The University of Idaho Murders: The Death Penalty and DNA

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True Crime, Murder, Unsolved Case, Killing, Murderer, Cold Case

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🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

There have been several major developments in the case against Bryan Kohberger. Prosecutors now seek to pursue the death penalty in this brutal quadruple homicide, and we've learned a lot more information about the DNA evidence in the case.

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0:00.0	content warning. This episode contains discussion of murder.
0:05.1	Since we last covered the quadruple homicide at the University of Idaho,
0:10.2	there have been a number of pretty big developments in the case against Brian Coburger,
0:14.9	who of course is the man charged with brutally killing, kill against all of us,
0:19.9	Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, and Zana Cornodal. Namely, the two big developments that we want to
0:25.9	talk about today include information around the DNA evidence in the case,
0:32.2	as well as the prosecution's intent to seek the death penalty.
0:38.9	My name is Anya Cain. I'm a journalist. And I'm Kevin Greenley. I'm an attorney.
0:45.8	We first connected while looking into the Bergerchef murders and Indiana cold case.
0:51.1	Together, we built a spreadsheet documenting hundreds of cases of restaurant-related homicides.
0:58.5	That original spreadsheet gave way to our podcast, the murder sheet.
1:04.2	Now we maintain that same research-centric investigative approach is we look into all sorts
1:10.0	of homicides, including unsolved cases, historical crimes, and of course, restaurant murders.
1:18.5	We don't just chat about the headlines. Our podcast is a platform for our journalism.
1:25.9	The murder sheet focuses on investigative reporting, thoughtful analysis, thorough research,
1:32.5	and in-depth interviews. We're the murder sheet. And this is the University of Idaho murders,
1:40.8	the death penalty, and DNA.
2:11.2	So as we mentioned, there have been a lot of filings in this case throughout June.
2:33.4	This has been a situation where both the prosecution and the defense have been quite busy
2:39.2	making their filings, counter-motions, whatnot. Now, one thing I want to note is that we're going
2:44.3	to do a whole separate episode on the gag order that involves not only the defense and prosecution,
2:50.5	but also the family of Kaylee Gonzalez and the media representatives who are covering this case.
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