Bryan Kohberger could use the “party house” status of the grisly murder scene in Moscow, Idaho, where he is accused of killing four students, to explain why his DNA was found there, a new documentary reveals.
Criminal defense attorney Jack Rice says the alleged killer’s team could take advantage of the fact that the off-campus house was a venue for wild parties attended by dozens of college students.
“One of the most important parts of this case is the DNA, and what we know is that this is a party house,” Rice said in a clip, obtained exclusively by The Post.
“We know that there are hundreds of children in this house; it might even have included him. And the thing is, if he was in this house, are you suggesting that these four know everyone who was there? I doubt that.
“Suddenly, we may have a completely different trial,” he said in the documentary “The Case Against Bryan Kohberger,” airing on Court TV on Sunday.
Police found a knife sheath later found to have Kohberger’s DNA next to the bodies of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin on November 13 last year.
Criminal defense attorney Jack Rice believes Bryan Kohberger’s team could use that status against the state of Idaho’s defense to lay the groundwork for why his DNA was found inside the crime scene. AP The home Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, was found dead on Nov. 13 and was known for being a “party house,” with hundreds of students constantly coming and going. James Keivom An aerial view of the house where the murders occurred. Youtube/CourtTV
Kohberger’s defense team could use the victims’ inability to control who’s who to plant a theory that the criminology student’s DNA was brought to the house before the quadruple murder, Rice alleged.
Neighbor Jeremy Reagan confirmed to Court TV that “there were people constantly coming in and out of the house.”
He said that before the murders the party had calmed down a bit, but had not disappeared completely.
“There was more going on there, but it definitely wasn’t as loud or as crazy,” Reagan said.
Police found a knife sheath that was later discovered to have Kohberger’s DNA next to the victims’ bodies. Youtube/CourtTV neighbor Jeremy Reagan confirmed that there were “constantly people coming in and out of the house” the second year he had lived. nearby. However, he said that before the murders, the party had calmed down but not completely disappeared. Three of the four victims lived in the home at 1122 King Road at the time Kohberger allegedly broke in and stabbed them to death. Youtube/CourtTV
Kohberger’s team hinted that he had an alibi, but has not yet revealed what it is to prosecutors or the public.
“Evidence corroborating that Mr. Kohberger was at a location other than the King Road address will be disclosed in accordance with the rules of discovery and evidence,” his attorney Anne Taylor wrote in July.
It could be revealed during the questioning of witnesses in the long-awaited trial that Taylor wrote.
Three of the four victims lived in the home at 1122 King Road at the time Kohberger allegedly broke in and stabbed them to death.
Goncalves and Mogen, both 21, were found murdered on the third floor of the home, while Chapin and Kernodle, both 20, were discovered on the second floor.
Her two roommates, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen, survived the attack unharmed.
Kohberger, a Pennsylvania native, tried to have the case dismissed, but the judge denied it.
He is expected to go to trial later this month.
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