The 28-year-old man suspected of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homicide">killing</a> four University of Idaho <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/students">students</a> met with the Pullman, Washington, police chief about a job seven months before the quadruple homicides took place.
Recently released emails show that the suspect, who will not be named due to Daily Wire policy, had an online meeting with Gary Jenkins, the chief of police at the Pullman Police Department, about a three-year Graduate Research Assistantship. The job was one of two offered through Washington State University, where the suspect was pursuing his graduate degree.
“It was a great pleasure to meet with you today and share my thoughts and excitement regarding the research assistantship for public safety,” the suspect wrote to Jenkins on April 12, 2022, just a few hours after the two met about the job, <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/bryan-kohberger-interview-police-chief-idaho-murders?fbclid=IwAR325UlFHEL0QSuRJqKgMSGjYbORxHXW-8G6-y0foyWlpr7WHAo3N_VbOpM">according to Inside Edition</a>.
“Great to meet and talk to you as well,” Jenkins responded.
It is unclear whether the suspect was hired for the job, but the emails indicated he was one of four candidates who applied, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/university-idaho-students-killed-moscow.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt%20was%20a%20great%20pleasure%20to%20meet%20with,public%20records%20request%20by%20The%20New%20York%20Times.">reported</a>.
Those hired were expected to “coordinate activities with their respective police department,” including designing databases, analyzing data, and writing reports and grants, among other duties.
The suspect is accused of killing Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, as they slept in their off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho, in the early morning hours of November 13.
The suspect was pursuing a Ph.D. in criminal justice and criminology at Washington State University and worked as a teacher’s assistant, and was reportedly a tough grader.
The suspect previously studied psychology at DeSales University in Pennsylvania. While at DeSales, the suspect reportedly worked as a student investigator for a survey exploring motives behind crimes. One question in the survey reportedly asked, “Why did you choose that victim or target over others?” Another asked, “After committing the crime, what were you thinking and feeling?”
A state court in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington">Washington</a> on Wednesday unsealed the search warrants used to collect items from the suspect’s home and office at Washington State University’s department of criminal justice and criminology.
Police found nothing at the suspect’s office, the filings show, but hair samples and other evidence were collected from his apartment.
The search warrants show police were looking for blood, DNA, shoes with a particular pattern on the soles, and any information pertaining to the students who were killed on November 13.
Police seized a “nitrite-type black glove,” several possible hair strands, one possible animal hair strand, a computer tower, a “dark red spot,” two cuttings from an uncased pillow containing a “reddish/brown stain,” along with other items from the suspect’s apartment. While the warrant mentioned the items were removed, it did not explain what connection the items may have to the murders.

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The 28-year-old man suspected of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homicide">killing</a> four University of Idaho <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/students">students</a> reportedly followed the three female victims on Instagram.
None of the victims followed the suspect back, People Magazine <a href="https://people.com/crime/bryan-kohberger-followed-idaho-victims-instagram/">reported</a>, but the outlet was able to review his Instagram account before it was deleted. The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prior-contact-between-accused-idaho-killer-and-one-of-the-victims-is-revealed-report">reported</a> that the suspect allegedly made contact with one of the female victims in late October, several weeks before Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were killed on November 13.
“He slid into one of the girls’ DMs several times but she didn’t respond,” an investigator familiar with the case told People over the weekend. “Basically, it was just him saying, ‘Hey, how are you?’ But he did it again and again.”
A state court in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington">Washington</a> on Wednesday unsealed the search warrants used to collect items from the suspect’s home and office at Washington State University’s department of criminal justice and criminology, where the suspect, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, was pursuing his Ph.D.
Police found nothing at the suspect’s office, the filings show, but hair samples and other evidence were collected from his apartment.
The search warrants show police were looking for blood, DNA, shoes with a particular pattern on the soles, and any information pertaining to the victims who were killed in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13.
Police seized a “nitrite-type black glove,” three possible hairs, one possible animal hair strand, a computer tower, a “dark red spot,” two cuttings from an uncased pillow containing a “reddish/brown stain,” along with other items from the suspect’s apartment. While the warrant mentioned the items were removed, it did not explain what connection the items may have to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21.
The suspect has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. The suspect appeared in court and was ordered held without bail, with his next court date scheduled for June 26. Prior to the hearing, his public defender, Ann Taylor, filed motions requesting “Any written or recorded statements by a co-defendant, and the substance of any relevant oral statement made by a co-defendant whether before or after arrest in response to interrogation by any person known by the co-defendant to be a peace officer or agent of the prosecuting attorney, or which are otherwise relevant to the offense charged.”
The suspect previously asked members of law enforcement if they had arrested another individual in connection with the crime, Inside Edition <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/bryan-kohberger-co-defendant-accomplice-idaho-murders?fbclid=IwAR2FthXZwbpJYVVqYnVPjoDydHAV_3ftHdnrAYmWQ655A4M6UUU8VLiD4yw">reported</a>.
Taylor also filed 17 other requests for discovery, including drug tests related to the case, “payments, promises of leniency, preferential treatment or other inducements or threats made to prospective witnesses,” disclosures related to electronic surveillance, and a “Disclosure of whether a defendant, or any other person, was identified by lineup, show up, photo spread or similar identification proceeding relating to the offense charged, and production of any pictures utilized or resulting therefrom and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all identifying witnesses.”
The last request could pertain to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idaho-murder-suspect-appears-in-court-plans-to-challenge-the-evidence-against-him">a section</a> of the probable cause affidavit, which stated that one of the surviving roommates, Dylan Mortensen, saw a man leaving the house around the time of the murders. Mortensen told police she opened her door multiple times after hearing noises upstairs, and on the third time, she saw a man wearing black clothing and a mask over his nose and mouth walking toward her. She said the man was 5’10” or taller, athletically built but not muscular, with bushy eyebrows. She said the man walked past her as she stood in a “frozen shock phase.” She said he walked out of the house, and she locked herself in her room.
Police matched the suspect to a cell phone and white Hyundai Elantra that were traced to the area of the crime on the date it occurred. They also learned that the suspect registered his vehicle in Washington and received Washington plates on November 18 – five days after the murders.

