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One of two roommates who survived the November stabbings of four University of Idaho students to their deaths said investigators said they saw a masked man in black in their home the morning of the attack. , according to a probable cause affidavit released Friday in the prosecution’s case against Bryan, Koberger.
A roommate, identified as DM in the documents, said he “heard me crying” at home on the morning of the murder and heard a male voice say, “It’s okay, I’m going to help you.”
The DM said, “I saw a figure walking towards her, dressed in black and wearing a mask that covered her mouth and nose.”
According to the affidavit, “The DM described the person as 5’10” or taller, male, not muscular but athletic with bushy eyebrows. “Standing past the DM, I was in a shock stage,” he said.
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Trash recovered from the home of the Brian Coberger family in Pennsylvania was sent to the Idaho State Laboratory for DNA testing, and a 28-year-old suspect in the murder of four University of Idaho college students in November. Used by investigators to focus on the man. A probable cause affidavit released Thursday.
The lab reported that “a DNA profile obtained from the litter matched a tan leather knife sheath found ‘lying on the bed’ of one of the victims,” an affidavit said. says.
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Idaho officials have released court documents in a prosecutor’s case against Brian Coberger, who faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of robbery in the murder of four University of Idaho college students. .
CNN is currently reviewing documents, including the probable cause affidavit used to justify Coberger’s arrest and obtain the warrant.
Coberger, 28, is scheduled to appear in Idaho’s first courtroom Thursday at 9:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. ET) after being extradited from his home state of Pennsylvania and to Lata County. am. Idaho, Wednesday night jail.
Coberger was arrested in Pennsylvania last Friday, almost seven weeks after Cary Gonsalves, 21. Madison Morgen, 21 years old. Xana Carnodle, 20 years old. Ethan Chapin, 20, was found stabbed to death in his off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.
Once the suspects appear in court, the first hearing will have a judge determine whether Coberger has proper legal representation and schedule additional court dates, including arraignments.
The first appearance could pave the way for authorities to release an affidavit of probable cause. It is sealed until it returns to Idaho.
Authorities have yet to release key details of the case, such as whether Koberger believed he knew the victim or what his alleged motives were. is in state laws limiting the information authorities can release before appearing in court, Moscow police chief James Fry said last week.
The court order prohibits prosecutors and defense counsel from commenting beyond referencing the public record of the case.
The affidavit “tells us so much,” CNN legal analyst and criminal defense attorney Joey Jackson told CNN earlier this week. perspective. “
Kohbergeri is a doctoral student in the Criminal Justice Program at the Washington State University campus in Pullman, about 15 minutes drive west of Moscow.
Two law enforcement sources briefed about the investigation said investigators focused on Coberger as a suspect after finding he owned a white Hyundai Elantra that was seen at the murder scene. His DNA also matched genetic material recovered at the house where the student was found dead on November 13, sources said.
Coberger returned home to Pennsylvania for vacation before he was arrested, arriving around December 17, according to Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason Lover. his parents’ house.
Coberger received new license plates for the white Elantra five days after the killing, The New York Times reported, citing a licensing document released by the state of Washington on Wednesday.
CNN has reached out to the Washington State Licensing Department for comment.
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