Crime | Mollie Tibbetts Mollie Tibbetts' Suspected Killer Pleads Not Guilty Trial date set for Cristhian Bahena Rivera By Newser Editors Posted Sep 19, 2018 10:45 AM CDT Copied In this Aug. 22, 2018, file photo, Cristhian Bahena Rivera is escorted into the Poweshiek County Courthouse for his initial court appearance in Montezuma, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) The man accused of murdering Mollie Tibbetts will stand trial in April. Cristhian Bahena Rivera on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder during his arraignment in Montezuma, Iowa. KCRG reports the 24-year-old waived his right to a speedy trial, and an April 16 trial date was set. He remains jailed on a $5 million cash-only bond and faces life in prison without parole if convicted, reports the Des Moines Register. Read These Next Trump isn't talking about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. Journal pulls a controversial paper on arsenic after 15 years. South Park episode on Trump may be a real 'mess' for him. Google exposes man's butt, is ordered to pay him $12.5K. Report an error