The judge has ruled that Idaho prosecutors must turn over certain genetic genealogy information that was used in the Bryan Kohberger case.
It is not clear how much information was disclosed, as there is a gag on the case. The specifics are also filed under seal.
Judge John Judge stated in a public document that “a portion” of the evidence disputed should be shared with Kohberger’s defense team.
The Judge wrote: “The specific materials to be provided are set out in a sealed court order to protect privacy of IGG (investigative genealogical genealogy) information including individuals on the tree.”
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Bryan Kohberger, accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, enters the Latah County Courthouse, Moscow, Idaho on Friday, August 18, 2023. Kohberger has been accused of murdering four University of Idaho Students in November 2022.
The prosecution had claimed that the police used IGG to generate leads , but not to get any warrants for the case, and as a consequence, they did not need to disclose it.
The DNA of a Ka-Bar sheath was recovered by police from the body Madison Mogen (21), who had been found in a bedroom upstairs with her 21-year-old best friend Kaylee Goncalves. Both women were stabbed.
Later, investigators allegedly confirmed that a DNA sample from the sheath matched Kohberger’s cheek-swab.
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Madison Mogen, top left, smiles on the shoulders of her best friend, Kaylee Goncalves, as they pose with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and two other housemates in Goncalves’ final Instagram post, shared the day before the four students were stabbed to death. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)
The other victims were Xana Kerodle and Ethan Chapin both aged 20.
All four students were undergraduates at the University of Idaho.
Kohberger, who was pursuing a Ph.D. in the Washington State University nearby, located about 10 miles from the crime scene, was a student at that time.
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View of the sliding door at the rear of 1122 King Road in Moscow, Idaho on November 14, 2022. The University of Idaho destroyed the house on December 28.
Kohberger is accused of entering the six-bedroom rental house and killing the victims before the surviving roommate noticed a man in a mask leaving the back door.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, Kohberger drove the white Hyundai Elantra that investigators had identified as the suspect car. He also allegedly switched off his phone before driving to and from crime scene.
Bryan Kohberger’s Hyundai Elantra, a white Hyundai Elantra, was seen at a traffic check in Indiana in December 2022 as the quadruple-murder suspect drove home to Pennsylvania in a car with his father.
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The police, citing the phone records, allege that he also stalked the victims’ home on a dozen separate occasions before their murders, and drove past once again hours later.
Kohberger has been held in jail without bail. At his May arraignment, the judge entered not guilty pleas in his name.
If convicted, he could face the death sentence.