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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2019, file photo, Cristhian Bahena Rivera appears for a hearing at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa. Citing COVID-19 protocols, Judge Joel Yates said in an order dated Monday, May 10, 2021, that members of the public and news media will not be allowed inside the courtroom when Rivera's trial starts next week. Rivera, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mollie Tibbetts, 20, who disappeared in July 2018 while out for a run in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP File)/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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