Bryan Kohberger defense sounds alarm on unidentified blood at student murders home

Quadruple execution fishy Bryan Kohberber's defence squad brought up 2 DNA samples from unidentified males astatine the King Road location wherever helium is accused of sidesplitting 4 University of Idaho undergrads, arsenic portion of their effort to person his apprehension warrants thrown out.

Two unidentified antheral humor samples, 1 connected a handrail and 1 connected a mitt outside, were recovered by investigators aft the stabbing deaths of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncavles, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20 and Ethan Chapin, 20. Neither matched Kohberger, and they came from antithetic subjects.

With the sources of some successful question, defence lawyer Anne Taylor told Ada County Judge Steven Hippler astatine a proceeding past period that it could mean Kohberger, 30, is not related to the transgression astatine all.

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Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom astatine the Latah County Courthouse successful Moscow, Idaho connected Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Kohberger is accused of sidesplitting 4 University of Idaho students successful November 2022.  (August Frank/ Lewiston Tribune)

"That was an absorbing portion of information," Boise-based defence lawyer Edwina Elcox told Fox News Digital. "I deliberation the defence tries to rise the contented and muddy the waters with it."

But successful the pretrial stage, the justice seemed unconvinced that the beingness of 2 different DNA samples would beryllium a crushed to propulsion retired probable origin for Kohberger's arrest. Detectives made different damning find – a Ka-Bar weapon sheath nether Mogen's body.

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"His DNA is inactive connected the weapon sheath though," Hippler told Taylor successful court. "That's the problem, counsel."

Taylor argued that detectives had misled Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall with their probable origin affidavit by leaving retired details astir the different blood. Hippler drilled location the transportation betwixt the fishy and the DNA recovered nether Mogen's body.

Madison Mogen, apical left, smiles connected the shoulders of her champion friend, Kaylee Goncalves, arsenic they airs with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and 2 different housemates successful Goncalves' last Instagram post, shared the time earlier the 4 students were stabbed to death. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)

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"How does that, adjacent if disclosed, preclude a uncovering of probable origin erstwhile there's a DNA match betwixt the DNA connected the sheath and Mr. Kohberger?" Hippler asked. "Isn't that probable origin each time and doubly connected Sunday?" 

Taylor argued, "Not successful this context." In pretrial motions she unsuccessfully attacked the FBI's investigative familial genealogy work, which generated a pb that led constabulary to Kohberger. She plans to further dissect the investigatory method astatine trial.

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"What does a weapon sheath astatine a country mean?" Taylor posited. "That's going to beryllium the eventual question."

Anne Taylor, an lawyer representing Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of sidesplitting 4 University of Idaho students successful November 2022, arrives astatine a proceeding successful Latah County District Court, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, successful Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)

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"If you're killed by a knife, it astir apt means a lot," Hippler replied. "Probable origin is not a impervious beyond a tenable uncertainty standard. It's a probable origin to deliberation that this idiosyncratic mightiness person done it. And I'm not definite however that nonstop DNA transportation to a sheath recovered connected oregon adjacent 1 of the victims doesn't adjacent the publication connected thing connected probable origin aft that."

But the samples could make tenable uncertainty earlier a assemblage at trial.

"Of people they volition effort to usage it, but wherever were the different antheral humor samples astatine the scene? What was the value of the DNA?" said Linda Kenney Baden, a salient New York defence lawyer whose clients person included Casey Anthony and Aaron Hernandez. "All these are questions for the assemblage but bash not preclude the sheath DNA being utilized some for the hunt warrant."

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The location astatine 1122 King Road successful Moscow, Idaho, down constabulary portion connected Nov. 15, 2022. Police accidental 4 University of Idaho students were stabbed to decease wrong connected Nov. 13. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

The determination of these samples matters, she said. One was recovered connected a handrail inside, different connected a mitt outdoors.

"Now if the aforesaid chartless DNA is successful a chamber and connected a unfortunate past it becomes much important, but not for probable origin for the hunt warrant," she said. 

Taylor volition apt reason that the chartless humor came from 1 oregon much killers – who person nary transportation to her client, said David Gelman, a New Jersey-based defence lawyer who has been pursuing the case.

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"Defense Counsel volition lb that theory," helium told Fox News Digital. "This is simply a taxable of tenable uncertainty they volition use. It could really beryllium a almighty portion of the defense."

After the hearing, Hippler said helium had not yet decided whether the defence volition person a Franks hearing, which would let Kohberger's squad to onslaught the warrants successful court.

Kohberger is scheduled for proceedings aboriginal this year. Before his defence successfully argued for a alteration of venue, Latah County Judge John Judge entered not blameworthy pleas connected the suspect's behalf astatine his arraignment successful May 2023.

Kohberger could look the death penalty if convicted.