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Bryan Kohberger And The Search For the Weapon Allegedly Used In The Murders

The state has released over 60 sealed warrants in the investigation into Bryan Kohberger, that give us a glimpse at what the investigators have been up to behind the scenes, even before Bryan Kohberger was arrested.

In this episode, we take a closer look at some of those warrants that were filed prior to Bryan Kohberger's arrest and what they could be telling us about the murder weapon.

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Bryan Kohberger Case: Is This the Weapon Used to Kill Idaho Students? | Inside Edition

Duration:: 17m
Broadcast on:: 03 Jan 2025
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And today we have an article from Inside Edition talking about one of those warrants and the possibility that it could have something to do with the murder weapon. So let's dive into this article from Inside Edition and let's see what Chris Spargo has for us. Headline, Brian Coburger investigation. Is this the murder weapon used to kill University of Idaho students? Over 60 search warrant applications filed by the Moscow Police Department have been unsealed over the past week and obtained by Inside Edition Digital, including six seeking information about the sale of a K bar knife. Now, it might turn up nothing, but it certainly got my interest when I was going through the documents that were uploaded and saw the warrants pertaining to a K bar knife. Now, again, we don't know if that is actually the murder weapon or where he purchased it, but it's very, very interesting. I'll tell you that much. New details are emerging about the investigation into the murder of four University of Idaho students prior to the arrest of the suspect, Brian Coburger. Over 60 search warrant applications filed by the Moscow Police Department have been unsealed over the past week and obtained by Inside Edition Digital, including six seeking information about the sale of the K bar knife. Well, I wouldn't say they were unsealed, but they certainly were added to the conversation. We don't have all of the details, the finer points of the warrants, as you all know, because we've been going through them, but it does give us a roadmap and the look at what the investigation is angling for. The judge overseeing the Coburger murder trial approved all six of those applications, writing in her order that the document succeeding in showing probable cause, establishing grounds for issuing search warrant and probable cause to believe that the property referred to and sought in or upon said premises consists of information for the crimes of homicide. Well, all of the warrants say that really we've been going through them and even the ones with the bank statements. That's what they say. And it looks like that's just boilerplate language in all of these documents evidence obtained by investigators at that time, included a leather knife sheath found that the murder scene and the expert determination by Layta County coroner Kathy May, but that the murder weapon would have been a bigger knife following her autopsies of the four victims. And as far as Kathy Maybitt goes, not a big fan of this lady. She came out at the very beginning caused a lot of confusion and really should have just been quiet throughout the whole entire ordeal. Let's remember she's not even a medical doctor. These applications were also filed prior to the arrest of Coburger and sought information from five retailers, Amazon, Walmart, Blue Ridge knives, K bar knives and eBay. There were two separate applications submitted to eBay. The eBay search warrant. The warrants instructed each retailer to provide information about the individual who purchased a K bar full size US Marine Corps fighting knife or a K bar 1217s. The K bar 1217s is a leather sheath for holding the 1217 model and his stamp with the words K bar and USMC, the abbreviation for the United States Marine Corps. Investigators did not find a murder weapon when they discovered the bodies of Cayley gone service Madison Morgan, Zanna Colonel and Ethan Chapin. And when it was all going down and they were looking for the murder weapon, I thought it was a hell Mary to try and find it locally. You know, they were going to stores locally in Moscow, trying to find out if somebody purchased a K bar knife. And while it's something the investigators have to do, obviously, I never thought that they would find pay dirt doing it that way. This day and age chances are, if he bought this knife, he bought it online. So that's what these search warrants are. These are the digital warrants that we talked about in the very beginning. Remember when Moscow police were giving us the updates all the time and they were talking about the 50 plus warrants that were already served? Well, this was one of them. And they were working behind the scenes at that time to serve these warrants and get all of this information collected so they'd have their ducks in a row when they finally had the probable cause to go after Co-Burger. Corporal Brett Payne of the Moscow Police Department wrote in his affidavit, however, that he did find a tan leather knife sheath laying on the bed next to one victim. The sheath was later processed and had K bar USMC and the United States Marine Corps Eagle globe and anchor insignia stamped on the outside of it. Corporal Payne said in his affidavit, so again, it was this knife sheath that really brought the case open. And if this knife sheath wasn't left there, who knows if they would have even been on the Brian Co-Burger the way that they were. And without that sheath and that DNA, who the hell knows if they would have caught this dude or when they would have caught him. For eBay, the first warrant requests information for any individual who purchased the designated sheath or knife after January 1, 2022, including account information for the above name individuals, entities on eBay, or affiliated websites, including but not limited to, contact information, billing information, account opening date, account closing date, and any other information retained in connection with the identified accounts. Order details and purchase history for all transactions conducted by the above named individuals entities on eBay, or any eBay affiliated storefront, web store, including IP address information for purchases made. Payment information for payments made or facilitated by eBay to or from the above named individual entities, including payments through eBay or eBay supported platforms. All customer interaction records between eBay and the above named individuals entities and their representatives to include call notes, call recordings, emails, and/or written correspondence. So it's basically the same stuff that has been in all of these warrants. So while it's interesting, obviously, that they're looking for the K-Bar and that these warrants have been issued to eBay, it really doesn't give us that "holy shit" moment, but I certainly think we're starting to sniff around in the right area. eBay complied with that warrant and investigators, in turn, filed the second application that same day seeking information about 13 specific eBay users. Two of those users were listed as living in Washington, one in Idaho, and one in Pennsylvania. Coburger is a Pennsylvania native who had been attending Washington State University in Washington when cops allege that he murdered four college students living in Idaho. The Amazon search warrant. The Amazon search warrant request the same information as the first eBay warrant, but the Walmart warrant sought slightly different information about individuals who made either of those same purchases after January 1, 2022. The warrant requested all open and closed accounts, all records pertaining to the individual or