Kohberger, Reiner, Tupac: Evidence, Delays, and Discovery
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🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Eric Faddis — criminal defense attorney and former felony prosecutor — joins Hidden Killers for an extended session covering three major cases demanding attention.
In the Kohberger case, defense-retained forensic scientist Brent Turvey is publicly alleging chain of custody deficiencies with the knife sheath — the sole piece of physical evidence carrying Kohberger's DNA — that he says could have been challenged at trial. A new book by former FBI agent Christopher Whitcomb surfaces untested crime scene evidence the FBI lab confirmed wasn't Kohberger's. The defense team has responded by attacking Turvey for speaking while simultaneously preparing a paid conference presentation about the case. Kohberger pled guilty on July 2, 2025, to four counts of first-degree murder and waived all appeal rights. None of the evidence questions can be relitigated.
In the Reiner case, Nick Reiner's preliminary hearing was pushed to September 15 after the court confirmed autopsy reports on Rob and Michele Reiner remain incomplete over four months after their deaths. Nick faces two counts of first-degree murder with death penalty eligibility. His public defender Kimberly Greene has entered a not guilty plea but has not addressed whether a mental health defense is forthcoming despite Nick's documented history of schizoaffective disorder and a prior conservatorship.
And in the Tupac Shakur case, Mopreme Shakur filed a wrongful death lawsuit naming Keffe D and John Does 1 through 100, alleging a conspiracy that goes beyond the individuals in the white Cadillac. The lawsuit is built around civil discovery — the power to compel testimony and documents from individuals who have never been subpoenaed. Keffe D's criminal trial is set for August 10, 2026. The complaint cites grand jury transcripts and the Netflix documentary "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." Faddis analyzes the legal implications, the strategic decisions, and the family impact across all three cases.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Tiller's Live with Tony Brewski and Robin Drink. |
| 0:10.1 | Brian Coburger. |
| 0:11.5 | We're going to talk about them today because there's news. |
| 0:14.1 | There's smoke out there in the ether. |
| 0:17.9 | So let's identify if there's a fire |
| 0:21.7 | or if it's time to bring out the extinguisher. |
| 0:24.1 | For University of Idaho students, obviously killed in their beds. |
| 0:28.4 | You probably know the story. |
| 0:29.5 | The man who admitted to doing it is serving four consecutive life sentences. |
| 0:33.0 | The families were told it was over. |
| 0:34.7 | And now a forensic expert hired by Koberger's own defense is going |
| 0:40.0 | public with claims that the most important physical evidence in the case may have been |
| 0:45.2 | mishandled. I'm not underline the word may there, and that he warned the defense before the plea. |
| 0:53.5 | What's coming out is raising questions that a courtroom was supposed to answer, but never |
| 0:57.4 | really did because, well, they accepted a plea from Brian Coburger, joining us to have this |
| 1:03.0 | conversation. |
| 1:03.8 | As always, my co-host, Robin Drake, retired FBI special agent, chief of the counterintelligence |
| 1:07.3 | behavioral analysis program with the FBI, and Eric Fattis, former prosecutor and |
| 1:12.8 | defense attorney. Dumb man. Yeah. Kind of a, it's getting some headlines here. Koberger's defense |
| 1:19.6 | at a forensic expert telling them the knife sheet allegedly. The only physical evidence carrying |
| 1:26.8 | his DNA might have been challengeable at trial. |
| 1:30.9 | That's the claim that is coming out of this new book anyway, and the former expert. |
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