University Of Iowa Student Mollie Tibbetts Went Missing Last Week After Going For A Jog And The Community Continues To Search For Her
Fox News- Authorities in central Iowa are searching for a University of Iowa student who was reported missing on Wednesday after she went out for an evening jog. The Poweshiek County Emergency Management Agency said in a news release that Mollie Tibbetts was last seen in the town of Brooklyn, located 50 miles west of Iowa City. Tibbetts, who is described as 5 feet, 2 inches tall and approximately 120 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes, was last seen wearing gym shorts, a black sports bra and running shoes, according to the sheriff’s office. “Everything’s on the table, unfortunately,” Poweshiek County Sheriff Thomas Kriegel told KCCI. “We’re hoping that she’s somewhere with a friend and she’ll show up Monday or Tuesday and everything will get back to normal.”
Family members told WOI-TV that Tibbetts was dog-sitting at a home before she went for a run. They knew something was off when she didn’t show up at work the next day. “This is not like her at all,” her aunt, Kim Calderwood, said. “She’s a very responsible and conscientious young woman.” Tibbetts’ boyfriend, Dalton Jack, told ABC News she was dogsitting with him and went for a run around 10 p.m. “She might have a FitBit on and she might have her cellphone, but obviously we’ve tried just calling her but it’s either off or dead so it would go straight to voicemail,” he said. Investigators are now working with the university and others to get access to a laptop and online accounts belonging to Tibbetts that may have an electronic footprint of her whereabouts, her cousin posted to a Facebook page set up to find the 20-year-old. “It can be slow and frustrating, but it is our best hope of securing Mollie’s location,” Emily Heaston wrote.
An upsetting and scary story here. University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts went out for a run last week and disappeared and hasn’t been heard from since. Just an absolute nightmare for her friends and family. I can’t even imagine what they’re going through right now. It sounds like a massive search is underway in the community. Searching the entire area and knocking on every door in Brookyln, Iowa where she was last seen. I’ve seen tweets and stories all over the internet as well so hopefully someone sees it and steps forward with any sort of informations about Mollie’s whereabouts. Here’s to hoping she is found safe and sound.
If you have any information at all, here’s a link to the Facebook group or the number to call the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office is 641-623-5679