Thursday, Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger was denied bail during a brief court appearance. Kohberger is accused of brutally stabbing four University of Idaho students on November 13th. During the ten-minute court hearing, Kohberger looked only at the judge, only answering ‘yes’ when asked if he understood the five counts against him. Kohlberger will return to the Moscow courtroom for a status hearing on January 12th.
Until then, anyone following this investigation is combing through the bombshell of court documents revealing answers to questions the public has been wondering for weeks. The public is so fixated on the case many social media detectives have given their scenarios of what likely happened and who they suspected was the killer.
Now, here are the facts the FBI is sharing.
In the 19-page court document, the most significant evidence against Kohberger is the DNA from a knife sheath found on a bed of the crime scene matches the DNA sample taken from the Kohberger family home. How was it possible to go through his trash? The DNA was run through an extensive database, and the Kohbergers came up as a match. The DNA was confirmed when the family’s trash was seized.
Another critical piece of evidence in the case is that a surviving roommate could give a partial description. Dylan Mortensen was awake around 4:20 am, which is the around the time of the murders of her four roommates. Many people speculated it was sketchy that two roommates were left alive and untouched. Court documents reveal Mortensen came face to face with the suspected killer as he left the home. She says she awoke to the sound of Kaylee Gonclaves playing with her dog upstairs. She says she later heard cries and Gonclaves saying, “there’s someone here.” Mortensen says next, she heard a male voice saying, “It’s OK. I’m going to help you.’ When she opened her bedroom door, she said a man walked past her as she stood frozen. She described a man in a black mask who stood about 5-foot-10 or taller, not muscular but athletically built, with bushy eyebrows. What remains unclear is why it took so long for the surviving roommates to call the police.
The third piece of evidence pointing to Kohberger as a suspect was found after a University of Washington campus officer gave a clue. The campus officer honed in on Kohberger’s white Hyundai Elantra seen after reports of the car were released. The vehicle had been seen on surveillance cameras near the students’ home. It was also revealed two recent traffic stops before his arrest were made intentionally by the FBI. Phone records and surveillance footage also place Kohberger in the area of the crime 12 times before the night of the stabbings.
Regardless of the evidence, Kohberger says he is innocent. His parents are also standing beside him, professing his innocence as well.
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