Kena Whitworth

In the meantime, in this six weeks, Brian Koberger, a former Ph.D. student at Washington State University, has left Pullman, Washington, driven across the country to with his father in a white Hyundai Elantra.

In the meantime, in this six weeks, Brian Koberger, a former Ph.D. student at Washington State University, has left Pullman, Washington, driven across the country to with his father in a white Hyundai Elantra.

Mm-hmm. Gets pulled over twice. Makes it home just around Christmas time. Well, once authorities make this link to Brian Koberger's dad, they start surveilling the house. Around that same time, A Washington state police officer in Pullman is looking for white Hyundai Elantras and he finds one and he pulls up the driver's license and he says, huh, this person has bushy eyebrows.

Mm-hmm. Gets pulled over twice. Makes it home just around Christmas time. Well, once authorities make this link to Brian Koberger's dad, they start surveilling the house. Around that same time, A Washington state police officer in Pullman is looking for white Hyundai Elantras and he finds one and he pulls up the driver's license and he says, huh, this person has bushy eyebrows.

And as authorities are surveilling Brian Koberger, what we know from a recent filing here from the judge in Boise is that they had to move in quick for this very dramatic late night arrest because they thought perhaps he was destroying evidence. in the car that they believe to be linked to this case.

And as authorities are surveilling Brian Koberger, what we know from a recent filing here from the judge in Boise is that they had to move in quick for this very dramatic late night arrest because they thought perhaps he was destroying evidence. in the car that they believe to be linked to this case.

So they move in quick and he is arrested and he is very quickly extradited to Idaho because according to his lawyers at that time, he was eager to be exonerated. And, you know, so authorities want to say that it was very clean cut how they used this genetic genealogy and made their way to Brian Koberger. But Koberger's lawyers have really fought this.

So they move in quick and he is arrested and he is very quickly extradited to Idaho because according to his lawyers at that time, he was eager to be exonerated. And, you know, so authorities want to say that it was very clean cut how they used this genetic genealogy and made their way to Brian Koberger. But Koberger's lawyers have really fought this.

First of all, the FBI worked with this trash collection company that went through the Coburger neighborhood, which is a gated neighborhood in the Poconos in Pennsylvania, and collect trash and that they brought the trash to the FBI.

First of all, the FBI worked with this trash collection company that went through the Coburger neighborhood, which is a gated neighborhood in the Poconos in Pennsylvania, and collect trash and that they brought the trash to the FBI.

And the thing is, Brad, The judge isn't buying it in Boise right now. OK, so he's going to let this go in. And after the judge made that decision, there was another really interesting filing that came down from the state. And that filing indicated that Brian Koberger's defense team plans to argue that this key piece of evidence, this knife sheath, could have been planted at the scene

And the thing is, Brad, The judge isn't buying it in Boise right now. OK, so he's going to let this go in. And after the judge made that decision, there was another really interesting filing that came down from the state. And that filing indicated that Brian Koberger's defense team plans to argue that this key piece of evidence, this knife sheath, could have been planted at the scene

by the real perpetrator. And perhaps that's why it contained Brian Koberger's DNA.

by the real perpetrator. And perhaps that's why it contained Brian Koberger's DNA.

Yeah. So this is a capital case. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. And Brian Koberger's lawyers have tried to have it taken off the table multiple times. But their most recent argument is that it should be taken off the table because they say he has autism spectrum disorder. And they say that it could create a bias within the jury based on his general mannerisms.

Yeah. So this is a capital case. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. And Brian Koberger's lawyers have tried to have it taken off the table multiple times. But their most recent argument is that it should be taken off the table because they say he has autism spectrum disorder. And they say that it could create a bias within the jury based on his general mannerisms.

Sure, like he might not be reacting the way someone without ASD would to something in court and that that could potentially bias the jury. They talk about his rocking back and forth and they feel like all of these mannerisms are sinister in a way, that they can be perceived that way. And so they're worried about how that comes off in the media, how that jury would see that.

Sure, like he might not be reacting the way someone without ASD would to something in court and that that could potentially bias the jury. They talk about his rocking back and forth and they feel like all of these mannerisms are sinister in a way, that they can be perceived that way. And so they're worried about how that comes off in the media, how that jury would see that.

And they also say, Brad, that... Him being described as socially awkward shouldn't be a surprise to anyone because that, according to his lawyers, is a hallmark of his disability.

And they also say, Brad, that... Him being described as socially awkward shouldn't be a surprise to anyone because that, according to his lawyers, is a hallmark of his disability.