MONTEZUMA, IA (IRN) – A suspect is in custody in connection with the death of Mollie Tibbetts. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation confirmed Tuesday during a news conference that Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, is charged with first-degree murder. Rivera is an undocumented immigrant. Tibbetts’ body was found in a cornfield southeast of Brooklyn. The 20-year-old was last seen jogging July 18. Investigators say Rivera saw Tibbetts running and began running alongside her. Tibbetts threatened to call police and Rivera “got mad” and “blocked” his “memory.” Surveillance video brought investigators to Rivera. When confronted, Rivera brought investigators to Tibbetts’ body. Rivera is being held on a $1 million cash bond.

WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – A woman faces two counts of murder for her role in a deadly Waterloo house fire, according to KCRG-TV. Waterloo Police arrested 41-year-old Denise Susanna O’Brien Monday. She is charged with two counts of first degree murder for her role in an April 22 fire. Ashley Smith, 32 and Jaykwon Sallis, 9, both died in the fire.

INDEPENDENCE, IA (IRN) – A man accused of trying to smother a fellow state psychiatric hospital patient has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. KGAN-TV reports 45-year-old Terrance Rooney Jr. has been a patient at the Mental Health Institute in Independence for years and was a patient there when he pleaded guilty in 1999 to making a threat to the life of President Bill Clinton. Authorities say in the latest case Rooney tried to suffocate another patient and twisted the thumb of a staffer and threatened to kill her.

OSAGE, IA (IRN) – A North Iowa woman has been charged with drunk driving and child endangerment. KIMT-TV reports Mitchell County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of an erratic driver forcing other vehicles off the highway. Police charged Rebecca Golden, 24 of Kensett in the incident. There were five children in the car ranging in ages from nine years old to under three. She’s in jail.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Fair set a record for attendance this year. Fair officials say an estimated 1,130,260 people attended the fair that ended Sunday. That topped the previous record set in 2017 by 189 people. Attendance was a bit behind the 2017 mark but moved ahead thanks to pleasant weather over the weekend.