Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome back to the program. In
this episode, we're going to get right back to the
declaration given by Brian Edelman in support of Brian Kohlberger.
A roommate detailed seeing an individual dressed in black the
night for University of Idaho's students were killed. Peeking out
from her door. DM did not see anyone at the time.
She later heard crying coming from Xana's room, and DM
said that they heard a male voice saying it's okay,
I'm going to help you. DM allegedly looked out their
door again, spotting an individual dressed in black. DM stated
that the individual walked towards them, passing to head towards
the sliding glass door on the back of the residence.
The person was described as wearing a mask that hid
their mouth and nose but left their eyes visible. The
individual also had bushy eyebrows and appeared to be a
man around the height of five feet eleven inches or taller.
The roommate stated that when she opened her door again,
she heard crying and saw a figure clad in black
clothing and a mask that covered the person's mouth and
nose walking towards her. She described him as at least
five foot ten inches, not muscular but athletically built, and
with bushy eyebrows. The mail walked past her as she
stood in a frozen shock fase. The mail made his
way toward the sliding glass door, and the roommate locked
herself in her room. She stated she did not recognize him.
The warrant details the seizure of nine separate items, which
included clothing belonging to Coburger, a flashlight, four medical style gloves,
and a cheek swab from Coburger himself. The list of
items sees during the search include one silver Defiant flashlight,
four medical style gloves, a T shirt, a Washington State
University sweatshirt, a pair of size thirteen Nike shoes, socks, shorts,
and boxers. Police also took a DNA swab from his cheek.
That evidence includes one nitril type black glove, multiple hair strands,
including one possibly from an animal, receipts from Walmart and Marshalls,
a dust container from a vacuum, a computer tower, a
dark red spot, two cuttings from an uncased pillow showing
a reddish brown stain, and two mattress covers with multiple stains.
Seized from Coburger's car were sixty three separate items. Notable
items include a knife of unknown type, a pocket knife,
a forty glock with three empty magazines, and several articles
of black clothing, including a black mask. Among the items
recovered by police were three knives, including one described as
a smith and western pocket knife and another listed as
a tailor cutlery knife with a leather sheath. Knives and
a handgun, and multiple articles of black clothing, including a mask,
were seized from Brian Colberger's Pennsylvania home. Authorities collected a
disposable black love hair strands and a pillow with a
reddish brown stain, among other items, during a search of
a Washington State University apartment rented by a man accused
of killing four University of Idaho students. Initial analysis showed
blood on two items that police seized during their search
of Moscow homicide suspect Brian Colberger's Washington State University housing
documents the university released Thursday revealed testing of fifty items
found in coburger a student's department in Pullman came back
with at least trace amounts of blood on brown or
reddish stained betting According to an inventory list obtained by
The Idaho Statesman through a public records request, a mattress
cover and on case pillows were each positive for blood.
The coverage also focused on Brian Colberger's alibi, which was
called into question in the coverage. On August fourth, twenty
twenty three, it was reported that Coburger claimed to be
on a late drive around the time of the murders.
According to the publicity, he had a habit of going
for drives alone, but had not yet developed any evidence
to support his alibi. The media often drew on comments
in the prosecution's filings attacking the alibi, which was described
as vague and lacking supporting evidence. The criticism was left
uncontested until April seventeenth, twenty twenty four. Examples of this
type of reporting include Coburger has not yet provided an alibi.
Brian Colberger's attorney claims the murder suspect was out driving
the morning four University of Idaho students were murdered. As
of now, Coberger's only alibi is that he was driving
alone in the evening hours of November twelfth and the
early morning hours of November thirteenth. Colburger often took nighttime
drives to hiking destinations around the Polouse. Taylor claims Coburger
was driving throughout the area south of Pullman and west
of Moscow. The man accused of killing four University of
Idaho students last fall said he was out driving alone
the night of the attacks. Mister Colberger had a long
habit of going for drives alone, The objection reads, often
he would go for drives at night. He did so
late on November twelfth and into November thirteenth, twenty twenty two.
Colberger is not claiming to be at any specific location
at an exact time. The defense wrote, there is not
a specific witness to say precisely where he was at
each moment that night. Brian Colberger admits he went on
a late night drive alone around the time of the
November thirteenth quadruple murders in Moscow, but he anticipates witnesses
will corroborate he was not at the King Roade crime
scene that night. Taylor confirmed that Coburger was out driving
late November twelfth into November thirteenth. The four u OFI
students were murdered during the early hours of November thirteenth,
in a home on King Road. Taylor wrote that Coburger
has long had a habit of going for drives alone.
