What do you expect to happen at Oct. 26 hearing?

It has been a while since defendant Bryan Kohberger has sat in a Moscow, Idaho courtroom.

Kohberger is charged with four counts of felony murder and a single count of burglary.

This of course is in connection with the quadruple murders last Nov. 13 of Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. The four were killed at the home the three women rented.

This Thursday (Oct. 26), the defense team will push back against the grand jury indictment from earlier this year that made sure Kohberger did not become a free man. Among the challenges the defense team will make according to News Nation reporter Brian Entin is that there was bias and not enough evidence to indict the Pennsylvania native in the first place.

So, what do you think will happen when Judge Judge listens to arguments from both sides?

My guess is the grand jury indictment sticks and we move a step closer to a trial at some point in 2024.

While there are a number of holes in the case IMO, there does appear to be enough in the minds of the prosecutors, police, families of the victims and most importantly Judge Judge to see this through to a trial.

Assuming we do get to a trial at some point down the road, here’s what I would like to see answered:

• How does the defense team explain away the touch DNA authorities say they found in the home on King Road and they claim belongs to Kohberger?
• Can the defense team explain what Kohberger was up to from approximately 2:30 a.m. to about 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 13? Although the initial claim was he was out driving around, will a jury buy that answer?
• Why did surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen (Bethany Funke was also a surviving roommate) not go and check on her roommates once the coast was clear to do so? Voices, crying and seeing a masked individual mere yards from her on the second floor according to her own comments for the PCA. If that is considered a normal night in a college rental home, I guess I led a boring college life when I lived with others. Yes, voices and maybe even a few tears from someone, but a masked individual NOT wearing a mask due to a frat prank, cold weather, COVID etc. should have set off alarm bells in Mortensen’s head. If she was drunk and/or high, then can what she said in the PCA be taken seriously to begin with? While I do not believe she was involved in the murders, her story is sketchy and needs to be told under oath at trial.
• Has anyone or anything (such as a video camera) positively identified Kohberger coming or going from 1122 King Road during the MPD timeline they believe the killings took place? While I know not all evidence was put out there in the probable cause affidavit, I have yet to see or hear clear proof of Kohberger or his vehicle being spotted in the immediate area. When I say spotted, I mean someone clearly identifying him and could do so in a police lineup or has photo/video evidence of his car and its at the time Pennsylvania license plate on the rear of the vehicle.
• Why the delay in releasing the autopsy/toxicology results and 911 call? – While we all know there is a gag order in place, many have wondered why no results were made public in regards to the four autopsies, if there were toxicology tests done on the four victims, and the releasing of the 911 call. Doing one or all three is not going to prevent Kohberger from getting a fair trial. Have the local and national media filed public records requests for such information? My guess is even if they did they would get limited details at best. The problem among others by not putting such information out there is it leads to more speculation. How bad were the wounds on the four victims and could have one individual done all this in under 15 minutes? Did any of the victims have drugs in their systems and if so what kind/s? Why the nearly 8-hour wait to call 911? This last one has led to a fair amount of online guessing as to why there was no call earlier that morning. Once again, authorities could turn down the speculation by releasing some or much of this information.

Once Thursday’s public hearing is over with, don’t be shocked if not much new is made public.

Chances are quite good that this trial is not happening anytime soon and the speculation will continue to grow.

Worst of all, it is more time the four families have to wait for much needed answers as to what happened their loved ones, why it happened, and most importantly who is responsible.

Editor’s note: This post is dedicated to one of my favorite readers, Allen Sparks (assuming that is their real name). Thank you as always for reading my posts and being so supportive.