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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

What Chance Does Kohberger Have Of Getting IGG Evidence Thrown Out Of Trial?

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Could genetic genealogy be the Achilles' heel in the case against Bryan Kohberger, the criminology PhD student accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022? The defense is taking aim at the cutting-edge investigative genetic genealogy (IgG) evidence, attempting to exclude it as unconstitutional and unreliable. But can they really argue this groundbreaking science is "junk"?

With DNA from Kohberger's father allegedly leading investigators to their suspect and a direct swab matching DNA to the crime scene, the defense is left wrestling with claims of privacy violations and the legality of evidence collection. Meanwhile, closed-door hearings add an air of mystery—what's being hidden from the public eye?

As the prosecution builds its case with a mountain of forensic, digital, and circumstantial evidence, Kohberger’s defense faces an uphill battle. Will their strategies unravel the state’s case, or will the science prevail?

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Remember, the quiet ones always have the darkest secrets.

0:27.5

It's time to uncover them on Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske, featuring former prosecutor

0:33.1

and defense attorney Eric Fattis.

0:35.8

Brian Coburger, we've been talking about him for quite some time, and well, we probably

0:40.6

will be for the at least near future.

0:44.3

One of the most legally intricate cases in recent history.

0:48.3

The criminology PhD student accused of brutally murdering four University of Idaho students

0:53.7

in 2002. From the groundbreaking use of

0:57.8

investigative genetic genealogy to constitutional challenges and defense strategies, this is a case

1:04.5

of a legal minefield, if you will. It's reshaping how evidence is presented and contested in courtrooms across the country.

1:12.9

Joining us to discuss defense attorney, former prosecutor Eric Fattis, who brings a unique

1:17.3

perspective on both sides of the courtroom. Eric, with the defense fighting to exclude

1:22.1

IGG evidence, that's the investigative genetic genealogy evidence, and trying to raise doubts

1:28.3

about evidence, contamination, what are the strongest arguments a defense team can make

1:33.1

in a case with so much stacked against their client, especially the IGG stuff?

1:40.4

Yeah, that information is certainly damning for Koeberger, but there's, it's more vulnerable than, say, you know, a well-established investigative tool that's been used for decades and decades and decades, because this is relatively new.

1:56.0

And so Koberger is trying to say, hey, look, this is not reliable and or it was sort of unfair

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