Could The Bryan Kohberger 'Autism Argument' Humanize Him or Harden the Jury Against Him?
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 6 March 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Is autism spectrum disorder a factor in criminal behavior, or are we just looking for answers in the wrong places? The debate around mental health in high-profile criminal cases is as heated as ever, but when it comes to the alleged actions of Bryan Kohberger, the prosecution is doing everything it can to keep discussions of his mental state far, far away from the jury’s ears.
Tony Brueski and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke dive deep into the murky waters of mental health and the law, questioning whether autism is misunderstood in criminal investigations. Why is the prosecution so determined to remove any argument related to Kohberger’s mental state? Would an insanity defense even hold up in court, or would it just be a distraction from the hard evidence—like DNA, cell phone pings, and a suspiciously well-timed blackout on the night in question?
And then there’s the bigger question: Is mental health something courts should consider more often, or are we just making excuses for behavior that should simply be judged on cold, hard facts? What’s the right balance between justice and understanding?
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:03.2 | Here now, Tony Bruske. |
| 0:06.0 | I find it very interesting, the information you found that's out there, that victims are more likely to be someone on the spectrum versus being someone on the spectrum executing it. |
| 0:17.1 | And I wonder how accurate that stat is. |
| 0:20.4 | Number one of it's... I named it. So it came from a small |
| 0:24.6 | body literature suggested that rather than being more likely to engage in offending or violent behavior, |
| 0:29.7 | individuals with autism spectrum disorder may actually have an increased risk of being the victim |
| 0:34.3 | rather than the perpetrator of violence from a study done by Soapsey, |
| 0:37.9 | Wells, Lucardi, and Mansell, 1995. But that's also, well, okay, even in 95, we're going way back on this. |
| 0:44.8 | Way back. Way, way, way back before we even really had a huge grasp on what this is. |
| 0:50.6 | Because there's not much out there on it. No, and there wasn't much, there really was hardly anything out there on it back then, especially compared to what we know 30 years later. |
| 1:00.5 | Because I would almost argue, I mean, when we look at the cases that we look at, that you have |
| 1:05.5 | more than not that are very likely on the spectrum than are. So I mean, if, and I, and I think it has a lot to do with just |
| 1:12.5 | data and knowing if someone is or not. I think a lot of people just live their whole lives, |
| 1:15.8 | have no clue. And, and so I think if we truly, if you evaluated every single person that went in |
| 1:21.8 | for a violent crime or something and, and to determine, are they there? I think there, I think it's the other way around, quite honest. |
| 1:28.6 | That's just my conjecture. |
| 1:30.2 | And obviously, it's a 95 study. |
| 1:31.9 | And I'm surprised there's not more. |
| 1:33.4 | Surprise that hasn't been looked at closer. |
| 1:35.3 | I know. |
| 1:35.5 | It's like when this came up, I was really shocked. |
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