, May 10, 2021, that members of the public and news media will not be allowed inside the courtroom when Rivera's trial starts next week. Rivera, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mollie Tibbetts, 20, who disappeared in July 2018 while out for a run in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP File)/The Des Moines Register via AP)
Prosecutor says trial in Iowa student's death won't be easy

By Ryan J. Foley May. 17, 2021 01:18 AM EDT

Judge OKs broadcast, limits attendance at Iowa murder trial

By Ryan J. Foley May. 11, 2021 12:19 PM EDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The public will be able to watch the trial of the man charged with killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts — but not in...