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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

5 Witnesses Just Added to DESTROY Bryan Kohberger's Defense Strategy

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Five Witnesses Just Added to DESTROY Bryan Kohberger's Defense Strategy
The Bryan Kohberger defense team just filed their amended witness list this week, and it's the biggest prosecutorial gift imaginable. What the defense thought would humanize their client has instead handed prosecutors a roadmap to the death penalty. This witness list reveals a defense strategy so flawed it could single-handedly convict the Idaho murders suspect.
The newly revealed witness list includes Jesse Harris, Kohberger's former boxing coach, who will testify about the dramatic personality transformation that turned a bullied, overweight teenager into what former friends described as an "aggressive" person "looking to fight somebody." The prosecution will use Harris to show how Kohberger's boxing training gave him the physical confidence and violent mindset that allegedly led to the brutal murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.

Even more damaging is Professor Marie Bolger from DeSales University, who the defense added thinking she'd be a character witness. Instead, Bolger will testify about supervising Kohberger's thesis on "how and why criminals commit their crime" and helping him study crime scene evidence transfer. The prosecution couldn't have asked for better evidence of premeditation - Kohberger literally studied murder techniques before allegedly committing quadruple homicide.

The witness list also reveals that surviving roommates Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke will testify for the prosecution. Mortensen's identification of the "bushy eyebrows" killer and the terrifying text messages between the roommates will devastate any jury. Their testimony puts Kohberger at the scene during the exact time window of the murders.

Most crucially, DNA expert Rylene Nowlin appears on the prosecution's expert witness list with over 25 other specialists. Nowlin will present the bulletproof forensic evidence that links Kohberger's DNA to the knife sheath found with the victims. With 20+ years of experience, her testimony will be unshakeable.

The defense clearly thought they were building a character defense, but they've actually provided the prosecution with witnesses who will prove motive, method, and opportunity. This witness list doesn't save Bryan Kohberger - it convicts him.

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0:00.0

This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against

0:06.5

Brian Koberger.

0:08.5

All right.

0:09.1

Picture this scenario.

0:11.8

You're a boxing gym owner in small town Pennsylvania.

0:16.5

You're minding your own business, going about your life.

0:20.4

When suddenly the FBI shows up at your door,

0:24.5

asking about a quiet kid who used to punch heavy bags in your gym

0:30.4

decades ago.

0:33.0

A quiet kid?

0:34.5

He's now accused of one of the most notorious quadruple murders in recent American history.

0:42.4

Welcome to Jesse Harris's life, folks, because he just got summoned to testify in the

0:48.4

Brian Coburger trial, and his story is just the tip of an iceberg that's about to crash into the legal system this

0:55.9

August. We're going to go through the witness list that has been released thus far and give you

1:00.6

the latest on the case against Koeberger. As of right now, I'd love to hear your thoughts in the

1:06.4

comment section as we're inching closer and closer to jury selection and closer to an actual trial

1:13.7

that is about to take place in the case against Brian Coburger. So please in the comment

1:19.7

section on YouTube, let me know what your thoughts are. Hit subscribe wherever you're downloading

1:23.7

the podcast or if it's on YouTube, hit it there as well so you can take part in our

1:28.6

conversations because there's a lot coming this year in this case. So here's what happened

1:35.4

in the recent days that nobody saw coming. While the media was busy analyzing courtroom

1:42.3

sketches and dissecting legal motions,

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