In a court hearing on Thursday, a deadline was set for all IGG (Investigative Genetic Genealogy) records regarding the Kohberger case to be submitted to the court by Dec. 1 for in-camera review.
Bill Tompson, the lead prosecutor, stated that he met with the FBI on Monday and requested the extradition of all the DNA records regarding the Kohberger case. The FBI informed him that the process would take about a month.
Judge John Judge said that he would like to review all IGG records before he decides what to disclose to the defense.
“I’d like to look at it all at once,” Judge said.
IGG records came from Othram Labs and the FBI. Anne Taylor, Kohberger’s lead public defender, wanted to know why the profiles were different from each other. Tompson explained that the records from the FBI are slightly altered to be put into a search database.
Taylor requested that she receive a privilege log of all materials received. She also requested to know more about “in-camera review” and what it entails.
Judge briefly stated that he may hold a hearing where an expert can explain what an “in-camera review” is and what it entails.
Judge also expressed that he wants these materials delivered as fast as possible and that he will be very careful in his review of materials.
“I wanna make sure we do this right the first time,” Judge said.
This comes one day after FBI investigators returned to the King Road house to get documentation to construct visual and audio exhibits of the crime scene. The house is still planned to be demolished, but not this semester according to a University of Idaho news release.
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