Idaho murders UPDATE: Lawyer warns Bryan Kohberger’s leaks could compromise probe and prosecution
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: A veteran defense attorney in the state of Idaho has claimed that continuous leaks from the Idaho murder case could have a dire impact on prosecutors seeking justice for the four University of Idaho students who were found brutally murdered in their off-campus residence last year.
While the judge directly forbade the public disclosure of information of the case against Bryan Kohberger and the gag order itself was facing challenge inside the court, investigators and attorneys for both sides, as well as the victims, survivors, and their families, can give very little to almost no details on the case.
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"It’s a huge issue that this source is leaking information," said Edwina Elcox, the Boise-based former attorney of "Cult Mom" child killing suspect Lori Vallow according to Fox News. "That has the potential to compromise the integrity of the investigation and prosecution of the case." There are concerns that too much exposure to the highly publicized crime incident could affect the jury pool in Latah County in Northern Idaho where more than half live in Moscow, the place where the killings took place. "If an employee of my office did that, they would unequivocally no longer be employed," Elcox added.
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Unnamed law enforcement sources made several claims in the past
This news comes after several unnamed sources of the authorities leaked information about the suspect and the evidence against him. It even included that Kohberger had a stockpile of photos of one of the victims on his phone and sent at least one of them messages over Instagram before the crime.
"I understand Kohberger fancied himself as intelligent," Elcox said. "But as a Criminology Ph.D. student, it should have been abundantly obvious that maintaining pictures of one of the victims could prove to be problematic for him. If the information contained in the search warrant affidavits is accurate, he clearly had at least a cursory understanding of cellphone technology," she said. "Perhaps he was just so arrogant, he thought he was smarter than investigators but couldn’t help but keep pictures that he could readily access."
Bryan Kohberger and the Moscow murders
Kohberger is accused of sneaking into the murder house the early morning of November 13 at around 4 am after the victims had been seen partying at different locations around Moscow. 21-year-old Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves and 20-year-olds Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were allegedly stabbed to death by him, police said. All four were stabbed multiple times with a large knife, according to the Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt. While some tried to defend themselves during the horrific attack, others may have breathed their last during sleep.
Kohberger left behind a Ka-Bar knife sheath with DNA on the snap according to the police affidavit. Investigators recovered it in Mogen's bed, next to her body, and found a paternal DNA match in the garbage can at Kohberger's parents' house on the other side of the country. Kohberger is being held without bail at the Latah County Jail. His next scheduled court date is June 26.