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In this July 15, 2021, file photo, Cristhian Bahena Rivera appears during a hearing at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa. Bahena Rivera was convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018. The lead investigator in the death, Division of Criminal Investigation agent Trent Vileta expressed confidence Tuesday, July 27, 2021, that the right man was convicted, rejecting defense claims that her abduction could be tied to other local criminal suspects. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette, Pool, File)

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FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2018, file photo, a poster for then missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts hangs in the window of a local business in Brooklyn, Iowa. Lawyers for the man charged with killing Tibbetts are asking a judge to throw out evidence discovered during a faulty interrogation, including the victim's body. A court hearing is scheduled Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, to consider the matter. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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