Idaho suspect Bryan Kohberger tried to avoid police by dumping trash in neighbors' garbage bins
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: Bryan Kohberger, the University of Idaho student accused killer, attempted to hide from the police by dumping trash from his parent's home into their neighbors' trash cans, according to the arrest affidavit. Kohberger, a 28-year-old PhD student in criminal justice, seemed aware that police might collect his DNA after the killings because he wore gloves to the store and tried to hide trash that may have his hair or traces of saliva in it, which could all be used to identify him if it was connected to the crime scene.
The information that Kohberger attempted to hide the trash comes after the probable cause affidavit, which was made public on Thursday, January 5 stated that Kohberger had been identified by his father's DNA, which was found in the family's garbage on December 27 despite the fact that it had been disposed of in a neighbor's trash cans, as reported by The New York Post.
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Cops took a sample of Kohberger's father's DNA from the trash and tested it. The results showed with greater than 99% certainty that Kohberger's father was the parent of the person whose DNA was found on a knife sheath at the crime scene. This was the last piece of the puzzle required by police to issue an arrest warrant, which was issued on December 29.
On condition of anonymity, the police source told CNN that Kohberger was observed multiple times outside his parents' home while wearing surgical gloves and that he cleaned his car after the murder. “[He] cleaned his car, inside and outside, not missing an inch,” the source said. In addition, Kohberger was once seen dumping trash from his family's home into neighbors' trash cans at roughly 4 a.m. during the four days he was being watched by the FBI before his arrest, the law enforcement source told CNN. The car, a white Hyundai Elantra, which was allegedly seen close to the victims' home at 1122 King Road during the murders, was ultimately also a part of the evidentiary trail that led to Kohberger's capture.
After a stressful seven-week manhunt following the stabbings on November 13, Kohberger was arrested on December 30 at his parents' Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, home. He is now accused of killing four people—Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, by stabbing them to death on November 13 in their Moscow, Idaho, off-campus rented house.
