Mollie Tibbetts Update: Police Obtain Fitbit Data for Missing Iowa Student

Heavy ^ | July 26, 2018

[SMGFan]

The search for a missing University of Iowa student entered its eighth day on July 26, with investigators examining technology, including her FitBit, while continuing a ground search around the area where she was last seen. Mollie Tibbetts, 20, vanished from Brooklyn, Iowa, where she was dog-sitting at her boyfriend’s brother’s house. She was last seen jogging on the evening of Wednesday, July 18, and sent messages from her phone to her boyfriend and mother later that night. She was reported missing after she didn’t show up for work at a daycamp on July 19.

Authorities have said they are treating Tibbetts’ disappearance as a missing persons case, but have not ruled out an abduction. Brooklyn is a city of about 1,400 people in eastern Iowa, located midway between Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. The community has rallied around Tibbetts’ family as the search continued into the weekend, posting signs and handing out flyers throughout the area.

[SMGFan]

This is so sad.

[Red Badger]

It doesn’t look good......................

[Mears]

I’m afraid that there will no happy ending to this story.

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[the_daug]

cougar ate her.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Let’s hope and pray they can find her, piece together the clues to locate her.

[pepsionice]

It’s a town of 1,400 people....3,000 by 4,000 ft, and a mile off I-80. Whoever grabbed her, was simply passing through.

[LydiaLong]

I’ve watched enough crime shows to know that she is dead. I hope they find the body for the family’s sake.

[Oldexpat]

What took so long to use her Fitbit?

[Mears]

I watch and read a lot of the True Crime genre and the utter randomness of thing like this horrifies me.

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[grania]

Why the heck did it take so long to utilize the technology? It should like what is done with Amber alerts; take the disappearance seriously right away.

[ColdOne]

What is FitBit?

[Wally_Kalbacken]

What is Brooklyn doing in Iowa?

[wally_bert]

I’ve seen enough Unsolved Mysteries reruns on Roku to expect similar results.

[Yo-Yo]

A smartwatch that tracks your movements for exercise purposes.

[JayAr36]

What is Brooklyn doing in Iowa?

Hiding from the tax and grab a-hole in New York.

[PghBaldy]

In the last few years, I recall at least two young women who were murdered while jogging alone, though they were East Coast IIRC.

[Polynikes]

As others have said she most likely is dead. The fact that a pig farm was searched (pigs are a good way to dispose of a body)gives credence to that theory. The town is just off I-80 giving easy get away access. There are also 15 FBI agents involved so some thinks she was transported across state lines.

If a body is recovered hopefully DNA evidence will allow a familial search like how the Golden State killer was caught.

[Bigg Red]

Prayers up.

[Ron H.]

Why is this particular case of a missing young woman any more or less important than any of the other hundreds or thousands of others that go missing every year? Apparently I missed something that makes her case so much more newsworthy than any of the many many others just like it each year. Not trying to be uncaring or demeaning but just trying to understand.

[jagusafr]

One here in San Antonio 2 Christmases ago. Jogging in OP Schnabel park and attacked at random by a guy whose roommate gave him a hunting knife for Christmas. Tragic - home from PT school for the holidays.