Bryan Kohberger.Photo: Monroe County (Pa.) Correctional Facility via AP
Those DNA results showed it was highly likely the sample taken from the trash matched the biological father of the DNA sample found at the crime scene. Prosecutors say in their new filing this week that a cheek swab taken from Kohberger has now provided a direct match, according to CBS.
Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves.
Prosecutors claim Kohberger’s white sedan — later recovered at his parent’s home in Pennsylvania — was seen leaving the area of the students’ off-campus residence around 4:20 a.m. at a fast rate of speed and that later in the morning, between 9:12 a.m. and 9:21 a.m., the vehicle and phone associated with Kohberger returned to the scene.
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While investigating previous cell phone pings, authorities learned the cell phone associated with Kohberger pinged in the area of the 1122 King Road home where the killings took place on at least twelve occasions prior to November 13, 2022, according to the affidavit.
“All of these occasions, except for one, occurred in the late evening and early morning hours of their respective days,” the affidavit reads.
Off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho.Angela Palermo/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Twoadditional roommateswere home during the attack but were unharmed. One of the surviving roommates described an eerie face-to-face encounter with the alleged killer, according to the affidavit. The survivor described the suspect as “a figure clad in black clothing and a mask,” who walked past her as he left the crime scene.
Investigators say they found the sheath of the knife left in the bed next to Mogen and Goncalves. After the DNA sample came back without a match in FBI’s genetic database CODIS, prosecutors say the FBI took over and sent the sample to a private genetic genealogy service to “identify possible family members of the suspect based on shared genetic data,” according to NBC.
That led investigators to Kohberger’s parents’ house, where they found a “statistical match” that pointed to the 28-year-old suspect. His upcoming trial is set for Oct. 2.
source: people.com
