Brian Koberger’s lawyer says in a new alibi filing that the suspected killer was several miles away from Moscow, Idaho, the night four college students were murdered in an off-campus home in the city. claimed to be able to tell from mobile phone data.
“Mr. Koberger was out in his car early on the morning of November 13, 2022. He often hiked, ran, and looked at the moon and stars,” the filing said late Wednesday. This is stated in the court filing.
“He drove the entire area south of Pullman, Washington, and west of Moscow, Idaho, including Wawawai Park.”
Pullman, Washington, is located about 16 miles west of Moscow, Idaho, and Wawawai Park is about a 40-minute drive from the murder scene.
Koberger is accused of stabbing to death University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Zana Karnodol, Kaylee Gonsalves, and Madison Morgen in the early hours of November 13, 2022, inside a rented house near the Moscow campus. has been done.
The defense argued that the 29-year-old criminology student’s demanding academic schedule forced him to not only cut back on the time he spent hiking and running, but to instead indulge in outdoor hobbies at night.
A cell phone data expert witness testified that cell phone towers showed that “Koberger’s mobile device was located south of Pullman, Washington, and west of Moscow, Idaho, on November 13, 2022.” Dew. “Brian Koberger’s mobile device was not traveling east on the Moscow-Pullman Expressway in the early morning hours of November 13th when a vehicle captured on video along the Moscow-Pullman Expressway near Floyd’s cannabis store “This cannot be the case,” the court said. filing.
Prosecutors argued that Koberger’s white Hyundai Elantra was the car captured on video driving by the students’ Moscow home at least four times on the morning of the murders.
Investigators also allege that Koberger’s cell phone was ringing in the neighborhood that morning.
Defense attorneys have long argued that Koberger was driving alone on the night of the murder, but declined to provide further details.
His lawyers stressed that they had more information about Koberger’s whereabouts the night of the murder, but threatened to hold on to the information until the state shared further findings upon request.
“If it is not disclosed, [cell phone tower expert Sly Ray]Mr. Koberger’s testimony will also reveal that important exculpatory evidence that further supports Mr. Koberger’s alibi was not preserved or was suppressed. ”
Koberger allegedly broke into an off-campus home around 4 a.m. and stabbed four of his friends to death.
At the time of the killing, Koberger was a doctoral student in criminology at Washington State University in Pullman, about nine miles west of Moscow, across the state line.
After a seven-week manhunt, he was arrested on Dec. 30 during a raid on a family’s home in Pennsylvania, where a white Hyundai Elantra was also recovered.
Koberger’s lawyers have long argued that there was insufficient evidence in the indictment. Previous attempts to have the case thrown out were also rejected.
They are accused of filing endless motions to prolong the trial.
The next motion hearing is May 14, when the judge will consider the defense’s motion to change venue and compel discovery.
