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Mollie Tibbetts Update: Police Obtain Fitbit Data for Missing Iowa Student
Heavy ^ | July 26, 2018

Posted on 07/27/2018 9:10:33 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at heavy.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: brooklyn; cedarrapids; desmoines; fitbit; iowa; missing; mollietibbetts; tibbetts; universityofiowa
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This is so sad.
1 posted on 07/27/2018 9:10:33 AM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

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


2 posted on 07/27/2018 9:17:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: SMGFan

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

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3 posted on 07/27/2018 9:20:07 AM PDT by Mears
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To: SMGFan

cougar ate her.


4 posted on 07/27/2018 9:20:22 AM PDT by the_daug
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To: Mears

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


5 posted on 07/27/2018 9:22:33 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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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.


6 posted on 07/27/2018 9:24:59 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: SMGFan

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


7 posted on 07/27/2018 9:25:40 AM PDT by LydiaLong
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To: Dilbert San Diego

What took so long to use her Fitbit?


8 posted on 07/27/2018 9:25:49 AM PDT by Oldexpat (C)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

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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9 posted on 07/27/2018 9:26:23 AM PDT by Mears
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To: SMGFan

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.


10 posted on 07/27/2018 9:27:32 AM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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What is FitBit?


11 posted on 07/27/2018 9:32:33 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: ColdOne

What is Brooklyn doing in Iowa?


12 posted on 07/27/2018 9:37:18 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: LydiaLong

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


13 posted on 07/27/2018 9:40:03 AM PDT by wally_bert (Just call me Angelo or babe.)
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To: ColdOne

A smartwatch that tracks your movements for exercise purposes.


14 posted on 07/27/2018 9:47:37 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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What is Brooklyn doing in Iowa?

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


15 posted on 07/27/2018 9:51:26 AM PDT by JayAr36 (Washinton DC, District of Corruption proven daily)
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To: SMGFan

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


16 posted on 07/27/2018 10:04:43 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: SMGFan
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.

17 posted on 07/27/2018 10:15:49 AM PDT by Polynikes ( Hakkaa palle)
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To: SMGFan

Prayers up.


18 posted on 07/27/2018 10:30:00 AM PDT by Bigg Red (The USA news industry, the MSM-13, takes a machete to the truth. {h/t TigersEye})
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To: SMGFan

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.


19 posted on 07/27/2018 10:42:32 AM PDT by Ron H.
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To: PghBaldy

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.


20 posted on 07/27/2018 10:46:33 AM PDT by jagusafr
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