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  • Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger stands silent at arraignment, not guilty pleas entered

    Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger stands silent at arraignment, not guilty pleas entered

    The trial set for October start date..

    When Judge asked Kohberger to enter a plea at the arraignment, defense attorney Anne Taylor stood up and declined on behalf of her client.

    “Your honor we will be standing silent,” she told the court.

    That prompted Judge to enter not guilty pleas on the defendant’s behalf.

    During the highly procedural 15-minute hearing, Judge read all the counts and possible prison sentences for each before asking Kohberger if he understood.
    — Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/idaho-college-students-slaying-suspect-bryan-kohberger-set-arraigned-rcna85544

  • Clumsy move or beginnings of a potential Kohberger defense

    Clumsy move or beginnings of a potential Kohberger defense

    All eyes will be on Bryan Kohbergher’s trial this coming summer.. until then legal experts are actively opining online and other forums about what move the defense will make to poke holes in what seems to be a solid prosecution theory..

    One criminology expert thinks it will be a focus on DNA evidence and those now famous cell phone pings..

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    During an appearance on ITV’s This Morning, David Wilson, a Professor Emeritus of Criminology and founding Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University was asked about the knife sheath found and how the DNA found on it was linked back to Kohberger’s father. The 28-year-old Ph.D. student was arrested shortly after the DNA was found.

    This Morning host, Phillip Schofield said that leaving the sheath was a “clumsy move”; however, Wilson interrupted suggesting it could have also been “a remarkably clever move.”

    “Because one of the things that’s really struck me about the person that’s been arrested and accused of this is he is intelligent and high-functioning,” Wilson said. “Would a highly-skilled, intelligent student who is teaching criminology, a Ph.D. student, have made such a basic error?”

    …

    “I could have your DNA,” Wilson said, motioning to co-host, Holly Willoughby. “Your DNA is on me. I could go wherever I wanted to go in the next hour and your DNA would be where I go to. So the defense is clearly going to present issues that will suggest that Kohberger is innocent.”

    David Wilson continues on the cell pings:

    “Moscow isn’t so far away from Washington State University, so it would be natural that there would be some of those towers that might ping,” Wilson said. “There will be a defense.”

  • Bryan Kohberger’s sister starred in a low budget horror film about stabbings

    Bryan Kohberger’s sister starred in a low budget horror film about stabbings

    It bears eerie similarities to the knife attacks in remote Moscow, Idaho, that left four young college friends stabbed to death in their beds, crimes of which Bryan now stands accused.

    “You’re f—king kidding me, her brother is that guy? Goddamn, man, holy cow,” said “Two Days Back” director Kevin Boon, when reached by The Post Wednesday. 

    Boon, a professor of English and media studies at Penn State Mont Alto, explained he made the film with students and cast aspiring actress Amanda Kohberger after an open audition.  
    — Read on nypost.com/2023/01/05/bryan-kohbergers-sister-starred-in-horror-film/

  • Law enforcement was tracking Bryan Kohberger’s trek around the country

    Law enforcement was tracking Bryan Kohberger’s trek around the country

    • Law enforcement were ‘told’ to pull over Bryan Kohberger so the FBI could get a clearer image of his arms and hands 
    • The alleged killer, 28, looked concerned after he was pulled over for a second time within nine minutes in Indiana
    • He arrived back in Moscow, Idaho, last night after a 12-hour flight from Pennsylvania
    • Kohberger is expected to appear in court in Latah County charged with the four murders and a felony burglary 
  • DNA HELPED SNAG KOHBERGER

    DNA HELPED SNAG KOHBERGER

    News reports of how law enforcement used unique methods to catch Bryan Kohberger

    “Sometime right before Christmas we were zeroing in on him being in or going to Pennsylvania,” an unnamed law enforcement source told CNN.

    THE NEW YORK POST HAS MORE..

    Authorities started trailing Kohberger during the drive east, CNN reported, and an FBI surveillance team tracked him for four days as law enforcement and prosecutors worked to obtain an arrest warrant, two sources said..

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    Police apparently took DNA from the scene, ran it through a public database, and then used genetic genealogy techniques to connect the DNA to Kohberger through his family members, CNN said…

    Was he the alleged stalker?

    Cellphone data revealed that Kohberger, 28, was often in the same location as students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, who were murdered on Nov. 13, a source close to one of the case’s investigators told The Daily Mail.

    DEVELOPING..

  • CNN reporting that authorities were tracking Kohberger; Public defender appointed

    CNN reporting that authorities were tracking Kohberger; Public defender appointed

    He drove cross-country in a white Hyundai Elantra and arrived at his parents’ house in Pennsylvania around Christmas, according to a law enforcement source. Authorities were tracking him as he drove and were also surveilling his parents’ house, the source said.

    An FBI surveillance team tracked him for four days before his arrest while law enforcement worked with prosecutors to develop enough probable cause to obtain a warrant, the two law enforcement sources said.

    Genetic genealogy techniques were used to connect Kohberger to unidentified DNA evidence, another source with knowledge of the case tells CNN. The DNA was run through a public database to find potential family member matches, and subsequent investigative work by law enforcement led to him as the suspect, the source said.

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    Kohberger was arraigned Friday morning in Pennsylvania and is being held without bail, records show.

    Kohberger intends to waive his extradition hearing to expedite his transport to Idaho, Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason LaBar said in a statement to CNN on Saturday.

    “Mr. Kohberger is eager to be exonerated of these charges and looks forward to resolving these matters as promptly as possible,” LaBar said.

    Even with a suspect charged, law enforcement’s work is far from over, prosecutors said.