Chapter 4 -"An Isolated, Targeted Attack"

"An Isolated, Targeted Attack" - a deeper look & analysis of the the Idaho 4 murders that occurred in Moscow, ID on 11/13/2022.

Bryan Kohberger did NOT do it!

“An Isolated, Targeted Attack” is a series providing a deeper look & analysis into the quadruple homicide that occurred in Moscow, ID on November 13^th, 2022, colloquially known as the “Idaho 4”. It is this author’s intent in this series to utilize the authorities own public statements, search warrants, arrest affidavits, and other court filings by Idaho and Washington state authorities to demonstrate that the suspect arrested & charged for these quadruple homicides, Bryan Kohberger did NOT do it!

The evidence against suspect Kohberger can be broken down into two primary categories: the forensics & the witnesses. The forensics category includes the spectrum of scientific evidence identified by the Idaho & Washington law enforcement authorities in their filings and reports, from DNA evidence to cell phone derived evidence from both victims & suspect. The eyewitness category includes eyewitness statements from the two surviving roommates, but also security camera footage. 

Let’s analyze both categories of evidence in a broad manner here today, but we will unpack each aspect of both categories of evidence against suspect Kohberger in detail, in the future chapters of this series.

Forensic evidence

The forensic evidence against suspect Kohberger largely revolves around the infamous knife sheath that allegedly had suspect Kohberger’s DNA on the button snap. This alleged knife sheath was allegedly located at the murder scene, between two victims, or under one victim, or wrapped in blanket under a victim - these are the varying reports from different officer’s affidavits. That is only the beginning, where the entire narrative and associated evidence surrounding the knife sheath and alleged DNA on knife sheath is mired in mystery. In fact, the state refuses to provide DNA evidence to suspect Kohberger’s defense counsel in a currently on-going discovery battle in court battle.

The focus by all media coverage has been on the alleged knife sheath and alleged DNA evidence & subsequent genealogical DNA investigation that allegedly led authorities to the arrest of suspect Kohberger. This is likely because the other forensic evidence against Kohberger is far more dubious and less conclusive than the DNA magic trick that the state is attempting to perpetrate. This, resulting in a miscarriage of justice for the victims, and in gross violation of suspect Kohberger’s “inalienable rights” guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution – the fundamental law of the land.

Three notably dubious pieces of forensic evidence the Idaho authorities have presented as evidence of guilt against suspect Kohberger are the cell phone pings, the total lack of other DNA evidence, and the latent Vans shoe print that suddenly went the way of Harry Houdini - poof! Gone - the moment the authorities located no such matching pair of shoes at the apartment, car, office, or parent’s home of suspect Kohberger.

Eyewitness evidence - The surviving roommates witness flip-flop.

The eyewitness evidence has been perhaps just as controversial as the alleged DNA evidence allegedly recovered from the alleged KA-BAR knife sheath, allegedly located at the scene of the murder - again, located at an undesignated time & at an ambiguously unknown location near two of the victims.

The two surviving roommates have been of great focus in this case since day one. From, the rest of the occupants of the home being slaughtered, to the lack of 911 call during the slaughter. In fact, no 911 call for nearly 8 hours after the slaughter of four young adults, while 2 young adults were allegedly home and awake during this slaughter - but without any call to police via 911 to report the slaughter. 

However, the mystery with the two surviving roommates does not end there, as their status as witnesses to this slaughter has been questioned since day one. When Moscow Police Chief James Fry in his first press conference on November 16th, 2022, deemed it necessary to correct a reporter who called the two surviving roommates witnesses by stating “I don’t think I ever said they were witnesses. I said they were there”. Chief Fry would later state in the same press conference that the two surviving roommate were not suspects.

This status of being “not witnesses” would however change in the subsequent months following the murder. Approximately 44-days later, suddenly upon the issuance of the arresting affidavit of suspect Kohberger, one surviving roommate is now a primary witness to the slaughter - allegedly coming nearly face to face with the homicidal intruder (alleged to be suspect Kohberger) in her home. 