Mister Coburger is not claiming to be at a specific
location at a specific time. At this time, there is
not a specific witness to say precisely where mister Coburger
was at each moment of the hours between late night
November twelfth, twenty twenty two, and early morning November thirteenth,
twenty twenty two. The documents claim that Coburger was an
avid hiker and runner that would often go on drives
during the night time. Colberger's alibi is that he was
driving around the night of the murders, and Taylor said
she expects this will be supported by expert testimony. Taylor
said that she's also waiting on cell phone tower information
to support his alibi. Taylor claimed that cell phone data
showed Coburger was driving the mourning for University of Idaho
students were murdered in November of twenty twenty two, but
he was not near the Moscow crime scene. The defense
plans to offer testimony from Siree, an expert who can
explain how Coberger's mobile device shows his vehicle did not
travel to Moscow on November thirteenth, twenty twenty two. Coberger's
defense intends to offer the testimony of Siree, an expert
cell tower information to show that he was south of
Pullman and west of Moscow, and that Coburger did not
travel east on the Moscow Pullman Highway in the early
morning hours of November thirteenth. Data from Coburger's phone includes
photographs taken of himself in the countryside late at night
and in the early morning on different occasions. Prosecutors in
the Brian Colberger case, the man accused of killing four
University of Idaho students in November of twenty twenty two,
said that his alibi of being around thirty miles from
the crime scene at the time of the murders is
too vague. According to court documents, the prosecutors stated that
Coberger's alibi lacks specificity in terms of describing a place
or places at which the defendant claimed to have been
at the time of the murders, and names and addresses
of witnesses upon whom he intends to rely his alibi on.
The prosecution said that except for the reference to the
Wawei Park, the alibi does not add any new information
to the original alibi notice. The prosecution also reference the
use of Coburger's cell phone information does not rise to
the level of an alibi at the time of the
homicides because Coburger's cell phone stop reporting to the cellular
network before the homicides and continued to not report until
after the homicides. The prosecution is requesting the court to
deny all further opportunities to add any purported claim of
alibi and preclue testimony by anyone other than the defendant.
The prosecutor in the Brian Coburger case says the murder
suspects alibi is not specific enough to serve as a
proper alibi defense. Leyta County Prosecutor Bill Thompson argued in
a motion filed Friday that Idaho code requires an alibi
defense to state a specific place or places at which
the defendant claims to have been during the murders. Thompson
said this new alibi defense adds little to what the
prosecution already knows from the investigation. The defendant is offering
nothing new to his initial alibi that he was simply
driving around during the morning hours Thompson also pointed out
that Coburger's cell phone stopped reporting to the cellular network
before the homicides happened, and continued to not report until
after the homicides. The location of the defendant cell phone
at times other than the time of the homicides is
not proof of or relevant to the defendant specific location
at the time of the homicides. Thompson is asking Leaytaki
County District Judge John Judge to deny Coburger more opportunity
to add to his alibi. He also asked Judge to
prohibit anyone other than Coburger to testify about this alibi.
In Grid Beaty, the Idaho Deputy Attorney General who was
assisting the prosecution, said she's confused about how cell tower
data can support his alibi defense. The Leata County community
has come together in support of the victims and their families.
For example, there were several candlelight vigils and a memorial
created to remember the victims. The home where the murders
occurred was donated to the university and later demolished. Multiple
groups were created on social media and thousands of posts
appeared with the hashtag vandal strong members of the victims'
families used the media as an outlet to remember their
lost loved ones and voice their frustrations as the case
moved through the court system. Examples of this type of
reporting include the UI held the candlelight vigil November thirtieth
in the Kibbi Dome to honour Chase Kernodle Mogan and Gonsalves.
With a number of students to have left campus early,
UI has postponed a candlelight vigil that had been planned
for Wednesday night to November thirtieth. They designed the stickers
themselves and got help from Allegra Image three sixty with
printing three thousand copies. The stickers will be handed out
during a candlelight vigil scheduled at five pm today at
the as UI Kibbi Activity Center on the UI campus
in Moscow. The vigil will be held simultaneously at five
pm Pacific Standard time across the University of Idaho Moscow, Boise,
and Idaho Falls campuses, as well as in Cordelaine and McCall.
Those who cannot make the vigil in person are encouraged
to light a candle or hold a moment of silence
during that time. Their lives were changed forever three hundred
and sixty five days ago, but the students who spoke
at the candlelight vigil Monday night said the strength of
the community, vandal family and friends are helping them move forward.
On the one year anniversary of the murders of Kaili Gonsalves,
Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogan, and Ethan Chapin, a group gathered
on the University of Idaho campus to share tears, hugs,
and heartfelt memories of the young lives that ended on
November thirteenth, twenty twenty two. The large tree that's the
centerpiece of Moscow's Friendship Square during the holiday season was
adorned with heartfelt messages written by community members to honor
the four victims of the November thirteenth murders near the
University of Idaho campus, Kalli Gonsalvis, Madison Mogan, Ethan Chapin,
and Xana Kernodle. The killing of Kaili Gonsalvs. Madison Mogan,
Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. The fall of twenty twenty
two inspired UI students and the people of Moscow to
come together and honor the victims and others with a
memorial garden. There is a plan to create the Vandal
Healing Garden and Memorial on the UI campus to honor
the four victims. Walker called it an incredibly powerful student
driven project involving students in the College of Art and Architecture.
Reaching out to the families of students who have died
and to the wider community for ideas on how to
honor the students. Made the student community feel stronger. Weedenfield said.
For students like Whedenfield, this Healing Garden will not just
honor the four that were fatally stabbed. He said, it's
mental memorialize all students who didn't live to see graduation day.
They said, it will also serve as a space for
emotional healing. There will be a special monument to honor
the four students who died in November of twenty twenty two.
All Right, we're going to wrap up right here, and
in the next episode, we're going to pick up where
we left off. All of the information that goes with
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