individuals, or business entities identified in this letter, whether held jointly or severally, or as trusty, or fiduciary, as well as custodian, executor, or guardian, as well as any other entity in which these individuals or entities may have financial interest. Includes all accounts in which these individuals had signatory authority and/or the right of withdrawal, these records should include signature cards, statement data, monthly account statements, identification of, and name assigned on all debit cards on account, deposits and supporting documentation, including but not limited to evidence of cash, cancel deposited checks front and back, transfers from other accounts, including full account number, and name, and other credit information. Checks and other withdrawals, including but not limited, to cancel checks front and back with draws and offsets, evidence of cash withdrawals, transfers from other accounts, including account number and name, other debit information, wire transfers in, and out, including wire transfer instructions and evidence of requester, if possible, evidence of cash transactions and identifying information of individuals conducting cash transactions, identification of sender or receipt bank, full account number, and account name on ACH transfers, online transfers, teller transfers, or other transfers. And again, all of this is in all of those warrants, so it's not like this language is just unique to this K-Bar warrant. I just want to make that clear. Parents to the two knife companies had some notable additions. The case of Blue Ridge Knives, the warrant specifically sought information on the sale of any of the K-Bar, K-A, 1217 as she's after January 1st, 2022, and then information on two orders for K-Bar Knives that the whole seller fulfilled last year. The first, a 360-unit order on March 8th, and the second, an order of four 480 units fulfilled on June 24th. And we already did this Blue Ridge Knives warrant, and man it was interesting. Some of the requests that were made in it certainly gave me pause, and obviously one of those requests had to do with the K-Bar. The warrant issued the K-Bar requested the same information as the one issued to Walmart. Both retailers were also asked to provide investigators with electronic internet records for those customers who engage in online banking with your financial institution, the following information pertaining to that online banking account, user names, or other identifying information for the account, e-mail addresses associated with the account to include any and all of the above information for any secondary or additional e-mail addresses and/or user names identified by you as belonging to the targeted account in this letter. Historical access logs for authentication to the account including internet protocol addresses for this account, end date, time, and duration of each session. Credit card records, e.g. MasterCard and Visa, including customers' application, signature card, credit, or background investigations conducted, correspondence, monthly billing, statements, individual charge invoices, repayment records, disclosing the date, amounts, and methods of repayment, checks used to make repayments, front and back. Correspondence. All records of correspondence communication between the customer and the financial institution relating to the above services or for any other purpose including customer service, inquiries, or requests for assistance. Other records. All applications, forms, and other written documents completed by the customer records of certified checks, wire transfers, or collections, letter credit, bonds, and securities purchased through your financial institution, saving bond transaction, and investment accounts. Such records that disclose the date and amount of the transaction, method, cash or check, and source of the payment, instruments and statements of transactions, all correspondence with the above individual or entities, and/or with third parties regarding the above individual or entities, all memoranda, notes, files, or records relating to meetings or conversations concerning the above individual or entities. And as you can see, this is all the same language that we've been going through in those warrants, and it's crucial for us to follow along in this manner if we're going to have any idea of what's going on. In addition to the 12/17 model in Chief, investigators also asked KBAR for information on individuals who purchased five other models of the company's knives, as well as any shipments the company made to Blue Ridge knives. And again, it might turn out to be nothing, but my guess here is that there's a little something cooking as far as Blue Ridge knives and KBAR goes. Court documents show that all six applications were submitted to the court, approved by the judge, distributed to the retailers, and returned to the investigators before Kolberger had been arrested by the authorities. That's called "build in the case." That's how you use all of the circumstantial evidence to build into an actual conviction. What remains unknown is the information investigators obtained as a result of these warrants. There are over 50 additional applications that have been unsealed, and most fall into one of two categories. The first involves financial information from banks and credit card companies about Kolberger. The second involves the online activity of Kolberger, as well as his four victims and ranges from email and social media accounts to dating sites and message boards. Prosecutors filed paperwork at the same time the judge approved these applications, seeking a 90-day protection period. So they've been very guarded about the information, and again, a lot of that has to do with the gag order and the nature of this case overall. The publicity surrounding it and just the general bedlam that comes with something like this. Once approved by the court, the applications were placed under seal. Prosecutors then attempted to extend this period or request the court denied for the approximately 60 filings that have been unsealed over the past week. And that's interesting. The prosecution is really trying to be heavy handed here and not show any transparency whatsoever. And that's how they've been from the beginning, and with the gag order, they have all the cover they need not to be transparent. Case records show that the judge did agree to keep at least nine of the filings under seal after hearing from prosecutors. The search warrant released by authorities in Pennsylvania earlier this month does note that a knife was taken after a search of co-burger's childhood home, but the make and model were not specified in the evidence list. Co-burger is currently being held at the Laetah County Detention Center after being denied bail following a January court appearance. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for June and is expected to last a week. At the conclusion of that hearing, the judge will determine if there is enough evidence for the case to proceed to trial and co-burger will enter his plea to four counts of first degree murder and a single count of burglary. The public defender assigned to represent the former PhD candidate after his arrest in Pennsylvania said that co-burger had informed him that he expected to be exonerated of the charges at trial. Well just another look at the warrant process here and the unsealed documents. I think that the more information we can have about this process, the better served we're all going to be. So we'll continue to keep on going through those warrants and going through the court filings so that we can continue to try and find our way through all of this muck to some clarity. All right folks that's going to do it for this one. All of the information that goes with the episode can be found in the description box.