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BREAKING NEWS: Officials believe body of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts found

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August 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Update 9:27-a.m.) IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators believe they have found the body of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who has been missing for more than a month. The 20-year-old woman was last seen July 18, jogging in her hometown of Brooklyn, in Poweshiek County. Greg Willey, the vice president of Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa, says a body found Tuesday in rural Poweshiek County, is believed to be Tibbetts. Investigators are working to identify the remains.

No further information was released about where the body was found. Some media reports say the body was found about 10-miles southeast of Brooklyn, in a rural area near Guernsey . A press conference is set to take place today at 4-p.m.at the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office.  Willey says a nearly $400,000 reward fund for her discovery will now become a reward for information leading to the capture of any suspects.