A new application for court reveals a team of defense for four -time Idaho College Faculty Bryan Kohberger’s murder suspect It is planned to claim at the trial that the knife wrapper was found at the crime scene of the potentially planted by a real killer.
In the submission of the state published on Tuesday, prosecutors summarized the defense report that it seems to be sealed.
“Instead of causing the conclusion that DNA on the knife wrapper belongs to the defendant, defense experts reveal that the defense plans to argue DNA on the knife cloak does not prove that the defendant has ever been to the crime scene, and the knife could plant a real perpetrator,” reading the subjection.
Idaho investigators have found a triple mix of DNA under 21-year-old University of Idahu Undergrad Madison Mogen’s Nonoprnails after she and three friends were killed at her hire for rent outside the campus in Moscow, IdahoNovember 13, 2022, according to the previous subtitles of the court.
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Bryan Kohberger, to the right, charged with the murder of four students of the University of Idah in November 2022, is accompanied by a courtroom in order to appear at the Latah County District Court, on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, pool)
The FBI checked two other publicly available databases that ultimately led them to Kohberger, who was first identified as a person of interest on December 19, 2022 and arrested on December 30, 2022. In connection with the death of Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20.
Idaha police took out a DNA nail mix of Maddie Mogen
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The Kohberger’s defense team sought to undermine the credibility of exploring the investigating genetic genealogy, or IGG, which helped the police zero in connection with the four -time murder.
The filing of the prosecutor also quotes the publication of defense experts, which prosecutors say that it reveals that Kohberger’s lawyers intend to call a forensic biology expert and DNA who will testify to the DNA found on the knife sheath.
DNA recovered The knife button is a key evidence in the event of a murder that was the center of legal maneuver on the eve of the trial.
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Defense expert Dr. Leah Larkin, a genetic genealog, testified that on the basis of her review of the discovery documents, she believes that someone at the FBI has violated the internal policy and the conditions of the service of one or more genealogical databases to reach the leadership that has led to Kohberger.
In a couple of editorial suggestions regarding evidence, Bick Barlow, A defense attorney who specialized in the attack on DNA evidence, claimed that, since the testing of the samples returned unconvincing, focus on them could seduce the jury. In addition, she claimed that an independent examination conducted for defense excluded Kohberger completely as a contribution.
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Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for hearing on pronunciation in the Latah district court. (Zach Wilkinson/Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)
Through further discovery, Barlow said that the FBI “admitted to” using Myheritage and Gedmatch (without “Pro”), should not search the law database.
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The FBI refused to comment and instead pointed to the command of the Ada Steven Hippler District on February 17, in which it was found that investigators did not break Kohberger’s constitutional rights with IGG searches.
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Kohberger’s trial should start on August 11, and he could face a mortal punishment if he is convicted.
Fox News Digital addressed Kohberger’s lawyer for comment.
Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. It covers topics, including missing persons, murders, national cases of crime, illegal immigration and more. Tips and ideas of the story can be sent to Stepheny.price@fox.com
