INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mollie Tibbetts, 20, has been missing since going for a jog in Brooklyn, Iowa, in mid-JulyInvestigators are still searching for Mollie
Tibbetts, a 20-year-old college student who vanished last week while jogging in central Iowa, authorities said.Federal, state and local
authorities have been following numerous leads, scouring areas throughout Poweshiek County for Tibbetts
Investigators hope that data from a Fitbit she wore on her wrist, as well as her cellphone and social media accounts, may help lead them to
her whereabouts, Richard Rahn, special agent in charge with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), said Friday morning."We'll
have to analyze it and figure out what it's telling us," Rahn told The Washington Post.Tibbetts was last seen July 19 in Brooklyn, Iowa
The University of Iowa student's last known communication was a Snapchat message she sent to her boyfriend, Dalton Jack, for whom she was
house sitting, according to the Des Moines Register
Jack, who was out of town, looked at it but didn't immediately reply.His "good morning" text the next day received no answer, and Tibbetts
didn't pick up her phone when someone at the day-care center where she worked called to figure out why she didn't show up
Every call went straight to voice mail.Assistant Director of DCI Field Operations Mitchell Mortvedt told NBC affiliate WHO-DT that
Tibbetts's family members and her boyfriend have been cleared of suspicion
"At this point, we don't feel [they have] any involvement in her disappearance," he said.For more than a week, dozens of volunteers in the
small town of Brooklyn, population nearly 1,500, have been combing ditches, cornfields and empty buildings for any sign of the 20-year-old
CBS News affiliate KCCI reported that authorities have also searched pig farms in the area, though Rahn, with the DCI, said he could not say
where exactly investigators are looking for the young woman."Please ask anyone and everyone if they have seen Mollie and show her photo," a
post on the Finding Mollie Tibbetts Facebook page said
"Canvass the state and outside of Iowa if possible
Go to gas stations, rest areas, truck stops, restaurants, and other high traffic areas."Despite the effort, searchers have found no trace of
the woman or clues about what may have happened to her."It's frustrating
We're racking our brains, thinking what can we think of to tell the investigators," Kim Calderwood, Tibbetts's aunt, told the Des Moines
"It's the worst thing - to want to fix something you can't fix."Mollie's brother, Jake Tibbetts, told the newspaper the family went "through
And now we're anxious and confused.""Mollie has the biggest heart of anyone we ever knew," he said
She had room in her heart for everyone."The University of Iowa said in a statement Wednesday, "Our thoughts continue to be with Mollie
Tibbetts' family and friends."Jack told the Register he cannot remember details from the last Snapchat he received from Tibbetts
From the photo, he said, it looks like she was inside a house, but he said he does not remember what the caption said.Tibbetts was born in
San Francisco and moved to Brooklyn with her mother when she was in second grade
She won state speech competitions, was involved in theater and ran cross-country
She was studying psychology, as her mother did.As people searched, those closest to Tibbetts asked everyone to hold on to hope - and keep
sharing information about her."We remain in awe and indebted to the help, creativity, outreach and love that you have shown Mollie and all
of us," Sandi Tibbetts Murphy, a cousin, wrote on the wall of the Finding Mollie Tibbetts Facebook page
"Please keep sharing Mollie's information so we can bring our girl safely home."Authorities said Tibbetts may have been wearing denim shorts
and a red T-shirt when she disappeared
Anyone with information has been asked to call police.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent
