Everything seized by police from home of suspect in University of Idaho killings

01 March 2023 , 00:22

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Bryan Kohberger, left, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022 (Image: AP)

Police have revealed everything they seized from the home of the man charged with the brutal slayings of four University of Idaho students.

Bryan Kohberger, 28-year-old former doctoral student at Washington State University, has been charged with killing Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin at a student house in Moscow, Idaho.

Now, thanks to court records being made public, it has been revealed what investigators took from Kohberger's home.

Pennsylvania State Police swabbed Kohberger’s DNA and seized a silver flashlight, four “medical-style gloves,” a white Arizona Jean Co. T-shirt, a black Champion sweatshirt, a pair of black-and-white size 13 Nike shoes, black Under Armour socks, black Under Armour shorts and black Under Armour boxers, according to an inventory of the items.

The final photo of the victims, taken just hours before they were killed

The significance of the items, if any, was not immediately clear from the unsealed documents.

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The bodies of the four victims were found on November 13, 2022, shocking the usually quiet town.

It took police over a month to build the case against their suspect and arrested Bryan Kohberger at his parents’ home in eastern Pennsylvania.

A roommate who lived in the home where the attack took place has told authorities she was awakened in the early morning hours of November 13, opened her bedroom door and saw a masked figure clad in black clothing walking past her.

Kohberger’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for late June. He has yet to enter a plea.

Additional warrants from Kohberger’s arrest in Pennsylvania are due to be made public Wednesday.

Investigators seized stained bedding, strands of what looked like hair and a single glove — but no weapon — when they searched Kohberger’s Washington state apartment, according to documents released in January.

Kohberger is led into court (Ted S Warren/AP/REX/Shutterstock)

Kohberger - whose trial is still months away - may now face the possibility of death by firing squad if he is found guilty thanks to a new bill being heard by lawmakers this week.

House Bill 186 was introduced to the Idaho State Legislature by Representative Bruce Skaug last Wednesday and aims to introduce the execution method as a back-up option to lethal injection.

It comes as the state along with many others in the US struggles to acquire the chemicals necessary to perform the injection, a problem which has the system for several years due to increased reluctance from pharmaceutical companies.

Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) was forced to call off the execution of terminally ill double murderer Gerald Pizzuto Jr back in November due to what it described as a lack of supplies, and instead allowed his death warrant to expire.

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But under the new bill, the director of the IDOC must determine whether execution by lethal injection is available no later than five days after a death warrant is issued - with an execution by firing squad being used instead if not.

Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner was the last person to be executed by firing squad in the United States back in 2010.

Charlie Jones