This is Hidden Killers Week in review.

I look back at the most prolific stories of the week.

This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski.

Brian Coburger's defense team making some bold moves in this last week.

And while not officially on the table as of our recording, By the time you hear this, it probably will be.

Looking at throwing autism, spectrum disorder, ASD into the mix as a potential mitigating factor to likely avoid the death penalty.

Okay?

It's important to understand what that is all about, what that means in the context of reality and this story.

Here's a real question, though.

Does this change the way we should analyze his behavior, planning, and potential criminal intent?

Koberger is on the spectrum.

Does it actually explain some of his behaviors, or is it just a legal smokescreen?

To break it all down from a behavioral analysis standpoint and law enforcement perspective,

Robin Dreek, retired FBI special agent and former chief of the counterintelligence

behavioral analysis program, Robin, from a profiling type standpoint, when you look at his actions, all the actions attributed to Koeberger, stalking the house, planning the attack, allegedly, attempting to cover his tracks.

Did these seem consistent with someone who struggles with impulse control and social awareness, or do they point to high functioning, deliberate decision making?

Well, you know, when we covered these really complex cases, which is the only thing that we do,

there's always something new. And this one was something new I hadn't seen before. You know,

it's like using autism as an excuse or mitigator in his behavior. I hadn't heard it before,

so I had to actually do some digging on my own. Yeah of all, kind of going to the original question, his behaviors are

still much more in line with someone who's escalating their violence, you know, which is on a track

to, again, if it's him or whoever was doing us, you know, that serial killer in developmental

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