UPDATE: Mollie Tibbetts, who has been missing for more than a month, was found dead on Tuesday, Aug. 21.
Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old University of Iowa student, has been missing since July 18. Tibbetts was last seen while jogging near her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Despite a lengthy search with multiple local, state and federal authorities, Tibbetts remains missing and now investigators are turning to another avenue with the hope of finding new information.
This week, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation lanched a new site FindingMollie.Iowa.gov.
The site is “currently seeking additional witnesses and wants to speak to anyone who was in the areas indicated below on July 18, 2018 between the hours of 5PM and 10PM.” Information they are seeking from those who may have been in the video include:
- Change in normal routine, which might include missing school, work, or routine engagements without a plausible explanation;
- A vehicle unexpectedly taken to a repair shop or sold/disposed of;
- Unexpected or intensive cleaning of a vehicle, possibly at an unusual time of day;
- Unexplained lack of contact or inability to get in touch with someone you know the evening of July 18th into the morning of July 19th;
- Altering of physical appearance (growth or removal of facial hair, change in cut or color of hair);
- Displays of anxiety, nervousness, stress or irritability;
- Unexplained injuries;
- Changes in consumption of alcohol, drugs or cigarettes;
- Changes in sleep patterns;
- Interest in the status of the investigation, including close attention to media coverage or an unwillingness to discuss the investigation.
Assistant DCI Director Mitch Mortvedt says that the investigators continue to consider all scenarios, but it is “possible that Mollie has come into contact with someone who has caused her harm.”
If you have any information that could lead to the recovery of Mollie, be sure to visit the tips page.
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