As we near the start of summer in a few weeks. we’re still many months away from a trial in the murder of four University of Idaho students last Nov. 13 in Moscow.
If you take the time to go online and do some searches of different keyword terms (Idaho4) for example, you will find many stories, videos, pictures, podcasts and so on related to the horror that went down in the early morning hours that Sunday less than two weeks before Thanksgiving.
That said, both the prosecution and defense have targeted Oct. 2 of this year as a date for what could be a six or so week trial to begin.
So, if there were a trial today and you were presented with the evidence we have so far, would you convict the suspect Bryan Kohberger?
If I was sitting on that Idaho jury (be it near where the murders took place or even another county if the trial were to be moved), I would not say this is a slam dunk case by any means.
Yes, DNA is going to be one of if not the big keys in this upcoming trial. That said, you can bet the defense as in the trial of the century nearly 30 years ago (O.J. Simpson) will have their own DNA experts called to testify. If you look at other things such as the suspect’s cell phone activity, driving through the neighborhood on King Road numerous times etc. one would say the state has a strong case.
With that in mind, I still think we will get a plot twist or two once the state has to show all its cards at trial. Could that be a witness (other than Dylan), computer hard drive evidence etc. that could put the final nail in B.K.’s coffin?
As I will note in a future post, I’m not 100 percent convinced at least one more person wasn’t involved in this horrific quadruple murder. For a single person to go into a strange home at 4 ish in the morning and murder four young adults in a span of 13 or so minutes is close to a superhuman accomplishment. Having one or more others involved would make it much easier to carry out. Then again, could additional individuals all manage to keep things quiet, not rat on one another etc.?
As of today, I do not think the State of Idaho has enough with what the public knows now to get a unanimous conviction. Remember, it just takes one juror out of 12 to mess up a conviction.
The state will come forward with more at trial and it will need it to get a unanimous conviction.
DavidAlanThomas 