Cops contact knife company KA-BAR to link Bryan Kohberger to weapon, firm says 'they have no records'

KA-BAR had confirmed that the knife sheath found with 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger's DNA on it was theirs

UPDATED JAN 7, 2023

Bryan Kohberger looks toward his attorney, public defender Anne Taylor, right, during a hearing in Latah County District Court on January 5, in Moscow, Idaho (Getty Images)

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MOSCOW, IDAHO: Police reportedly contacted KA-BAR, the company behind the murder weapon that 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger reportedly used to murder the four University of Idaho students. However, the company said that they had no records tying Kohberger to any transaction. Cops discovered a KA-BAR knife sheath with Kohberger's DNA on it at the crime scene, as per to the arrest warrant. Moscow police and other law enforcement agencies contacted the company that manufactures the said knives, especially asking about KA-BAR knives and sheaths, according to the Director of Sales and Marketing Joseph Bradley.

TMZ reported that when law enforcement initially got in touch with the company following the quadruple homicide on November 13, 2022, they asked KA-BAR to identify the sheath. KA-BAR then confirmed that it was one of theirs. According to them, they were unaware of anyone using the name Bryan Kohberger to buy a knife sheath or anything else from them directly.

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The seven-inch utility knife, which is typically used as a tool, is the size of the KA-BAR knife that would suit the sheath discovered at the crime scene. The firm claimedit had manufacturing the knife since World War II. It can be used for small chores as well as for hunting. In addition, KA-BAR sells directly to customers and to merchants.

MEAWW had previously reported that Kohberger, a University of Idaho student suspected of the macabre Idaho murders, tried to give the police the slip by throwing trash from his parent's home into their neighbors' trash cans, according to a arrest complaint. Kohberger, a PhD student in criminal justice, was reportedly aware that the police might collect his DNA after the killings because he wore gloves to the store and tried to conceal trash that could have his hair or traces of saliva in it, all of which could be used to identify him. This came to light following the release of the probable cause affidavit on Thursday, January 5, which stated that Kohberger was identified by his father's DNA, which was discovered in the family's garbage on December 27, 2022, despite the fact that it had been disposed of in the neighbors' trash cans.