Bryan Kohberger Was Framed By The REAL Killer, Claims Defense!

Well, this isn’t a good sign for the defense.

We’ve long wondered how anyone could possibly mount a defense for Bryan Kohberger. The former criminology grad student stands accused of the brutal stabbing murders of four University of Idaho coeds. It’s one of the most shocking crimes of the century. And the evidence has been stacked against him from the start, including a proverbial smoking gun — a knife sheath with traces of his DNA on it. How do you answer that?

We’ve heard a few avenues. The defense questioned the chain of custody. They pointed out there were lots of men’s DNA at the house. And they said there was a problem with the first match. And since the cops found Kohberger through the DNA of his father — on file from one of those websites people use to trace their family trees — they argued that DNA kit may have been compromised. The online one his dad used. Those arguments didn’t work, we guess. The DNA never got thrown out, anyway. So what to do??

Now the defense apparently has a not-so-novel solution. They’re going to say he was framed.

A defense filing was made earlier this week which has not been unsealed. But the response from the state has gone public. And it provides a summary of the defense’s plan that… doesn’t sound good. According to the prosecution, per Fox News:

“Instead of challenging the conclusion that the DNA on the knife sheath belonged to Defendant, the defense’s expert disclosures reveal that the defense plans to argue the DNA on the knife sheath does not prove Defendant was ever at the crime scene and the knife sheath itself could have been planted by the real perpetrator.”

“Planted by the real perpetrator.”

In other words, the real killer. This hypothetical killer — or killers — got hold of Bryan Kohberger’s DNA and smeared it purposely onto the sheath of a KA-BAR knife like the one used to commit the murders… while cleverly avoiding getting any of their own DNA on it… and planted it at the scene. Do we have that right?

Oh man, that is a bold strategy that we cannot imagine actually working on the jury. But first they have to get it past the judge! Judge Steven Hippler ordered the defense to present “whatever actual evidence you have that supports those allegations other than just allegations” by May 23. Remember, in real court they never have surprise evidence like on TV. They have to disclose all their evidence to the other side in advance. And the trial is coming up fast — it’s scheduled for August 11. So if the defense does have anything they’ll need to show it soon.

What do YOU think, Perezcious paralegals? Does this defense stand a chance??

[Image via Monroe County Correctional Facility/Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram.]