Prosecutors in the case of the 2022 University of Idaho murders say their defense counterparts plan to argue that a knife sheath with their client’s DNA found at the scene could have been planted there. Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson made the comment this week, deep in a response to one of the defense’s many …
Newly released transcripts of text messages between the surviving roommates of the 2022 University of Idaho murders and their 911 call reveal the frantic chaos of that night as the two women gradually understand what has happened. The documents identify Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke by their initials, revealing Mortensen’s initial text to Kaylee Goncalves, …
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The judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial in Idaho on Wednesday denied several defense motions aimed at hamstringing the prosecution’s case, including a critical motion that would have seen the judge toss “investigative genetic genealogy” evidence from the case. Hearings on all four motions denied by Judge Steven Hippler were held on January 23 and …
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Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys cast doubt on probable cause in Kohberger’s case last month, noting that two DNA samples remain unidentified years after four University of Idaho students were murdered in 2022. The Idaho Statesman reported that two blood samples found in the Moscow home belong to two males whose identities remain a mystery. Kohberger’s attorneys …
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Bryan Kohberger was investigated but found to be significantly shorter than the suspect and not in the area at the time.
On Thursday, prosecutors denied claims that evidence in the 2022 University of Idaho quadruple murder case was improperly collected and should be excluded from trial. The Idaho Statesman reported that Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson and state attorneys claimed that the trove of evidence against Bryan Kohberger should not be suppressed as it proves his guilt. …
The new judge overseeing the murder trial of Bryan Kohberger dinged his attorneys on Thursday in a ruling ordering them to resubmit a hearing request with more detail and less extraneous documentation. The new ruling came just days after Judge Steven Hippler denied 12 motions filed by Kohberger’s defense to bar the death penalty from …
