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[occasionalrain]

The sheath is portable, could have been left there by anyone. If you donate items, clothing shoes...your DNA is on them. Give a gift, are in another's home, pick up something in the grocery store, put it back, the person who buys it takes your DNA home with them. In this case what's needed is DNA on the victims, under their fingernails, mixed with their blood. What if the sheath was left intentionally to cast suspicion away from the actual killer? My issue with those investigating is that they get a bit of evidence on someone and, just like so many here, look for anything that supports their belief that he's  guilty and disregard anything that calls their belief into question. I don't know that Bryan is guilty or not guilty, but there's too much that makes no sense; too much that looks like he's been set up.

[goldensrbest]

He is one very sick human being, and beyond , there must have been signs he was this way.

[BlueFinch]

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@Judaline wrote:

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@Trailrun23 wrote:

The roommate said it was dark and he was wearing all black, so if he had blood all over him, which he undoubtedly did, she probably could not see it; If he had taken the time to change clothes in the upstairs bathroom, he would have left traces of blood from his gloves or clothes there; would be easy for police to find it there. I am still wondering who and why they removed furniture and a mattress from the house this afternoon.

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They found blood traces in the pipes in that bathroom so he did clean up before he left the premises.

I haven't heard them mention luminol which will show any blood anywhere on anything, so his car would likely light up like a Christmas tree if they used it, even if he deep cleaned it.

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@Judaline  If he really did clean up, that could explain why the survivor witnessing him lived. He needed to leave swiftly, without having to try to clean up again. 

[ROMARY]

Just an afterthought: We (my 'clueless' frinds and I) used to 'stalk' cute boys, lol. 

Sat in our car, waiting for the boy (young man) to turn off the lights before bedtime when visiting his grandmother!

Oh, my gosh.......

[Etoile308]

@occasionalrain, I think you are making an assumption, without any basis, on how law enforcement has conducted this investigation. 

[occasionalrain]

I know that law enforcement authorized remediation of the crime scene instead of preserving it for the defense team to investigate. That seems inept to me.

[50Mickey]

I have a feeling that when this case come to trial there will be a lot more evidence than we have heard so far. They had enought to charge hime with 4 counts of murder. We do not have any idea what they found in his apartment or vehicle.  The prosecuting attorneys will lay out a case based on a preponderance of evidence that will establish the suspect's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.  From everything that I have heard and read law enforcement has done a masterful job.  

[Oostende]

I think the evidence is pretty compelling that Kohberger killed those students.

The most damning piece of evidence is the knife sheath with his DNA on it.  It was lying on the bed beside two of the victims.  They were killed with a large knife with a stationary blade, like a K-Bar, and the sheath was made for a K-Bar.

The sheath was not in some random spot in the house.  It was right beside the victims on the bed.

The have Kohbergers car on camera, entering the neighborhood before the killings.  He drove back and forth in front of the house three times.

The murder residence is not on a busy highway or near a business.  There isn't that much traffic at that time of day.  Multiple cameras picked up the car and then it sped away at a high rate of speed right after the murders.

Presumably any other cars in the vicinity have been accounted for.

Kohberger's phone showed him leaving his own residence and heading toward Moscow at the right time.  He turned the phone off during the murders and then turned it back on afterward.

The surviving roommate said she saw a caucasian man with a slim, athletic build, maybe 185 lbs., near 6 foot tall, and with bushy eyebrows.

That describes Kohberger to a T.

Lots of things will come out at trial.  Did they find a shoe that matched the footprint found at the scene in Kohberger's possession?

The car is a rolling crime scene, if in fact, it was used right after the murders.  You need muriatic acid to destroy DNA.  Bleach won't do it and neither will any other household cleaner.  If he killed them, and then got in that car, there will be loads of evidence there.

We will see the Coroner's report when it is released.

It is certainly a circumstantial case, and individually some things can be explained away.  Taken all together though, it really looks like he is the killer responsible for those four murders.

Idaho is a death penalty state and insanity is not a legal defense.

[Judaline]

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@50Mickey wrote:

I have a feeling that when this case come to trial there will be a lot more evidence than we have heard so far. They had enought to charge hime with 4 counts of murder. We do not have any idea what they found in his apartment or vehicle.  The prosecuting attorneys will lay out a case based on a preponderance of evidence that will establish the suspect's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.  From everything that I have heard and read law enforcement has done a masterful job.  

Oh, definitely, I agree. They made sure they had a tight case. They told us repeatedly they had no suspect and all the while they are nailing him. Securely. Never said a word until it was time-that they had all they needed. I'm hanging on that. This case has really gotten to me. I want him where he'll never be out to hurt another individual as long as he lives.

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[alliswell]

Along with four counts of 1st degree murder, Kohlberger is also charged with felony burglary. 

Does anyone know what the felony burglary charge is about?