The illegal immigrant who murdered a college student in Iowa was sentenced on Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Iowa District Judge Joel Yates handed down the sentence to Cristhian Bahena Rivera before relatives of Mollie Tibbetts, 20, who was found dead in a cornfield in Poweshiek County on Aug. 21, 2018. “Mr. Bahena Rivera, you and you alone forever changed the lives of those who loved Mollie Tibbetts. And for that, you and you alone will receive the following sentence,” the judge said. In addition to serving life in prison, the defendant was ordered to pay restitution of $150,000. Iowa abolished the death penalty in 1965. Rivera, a native of Mexico, sporting a mohawk, a white surgical mask, and a white and black jumpsuit, and wearing headphones through which he received a translation of the hearing, declined to comment before being sentenced. “Given the mandatory nature of …