Material re Mollie Tibbetts

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

AtNight Media (formerly Original Media Group) requests material relating to the investigation into the disappearance and murder of Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts.

On July 18, 2018, University of Iowa student Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts disappeared while jogging near her home in Brooklyn, Iowa.

A month later, police identified 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera as a suspect in connection with the disappearance; surveillance footage showed Rivera's car following Tibbetts on her jog. Rivera led police to the body of Tibbetts in a Poweshiek County cornfield on August 21.

He was charged with first-degree murder. On May 28, 2021, Rivera was found guilty of first-degree murder.

Request.
1. Notes, photos, video or audio recordings gathered during the multiple search of Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s residence, bodycam of his arrest and crime scene photographs and video.
2. Any memos, documents, reports, video and other material the Agency would generally provide to the public through members of the media relating to “Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts” and “ Cristhian Bahena Rivera.)

AtNight Media is a representative of the news media and is primarily engaged in the dissemination of information to the public.

If this request is unclear, please contact me to allow revisions rather than deny the request. Similarly, if the requested data are available only in part, please fulfill the portion of the request that is available rather than denying it in full. For example, notes or reports are available/subject to release but personal identifying information are not, reply with the report summary and omit sensitive information.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Nik Hatziefstathiou

I hope all is well. I’m requesting material used at trial and shown to members of the jury (i.e. photographs / multimedia in discovery).