Prosecutors in the Bryan Kohberger case, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, said that his alibi of being around 30 miles from the crime scene at the time of the murders is too vague.
According to court documents, the prosecutors stated that Kohberger’s alibi lacked specificity in terms of describing a place or places at which the defendant claimed have been at the time of the murders and names and address of witnesses upon whom he intends to rely his alibi on.
Kohberger’s alibi that was submitted on Wednesday, April 17 originally put him near Wawawai Park, Wash., in the early hours of Nov. 13, 2022, nearly 40 minutes from the scene of the homicides.
The prosecution said that except for the reference to Wawawai Park, this alibi does not add any new information to the original alibi notice dated July 24, 2023. They also stated that Kohberger’s travels during this time are described in the original probable cause affidavit, supporting the original criminal complaint.
The prosecution also referenced the use of Kohberger’s cell phone information does not rise to the level of an alibi at the time of the homicides because Kohberger’s cell phone stopped reporting to the cellular network before the homicides and continued to not report until after the homicides.
The prosecution is requesting the court to deny all further opportunities to add to any purported claim of alibi and preclude testimony by anyone other than the defendant.
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