{"id":7524,"date":"2026-04-30T09:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7524"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:19:45","slug":"kohberger-defense-team-says-it-is-appalled-by-former-experts-public-comments-about-idaho-murders-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7524","title":{"rendered":"Kohberger defense team says it is &#8216;appalled&#8217; by former expert&#8217;s public comments about Idaho murders case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A public rift has emerged between\u00a0Bryan Kohberger\u2019s\u00a0defense lawyers and a hired expert witness after Kohberger\u2019s guilty plea in the murders of four University of Idaho students.<\/p>\n<p>In their first public statement made outside the courtroom since Kohberger\u2019s arrest in December 2022,\u00a0Kohberger\u2019s lawyers have accused\u00a0a former defense expert, criminologist Brent Turvey, of violating a confidentiality agreement by speaking about the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Turvey has not been released from his confidentiality agreement, and is now speaking about topics that are still confidential, many of which are outside of his areas of expertise,\u201d a statement signed by Kohberger attorneys Anne Taylor, Elisa Massoth and Bicka Barlow said.<\/p>\n<p>Turvey is a forensic scientist with a Ph.D. in criminology. In a fiery statement released Tuesday evening, Kohberger\u2019s lawyers wrote that they are \u201cappalled\u201d by his recent comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the opinion of the defense team that Mr. Turvey\u2019s conduct falls outside of the ethical and legal norms that are applied to experts in\u00a0criminal cases, and his reliability should be seen through the lens of this conduct,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kohberger\u2019s lawyers have accused a former defense expert, criminologist Brent Turvey (pictured), of violating a confidentiality agreement by speaking about the case. <span class=\"credit\">@brentturvey\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Turvey has spoken with a number of news outlets in recent days, including Fox News Digital, after breaking his silence in a\u00a0newly released book about the\u00a0case by former FBI agent Christopher Whitcomb, \u201cBroken Plea,\u201d which revealed a defense assertion that there were serious problems with the chief piece of physical evidence in the case.<\/p>\n<p>In those interviews, Turvey discussed\u00a0evidence he reviewed for the\u00a0defense and internal disagreements over testing and strategy, prompting the rare statement from Taylor, Massoth and Barlow.<\/p>\n<p>However, he denied that he divulged any confidential information and alleged that Taylor\u2019s office was under investigation over a leak of confidential video before Kohberger\u2019s guilty plea in violation of a restrictive gag order.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bryan Kohberger attends a hearing on cameras in the courtroom with his attorney, Anne Taylor, in Latah County District Court on Sept. 13, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHer press release comes as a bit of a surprise given that nothing confidential was revealed by me,\u201d he told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>In addition to denying he divulged any confidential material, he mentioned that Taylor\u2019s office had been investigated in connection with a leak of investigative materials to Dateline last year. The prosecution team had also been investigated over the incident, and the court has not publicly identified the leaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that the NBC evidence link was not me, and I\u2019ve sworn an affidavit to that effect for the court\u2019s administrative investigation which has been completed, but the results sealed,\u201d Turvey said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most bizarre part of Anne Taylor\u2019s press release is that she makes an allegation without being specific or providing any evidence. It\u2019s not just false and unprofessional. It likely violates her own ethics as an attorney and the law if she is alleging a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the topics he\u2019s been speaking about have been \u201cburied in mass public disclosures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The major revelation in \u201cBroken Plea\u201d stems from a purported chain of custody problem with Kohberger\u2019s Ka-Bar\u00a0knife sheath, which had his\u00a0DNA under the snap. It was not mentioned in Turvey\u2019s expert report, which he said was filed before he learned of it.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence bag appears to have been filled in twice \u2014 once on the bag itself, and later on a sticker attached to the front.<\/p>\n<p>The earliest date visible on the bag is \u201c11\/14\/22,\u201d alongside the initials \u201cBP,\u201d likely belonging to\u00a0lead detective Brett Payne. It was written over the evidence tape sealing the bag.<\/p>\n<p>The label, affixed sometime later, has six recorded exchanges between Nov. 13 and Nov. 16 written with a single pen in similar handwriting, according to Turvey.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse for his sentencing hearing on July 23, 2025 in Boise, Idaho. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Turvey maintains that should have made it inadmissible.<\/p>\n<p>Had Kohberger\u2019s case gone to trial, prosecutors would have challenged his findings, which have not been evaluated by a judge or jury. Experts have downplayed the significance of his claims.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Mauro, a retired NYPD inspector and Fox News contributor, reviewed images of the chain of custody forms and said he didn\u2019t see a significant problem for the prosecution<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat it could point to is that is a vulnerability in the case, so they take a plea,\u201d he said. \u201cThey could have been concerned about losing a juror on that. On the other hand, it\u2019s very indicative of what you do when you have absolutely no defense. You put the procedure on trial, instead of the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and two other housemates pose in the final photo shared by Goncalves on Instagram before four students were fatally stabbed in November 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Turvey said his rift with Taylor goes back to around the time of Kohberger\u2019s plea deal. She had not pursued his chain of custody concerns or\u00a0DNA testing\u00a0he wanted for additional hair evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil we had the first and only all team member meeting, the day after the plea agreement, we were in excellent terms and in a place of complete confidence and professional trust as far as I was concerned,\u201d he said. \u201cThings took a dramatic turn during that meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He declined to discuss specifics but said previously that the plea deal came as a surprise to him and despite his chain of custody concerns and a push to have additional DNA testing performed.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor did not immediately return a call seeking comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kohberger moments after his arrest. <span class=\"credit\">Moscow Police Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kohberger admitted to the murders\u00a0of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, on July 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He took a plea deal that spared him from the potential death penalty. He forfeited his right to appeal. He gave no explanation for the crimes and sat expressionless through sentencing weeks later as the\u00a0victims\u2019 families read scathing impact\u00a0statements in court.<\/p>\n<p>On the night of the murders, he searched Google for local police dispatch audio, according to public records tied to the case. He\u00a0powered off his phone\u00a0before the murders and turned it back on after them. While investigators found none of the victims\u2019 DNA in his car after they seized it in\u00a0Pennsylvania, an FBI analyst determined soil on a shovel found inside it matched dirt from the Moscow area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruth be told, I\u2019m unable to come up with anything redeeming about Mr. Kohberger,\u201d\u00a0Judge Steven Hippler said\u00a0at sentencing. \u201cHis grotesque acts of evil have buried and hidden anything that might have been good or intrinsically human about him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hippler handed down a sentence of four consecutive terms of life in prison with no parole, plus another 10 years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; 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