Brian Kohberger's defense team presented new evidence this week in a possible alibi, including new information about his movements on the night of the quadruple murders.
On Wednesday, Kohberger's defense team, led by Anne Taylor, filed a document in court responding to the state's request for alibi information. Alibi said the defense team plans to call Sy Ray, a former police officer who specializes in analyzing cell phone data in criminal cases, as a defense witness.
On November 13, 2022, Ray will testify that “Brian Kohberger's mobile device was south of Pullman, Washington and west of Moscow, Idaho; on the early morning of November 13, Brian Kohberger's mobile device was not traveling east on the Moscow-Pullman Highway, and thus near Floyd's marijuana store on the Moscow-Pullman Highway.” It cannot be the vehicle captured in the video,” the document states.
Kohberger, 29, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony theft in connection with the fatal stabbings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mohan, 21, Chana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20. Four University of Idaho students were found dead on November 13, 2022, in an off-campus home located at 1122 King Road, Moscow, Idaho.
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According to Google Maps, Floyd's marijuana shop is an eight-minute drive, or 3.3 miles, from the home where the bodies were found.
Kohberger has maintained his innocence in the case, and his legal team has continued to push for the trial to be moved out of Latah County.
The affidavit also states that on the day of the murders, Kohberger was seen on surveillance footage from Washington State University at 2:44 a.m. near his off-campus Washington State University apartment complex at 630 Northeast Valley Road. “Travel North on Southeast Nevada Street on Northeast Stadium Way.”
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However, in January 2023, Newsweek He drove from the apartment to the street.
said former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer Newsweek Last January, “Security is going to have a field day with ping information and video surveillance because there will be disparities. [in] Phases.”
“It's going to come down to a battle of the experts on this matter, and the arbitrator has to decide whether they believe the prosecutor's point of view or the defense's point of view,” Coffindaffer said earlier.
Ahead of the alibi information released this week, Kohberger's defense team released details of a survey they conducted of potential jurors and said it showed the jury pool in Latah County was “biased.”
However, the prosecution and Judge John Judge criticized the poll results. “It was a complete shock to me,” the judge told Taylor. “Because it's a big deal, and I take it very seriously. And I'm surprised it's happening behind our back—behind my back, okay.”
Newsweek Taylor's office and Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson were reached for comment by email.
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