This alteration in the surviving roommate witness narrative presented circumstances demanding to know what the other surviving roommate witnessed. As the other surviving roommate, Bethany Funke, was not even mentioned in the arresting affidavit of suspect Kohberger. This fact juxtaposed against the fact that surviving roommate, Dylan Mortensen, is a primary witness in this case, begs the question as to why the Idaho authorities is ostensibly not interested in the witness statement of Bethany - as per the total lack of mention of her name in the arresting affidavit.

This absence of any mention of Bethany in the arresting affidavit is a concept not ignored by suspect Kohberger’s defense counsel. As Kohberger’s attorneys have successfully motioned the Court to issue a subpoena to Bethany to gain Bethany’s witness statement, under oath. This action was at least temporarily delayed by the subsequent act by the state, in an effort that by all appearances was done to deter the testimony of Bethany, via convening a grand jury and successfully indicting suspect Kohberger for the quadruple homicide. 

The grand jury indictment of Kohberger for crimes he had already been held in jail for nearly 5-months without being indicted for any criminal acts. This further resulted in more secrecy & censorship in this case given the confidential nature of the grand jury process. It is important to note that Kohberger had a public arraignment hearing scheduled in the immediate future, at the time when the state convened a grand jury. Thus, making the scheduled public arraignment hearing that Kohberger had been waiting 5-months since the date of his arrest now null & void. 

Two important matters of note that are for the time being sealed under court order and/or under veil of confidential grand jury indictment process, the witness statements of the two surviving roommates & the 911 call that came in nearly 8-hours after the ,murders . 

The official timeline.

The official timeline of these homicides, as established, by Idaho authorities is implausible at best - simply in consideration of the duration of time suspect Kohberger took to brutally murder four young adults, in two separate bedrooms & on two different floors of the home. Logistically speaking the official timeline appears impossible for one man, who was presumably unfamiliar with the inside layout of the home, nor the unknown occupants based upon the volume of vehicles in driveway - in addition to unknown occupant of home regarding Kaylee’s newly purchased Range Rover.

Further, much like the dubious nature of the previously outlined forensic evidence, the official timeline continues to appear more dubious upon learning the factors in which Idaho authorities built the official timeline of these homicides in this case. In fact, on numerous instances third parties to the investigation, in this case victim’s family members, have publicly corrected the Idaho authorities on their timeline of victims actions the night of the murder, and the actual time of the murders.

The Idaho authorities built their official timeline off the cell phones of roommates, the eyewitness statement of one roommate - Dylan, and various alleged security camera footage. The use of only the surviving roommates’ cell phone data to establish the timeline of the murders of course begs the question as to why Idaho law enforcement authorities did not use the victim’s cell phones to establish a timeline of the murders. Especially, since it was a publicly asserted fact early in the investigation that victims Kaylee & Maddie placed a high volume of calls to Kaylee’s ex-boyfriend & neighbor Jack DuCoeur, just prior to authorities’ initial time of the murders 3am to 4am. 

Further, the security camera footage allegedly depicting suspect Kohberger’s White Elantra, appears to be of an extremely dubious nature. Kohberger’s attorney has asserted in court filings that, “Precisely how the police came to believe the car was an Elantra is still unknown”. This seems to indicate the extremely dubious nature of the security camera footage used by Idaho authorities as evidence against Kohberger. Where, Kohberger’s attorney further elaborated in the same court filing by stating, “A report from an analyst for the FBI dated March 21, 2023 shows the analyst heavily relying on video of a car heading in the wrong direction and at the wrong time on Ridge Rd”.

Additionally, early in the investigation it should have been apparent to Idaho law enforcement authorities that victim Xana had ordered a Door Dash food order after the initial timeline of the murders, allegedly occurring between 3am to 4am:

This 3am to 4am time of murders was asserted by Latah County Coroner Kathy Mabutt in a press conference on November 17, 2022. What caused the authorities to alter the time of murders to be nearly 90 minutes later than the initial time of murders is not publicly known at this time. However, in consideration of the fact that the Idaho law enforcement authorities altered the time of the murders seems indicative of the effort to frame the evidence around suspect Kohberger.

In summary, it is the intent of this series to highlight the deviations from procedure, the alterations of the official timeline, and the bending of the forensic & eyewitness evidence to frame suspect Kohberger for a quadruple homicide that he clearly did NOT commit.