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Kohberger: Newsweek disavows evidence in their story

Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

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4.6809 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone and welcome to police off the cuff, real crime stories.

0:14.8

I'm your host, retired NYPD Sergeant Bill Ken and a 27-year veteran of the show.

0:21.3

You know, folks, last episode we had,

0:23.8

it was all kinds of problems.

0:26.0

There was a problem with Newsweek printing out an article

0:30.4

whereby they said in the article that the,

0:35.8

everyone knows this case, that the DNA on the knife sheath that was reported to have Brian Koberger's DNA on it was blood DNA.

0:47.7

And that turned out to be absolutely false.

0:51.6

But on the show, I did compare it to the probable cause affidavit.

0:57.0

I didn't say that it was true.

0:58.6

What I said, Newsweek, is reporting this that the DNA on the knife sheath, reportedly, was

1:07.5

blood DNA.

1:09.2

And unbeknownst to me that afternoon, maybe you can't see this

1:17.0

retraction here, but this is their retraction or their idea of a retraction. And at the very bottom

1:22.8

of the article, it says, update 10-723 at 3.35 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. This article was updated to reflect

1:31.2

that the DNA sample found in the murder house was touched DNA. Who refers, what professional

1:38.3

news organization would refer to their report or refer to 1122 King Road, the crime scene where four students were murdered.

1:50.0

Who would refer to that as the murder house?

1:53.3

So this caused a big stir, of course, on my channel and everyone would say, oh, you reported.

1:58.7

I reported it as just I said, I reported it as

2:02.5

Newsweek is reporting that the DNA evidence on the Cobar knife sheath, excuse me, the K-Barr knife

2:12.5

sheath is blood DNA and not touch DNA. There is a very similar sheath around that knife you see right there.

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