Much of the last week or so involving the Idaho 4 case has been centered around whether defendant Bryan Kohberger would be able to produce an airtight alibi. That is for his whereabouts during the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022. 
Of course it was during that time period that four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered in their off-campus home at 1122 King Road.
As it turns out this week, Kohberger and his defense team did not give a clear-cut alibi as to where the defendant was during the time period in question.
Instead, Kohberger’s defense team put out a response in a two-page court document that their client has evidence to corroborate he in fact was at a location other than where the murders took place. Lead attorney Anne Taylor and her team concluded by noting that such details will at a later date (assuming they mean the trial) be provided pursuant to discovery and evidentiary rules along with the necessary statutory requirements.
So, this begs the question of could you produce an alibi in the middle of the night if asked to by a court of law, the police and so on?
Given authorities think the murders took place somewhere in the 4 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. time period of Nov. 13, many want to know where the former Washington State University teaching assistant was at that time and in the hours leading up to then and immediately after.
Face it; most people are either home in bed or at least home during that time period, coming or going to work, at work, or perhaps coming in from a very late night out.
Being able to produce an alibi, especially in the event you do not live with anyone, could be a tricky proposition. As such, some may suspect you in fact did do something that you should not have done.
While four students were murdered in the home on Nov. 13, two others survived.
Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke were lucky enough to live and tell their stories. Well, tell a portion of their stories or more apt story.
It was Mortensen in a PCA to authorities who said she was awoken no less than three times during the night to noise in the home. She ultimately reported that she saw a figure clad in dark clothing and wearing a mask walk right by her second floor bedroom door as she looked out one final time.
As for Funke, we’ve not been given much in the way of what she might have seen or heard. It stands to reason such details will come out at trial.
Online rumors have speculated that Funke may in fact have exculpatory information that could help Kohberger back up his reported innocence. Once again, such details if true will have to wait until the trial.
In the meantime, ask yourself if you would have no problem whatsoever producing a firm alibi during that time of the day if asked to do so.
Odds are many people would not find it quite as easy as they might think.
