John Jefferson
FIRST ON FOX: An Idaho judge has unsealed a 175-page partially redacted transcript of a closed-door hearing in which University of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger’s defense team sought to undermine the credibility of investigative genetic genealogy research that helped police zero in on him in connection with a quadruple homicide.
Ada County Judge Steven Hippler had previously told both the prosecution and defense to propose redactions before releasing the transcript from a Jan. 23 hearing.
During a two-day public proceeding that followed the closed hearing last month, the defense argued that the FBI violated Kohberger’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
BRYAN KOHBERGER CASE: IDAHO JUDGE TO UNSEAL TRANSCRIPT OF CLOSED-DOOR HEARING
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Four University of Idaho students had been stabbed to death in a home on Nov. 13, 2022 – Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
Under Mogen’s body, police found a knife sheath that helped crack the case – it had a DNA sample on it.
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Idaho State Police and Othram Laboratories failed to generate leads from the sample, however, according to testimony from Moscow Police Detective Brett Payne, the lead investigator on the case.
The FBI then stepped in with its own resources and supplied Kohberger’s name as a tip to be investigated on Dec. 19, 2022, Payne testified.
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Eleven days later, police arrested him at his parents’ house in Pennsylvania.
Latah County Judge John Judge entered not guilty pleas on Kohberger’s behalf at his arraignment on a superseding indictment in May 2023. Kohberger’s lawyers later successfully argued for a change of venue, transferring the case to Ada County under Judge Hippler.
His trial is scheduled to begin in August and is expected to stretch on for weeks. He could face the death penalty if convicted.
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