Bryan Kohberger Not Guilty? Defense Drops Key New Information in Court Document - Attorney analysis

In the midst of the disagreement over whether the State has to turn over genetic genealogy evidence it used to target Bryan Kohberger as a suspect, the defense revealed the first official new information we've received about the case since the gag order was issued and the search warrants from Pennsylvania and Washington were released ... and it's a stunner. In a publicly filed document, the defense states, "There is no connection between Mr. Kohberger and the victims. There is no explanation for the total lack of DNA evidence from the victims in Mr. Kohberger's apartment, office, home, or vehicle."

This revelation paints an incredibly different picture of the State's case against Bryan Kohberger than the news coverage of it would have us believe. When he was first arrested, many of us commented on the scantness of the evidence in the probable cause affidavit, but we all expected that the search warrants issued for his car, as well as his cell phone and computers, would rule him either in or out. This brief statement from the defense tells us that those searches did not produce corroborating evidence for the State. Thus, the State's case apparently no stronger than it was the day Bryan Kohberger was arrested, despite the fact that if these killings occurred the way the State claims, we would very much expect evidence of it to be in those places.

This is a big, big development in the case. Who do you see reporting on it?

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