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Mollie Tibbetts: Defense to call more witnesses after painting Bahena Rivera as hard-working immigrant
DAVENPORT, Iowa - The defense for a man on trial for the murder of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student stabbed to death in 2018, will continue calling witnesses on Wednesday after painting him as a hard-working, family-centered immigrant from Mexico who was pressured into making a false confession.After prosecutors rested their case on Monday, a lawyer for Cristhian Bahena Rivera said in her opening statement that their hearts break for 20-year-old Tibbetts, but that authorities conducted an incomplete investigation into her death and were too quick to close the case."Her family deserves justice but so does Cristhian Bahena Rivera," lawyer Jennifer Frese said, standing next to her client.Bahena Rivera, 26, is charged with