Autopsy finds Iowa student killed by 'sharp force injuries'
Friday, August 24, 2018
BROOKLYN, Iowa -- The Iowa college student who was allegedly abducted by a stranger while running last month in a small Iowa town was killed by "multiple sharp force injuries," investigators announced Thursday. Preliminary autopsy results from the state medical examiner's office also determined 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was the victim of a homicide, the Division of Criminal Investigation announced in a press release.
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