Bryan Kohberger Defense's Next Big Move -- Total BS Or A Real Problem For Prosecutors?!
11.08.2023 - 23:45
/ perezhilton.com
The case of the University of Idaho murders has seemed pretty open-and-shut since the arrest of Bryan Kohberger. The evidence against the criminology student was voluminous — and only seemed to grow with each search warrant.
How does one defend such a case? As we approach the October trial date, we’re finally finding out. We’ve seen a couple different tactics so far. The so-called “alibi” seems to be a huge bust, but what about the attack on the prosecution’s biggest piece of evidence? The so-called smoking gun?
One of the big keys to finding a suspect so quickly in the brutal quadruple murders was the fact a sheath had been left behind, presumably from the murderer’s knife. When DNA was taken from that sheath, it was run through genealogical testing — wide comparisons to all DNA on file, including from sites like 23andMe and Ancestry.com. That reportedly led straight to Kohberger, right through his father. Once the Washington State University student was arrested, his DNA was taken — and matched near perfectly. Per the state’s filing, the DNA markers in the samples were “at least 5.37 octillion times more likely to be seen if (the) Defendant is the source than if an unrelated individual randomly selected from the general population is the source.” OCTILLION. That’s a lot of zeroes.
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DNA at the scene — on the weapon holder? It’s about the most compelling evidence you can get! But… what if prosecutors couldn’t even use it?
According to multiple news outlets, the defense team filed an affidavit on Wednesday attacking the science behind genealogical DNA testing. In the filing, Dr Leah Larkin, a DNA expert out of California,
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