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🗓️ 30 March 2025
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0:00.0 | This morning, prosecutors in the Idaho College Murders case saying Brian Coburger's homework could play a crucial role in the trial. |
0:08.0 | In a new filing, prosecutors say the alleged killer turned in what amounts to be a crime scene how to guide as part of a homework assignment in 2020. |
0:17.0 | Some of the details mirroring the Idaho College murder scene. |
0:20.9 | Prosecution is trying to make the argument that this information plays somewhat of a playbook, not leaving evidence behind a crime scene. |
0:28.6 | The 12-page crime scene scenario final from his time at DeSales University, detailing how an investigating officer would process a scene where a deceased white female had been found, |
0:39.3 | including the use of protective clothing to avoid contaminating the scene or leaving fingerprints. |
0:44.4 | While Koberger's lawyers say he is innocent and argue he has a developmental disability |
0:48.3 | that prevents him from having the speed and coordination to carry out the murders, |
0:52.9 | prosecutors point to purchases he made, |
0:55.1 | including a balaclava, a type of ski mask that covers the head, but not the eyes. They say he |
1:00.6 | bought it in January of 2022. Prosecutors sharing this never-before-seen image drawn by the surviving |
1:07.3 | roommate in the days after the murders, showing what they say appears to be that |
1:12.2 | kind of mask. She told authorities, the man behind the mask that she saw in the house that night, |
1:17.5 | bushy eyebrows. And another purchase in the spotlight. Kbar Knife and Sheath bought on the Amazon |
1:22.9 | account Coburger used, similar to the knife and sheath seen in this image from the Amazon website. |
1:29.0 | But the defense arguing that anyone from the suspect's family could have made the purchase |
1:34.2 | from that Amazon account. Well, prosecutors also say they can provide testimony from witnesses |
1:39.3 | with knowledge that Coburger is the one who purchased the knife. The murder weapon has never |
1:43.7 | been found. And prosecutors also say that Coburger searched Amazon one who purchased the knife. The murder weapon has never been found, |
1:44.4 | and prosecutors also say that Coburger searched Amazon |
1:46.9 | for a replacement knife after the murders. |
1:50.1 | So, you know, that evidence is extremely powerful, |
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