BONUS: Evidence support for new claims in Mollie Tibbetts murder?

Published: July 23, 2021, 11:10 p.m.

b'Sentencing for the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts, has been delayed amid new information. Judge Joel Yates ordered Cristhian Rivera\\u2019s sentencing be delayed after two witnesses told investigators that a different man confessed to the crime. According to Bahena Rivera\\u2019s attorneys, an inmate at the county jail said in May that he heard someone identified as \\u201cinmate 2\\u201d admit that Tibbetts was \\u201cbound and gagged in a trap house\\xa0but that he was directed to kill Tibbetts once the search for her got too close.\\u201d Inmate 2 allegedly said he was ordered to stab Tibbetts, who was initially kidnapped for sex trafficking, but killed after the case became too high-profile. Inmate 2 allegedly said he was ordered to hide the body near a Hispanic male in Tibbetts\\u2019 area, to pin the blame on someone else. The witness said he came forward after he heard Rivera testify during the trial that two other men killed Tibbetts and put the blame on him. Forensic expert, Joe Scott Morgan, Professor at Jacksonville State University weighs in on whether the evidence can support that claim.'