tibbetts. investigators found her murder they have a sus snepect in cust tonight, cristhian rivera. they led him to her body in a cornfield. >> reporter: a tragic end to this saga. mol mollie tibbetts and her two brothers attended here. and one mother tells me the cruel irony is mollie's mother wanted to mover somewhere safer than oakland, and this goes to show tragedy can happen anywhere. it's a smile that shines from oakland to the cornfields of iowa. >> we will not forget mollie, she was a bright light. >> reporter: here's mollie dressed in white at her communion. her daughter libby was good friends with mollie when the two were classmates in piedmont. this morning she texted her daughter the news. >> her response was oh, no, not mollie, no. >> reporter: authorities in iowa say they discovered mollie's body this morning after 24 year old cristhian rivera led them to her remains. the undocumented immigrant followed her the night mollie went out for a run in the town of brooklyn, iowa. mollie pulled out her cell phone and threatened to call police. that made him angry. he does not remember what happened after that. later, he realized he put her in the trunk and he