DNA, Ethics, and Justice The IGG Controversy in the Bryan Kohberger Case
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🗓️ 3 February 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Was the DNA evidence against Bryan Kohberger obtained fairly, or are we about to see the entire case unravel thanks to some legal gymnastics? The latest courtroom battle over investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) is heating up, with Kohberger's defense arguing that because IGG was used to narrow in on him, every other piece of evidence should be tossed. It's a bold move—like trying to get a speeding ticket dismissed because the cop's radar gun wasn't the color you prefer.
Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke weighs in on the behavioral patterns of alleged killers and why Kohberger’s life arc may point to something much darker. Is this a textbook case of a "broken brain" on the road to becoming a serial killer, or is the defense just throwing spaghetti at the wall and hoping something sticks? And what about that knife sheath DNA? With one-in-a-billion odds that it's not his, how does the defense plan to explain that away?
And let’s not forget the surviving roommate’s testimony—trauma, memory gaps, and inconsistencies are now under attack. But how much weight should we even give an eyewitness account from someone in shock? Is the defense grasping at straws, or could their arguments actually plant enough seeds of doubt to keep Kohberger off death row?
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| 0:23.0 | Every smile hides a secret and some of them are deadly. |
| 0:26.9 | Welcome to Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:29.5 | Featuring retired FBI special agent and chief of the counterintelligence behavioral analysis program, Robin Dreek. |
| 0:37.3 | Brian Koeberger, the man accused of the tragic University of Idaho student murders. |
| 0:43.0 | Well, they're getting into a lot of stuff. |
| 0:45.6 | IGG, DNA, cell phone tracking, anything and everything that could possibly point to Brian Koeberger, |
| 0:57.7 | being the main suspect, being the murderer. |
| 1:01.0 | The allegations are out there. |
| 1:02.8 | But Ann Koberger is trying to get it all thrown out, throwing the baby out with the bathwater. |
| 1:08.4 | We'll see how well that works. |
| 1:09.9 | Joining us is retired FBI special agent |
| 1:12.5 | Robin Drake, former chief of the counterintelligence behavioral analysis program. Robin, with your |
| 1:17.8 | background in behavioral analysis, what can you tell us about the mindset of someone? |
| 1:23.0 | We're just going to start broadly. Who might commit such a crime like this? |
| 1:27.7 | Oh. Broad question. |
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