Illegal Immigrant Accused of Killing Mollie Tibbetts Has Cost Taxpayers $22,000 So Far: Report

The illegal immigrant accused of killing 20-year-old university student Mollie Tibbetts last year has cost taxpayers at least $22,000 so far.

Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who was reported missing from her hometown in the eastern Iowa city of Brooklyn on July 19, 2018. Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation/AP

The illegal immigrant accused of killing 20-year-old university student Mollie Tibbetts last year has cost taxpayers at least $22,000 so far, according to reports.

Recent figures obtained by KCCI 8 Des Moines show that more than half of the total bill covered by Iowa taxpayers so far have been to pay for an interpreter for accused killer Bahena Rivera.