The defense’s claim that they were not given access to cellphone records in the Bryan Kohberger case has been rejected by prosecutors.
According to Ashley Jennings, a deputy prosecutor at the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP), she provided 25 documents to Kohberger’s legal team between January 23, 2023, and May 28, 2024.
Jennings revealed that these documents totaled 15,691 pages, equivalent to 39 legal binders, including 1,300 photographs, 911 audio-visual dumps, and 50 terabytes of data containing 285 interviews with police officers.
Police seized a vast amount of information, including 11 computers, seventeen phones, and 417 records of telephone calls.
Bryan Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony theft in connection to the deaths of four University of Idaho students.
His defense now claims that on the night of the incident, he was either stargazing or hiking in the area around Moscow, Idaho.
Kohberger stated in an affidavit that he often went driving early in the morning, stating he enjoyed running, hiking, and admiring the night sky.
It was revealed in a hearing on May 30 that the data provided by the defense’s phone expert was not from Kohberger’s AT&T records.
The expert, Sy Ray, mentioned that using call detail records as evidence can be unreliable in determining someone’s exact location.
Ray emphasized that the incomplete and inaccurate data available could work in favor of the defense.
He raised questions about the missing reports and whether they were intentionally withheld or overlooked.
Ray pondered, “Is it a human error? Is it accidental, or intentional?”