Found Deceased IA - Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Poweshiek County, 19 Jul 2018 #2

[jkloc420]

ty. What if they know the person is deceased? Do they still have the public search?

they search until they have a body

 

[Gunslinging Granny]

Come on, Brooklyn residents! Who was supposed to pick up Mollie and take her to work? Go search his property, his family's property, where he hunts, and his workplace.

FIND MOLLIE!

 

[jkloc420]

A drunk driver could have hit Mollie and then drug her body into a cornfield down the road to hide the evidence. As long as the little kids are kept out of the cornfields and people don't trample the corn, it doesn't hurt anything for people to start searching again.

FIND MOLLIE!

i thought about something like that has a possibility

 

[Crystal Regan]

we have lots of neighbours around here that will just sit on their porch and watch every thing that goes by. I tell my kids to be nice to them, they are like our neighborhood watch. not every thing people do has to be sexual. he turned out to be a link in her timeline too.

Same here. Anytime that I want to know about something that happened at my house, while I was at work (like what time my son left for work and isn’t returning my calls), I head to the older neighbors that play checkers all day on their porch. They usually can tell me when, what time, what he was wearing and who he was with. At first it bothered me, but now I embrace it. I am sure he would be able to tell them of any strange individuals or cars in the area.

 

[andalso]

@Poppyflower
I don't think there is a 'one size fits all' answer to your question.
I have seen a lot of different responses from LE depending on the circumstances and the case.

 

[Crystal Regan]

Still feel that LE needs to check on coworkers of BF at the construction job he was on. I feel this is a crime of opportunity and his coworkers would have known he wasn’t staying at home overnight.

 

[Gunslinging Granny]

i thought about something like that has a possibility

This has happened twice in my state (that I know about) except the drunk drivers' victims were thrown down hills and ravines.

 

[Jealoushe]

That is an Electric Co-op. That is how electric utilities are done in rural areas - the customers are effectively the electric company. So it isn't like people go to the place often, or even at all.

But the parking lot is full of employee and service vehicles so they would at least be around.

 

[Poppyflower]

they search until they have a body

Not always tho. They shut it down after an extended period of time in some cases.

I was just curious about early on in the case. ty everyone.

 

[SkipperKey3]

Come on, Brooklyn residents! Who was supposed to pick up Mollie and take her to work? Go search his property, his family's property, where he hunts, and his workplace.

FIND MOLLIE!

I believe it was stated that she was sharing a car, and would normally be driving herself to work.

 

[Glamourcat]

I sure don’t like how they are talking about her in past tense.
WEB EXTRA: Mollie Tibbetts brothers speak with ABC News

 

[Jealoushe]

Usually in that case there is evidence of an accident somewhere, glass or vehicle parts on the road. Body shops are put on notice too. Keep your ears peeled for that sort of thing.

 

[Poppyflower]

Did the police encourage the public to search again? Just wondering if they're still asking peeps to not look.

 

[MargeGunderson]

they search until they have a body

And this is why I'm so confused. To me the only scenario that would keep them from looking for a body is if they believe she left of her own free will which seems like the least likely option at this point. If they believed strongly enough that she left on her own they wouldn't be ramping up the LE (i.e. FBI just got there), they would be backing off. Us old folks may look at a 20 year old as a kid but the law says she can leave without a trace if she wants so they really can't hunt her down. But they would REALLY have to believe that is what happened before stopping searches all together. The whole 'no searching' thing is just baffling to me.

 

[Ilovemy3boys]

Search continues for Mollie Tibbetts one week after her disappearance

 

[Stippling]

Probably good news for her friends and family that no one close to her (that we know of) has retained counsel. Has anyone been offered a polygraph?

 

[jkloc420]

This has happened twice in my state (that I know about) expect the drunk drivers' victims were thrown down hills and ravines.

im kind of 50/50 on an abduction because usually there is a crime scene or struggle marks. Plus if she was taking out of her house, I dont see the phone coming with her.

 

[Ilovemy3boys]

Could be Someone she trusts lured her out of the house. Maybe that’s why there is no need for a struggle. It was probably easy

 

[jkloc420]

And this is why I'm so confused. To me the only scenario that would keep them from looking for a body is if they believe she left of her own free will which seems like the least likely option at this point. If they believed strongly enough that she left on her own they wouldn't be ramping up the LE (i.e. FBI just got there), they would be backing off. Us old folks may look at a 20 year old as a kid but the law says she can leave without a trace if she wants so they really can't hunt her down. But they would REALLY have to believe that is what happened before stopping searches all together. The whole 'no searching' thing is just baffling to me.

Something happened to her and you keep looking until you find her. It is pretty standard for every missing person case

 

[Jealoushe]

Interesting they said they are disappointed. Makes me think they know a suspect.