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A state court in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington</a> on Wednesday unsealed the search warrants used to collect items from the home and office of the 28-year-old man suspected of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homicide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killing</a> four University of Idaho <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">students</a>.
Searches were <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/idaho-college-killings/search-warrant-for-idaho-suspect-bryan-kohberger-unsealed/?fbclid=IwAR1BkrthJQeSi94gL5GJxteRJguO0xC4Poed6ZY9sdxJGPSwT8qOtQOWnW4">conducted</a> at the suspect’s apartment in Pullman, Washington, and at his office at Washington State University’s department of criminal justice and criminology, where the suspect, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, was pursuing his Ph.D. Police found nothing at the suspect’s office, the filings show, but hair samples and other evidence was collected from his apartment.
The search warrants show police were looking for blood, DNA, shoes with a particular pattern on the soles, and any information pertaining to the victims who were killed in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13.
Police seized a “nitrite-type black glove,” three possible hairs, one possible animal hair strand, a computer tower, a “dark red spot,” two cuttings from an uncased pillow containing a “reddish/brown stain,” along with other items from the suspect’s apartment. While the warrant mentioned the items were removed, it did not explain what connection the items may have to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21.
The suspect has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. Last week, the suspect appeared in court and was ordered held without bail, with his next court date scheduled for June 26. Prior to the hearing last week, his public defender, Ann Taylor, filed motions requesting “Any written or recorded statements by a co-defendant, and the substance of any relevant oral statement made by a co-defendant whether before or after arrest in response to interrogation by any person known by the co-defendant to be a peace officer or agent of the prosecuting attorney, or which are otherwise relevant to the offense charged.”
The suspect previously asked members of law enforcement if they had arrested another individual in connection with the crime, Inside Edition <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/bryan-kohberger-co-defendant-accomplice-idaho-murders?fbclid=IwAR2FthXZwbpJYVVqYnVPjoDydHAV_3ftHdnrAYmWQ655A4M6UUU8VLiD4yw">reported</a>.
Taylor also filed 17 other requests for discovery, including drug tests related to the case, “payments, promises of leniency, preferential treatment or other inducements or threats made to prospective witnesses,” disclosures related to electronic surveillance, and a “Disclosure of whether a defendant, or any other person, was identified by lineup, show up, photo spread or similar identification proceeding relating to the offense charged, and production of any pictures utilized or resulting therefrom and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all identifying witnesses.”
The last request could pertain to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idaho-murder-suspect-appears-in-court-plans-to-challenge-the-evidence-against-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a section</a> of the probable cause affidavit, which stated that one of the surviving roommates, Dylan Mortensen, saw a man leaving the house around the time of the murders. Mortensen told police she opened her door multiple times after hearing noises upstairs, and on the third time, she saw a man wearing black clothing and a mask over his nose and mouth walking toward her. She said the man was 5’10” or taller, athletically built but not muscular, with bushy eyebrows. She said the man walked past her as she stood in a “frozen shock phase.” She said he walked out of the house, and she locked herself in her room.
Police matched the suspect to a cell phone and white Hyundai Elantra that were traced to the area of the crime on the date it occurred. They also learned that the suspect registered his vehicle in Washington and received Washington plates on November 18 – five days after the murders.

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The 28-year-old man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students late last year allegedly made contact with one of the victims on social media before the killings.
The suspect, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary following the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/theres-someone-here-horrifying-details-emerge-of-what-happened-during-slaughter-of-4-idaho-students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killings</a> of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, on November 13.
An investigator familiar with the case told People Magazine that the killer reached out to one of the girls on Instagram in late October but she did not respond, which led to a flood of messages.
&#8220;He slid into one of the girls&#8217; DMs several times but she didn&#8217;t respond,&#8221; the source <a href="https://people.com/crime/idaho-murders-suspect-bryan-kohberger-messaged-victim-instagram-says-source/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Basically, it was just him saying, &#8216;Hey, how are you?&#8217; But he did it again and again.&#8221;
Last week, his public defender, Ann Taylor, filed motions <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspected-idaho-killer-requests-documents-related-to-co-defendant-who-has-never-been-mentioned-by-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requesting</a> “Any written or recorded statements by a co-defendant, and the substance of any relevant oral statement made by a co-defendant whether before or after arrest in response to interrogation by any person known by the co-defendant to be a peace officer or agent of the prosecuting attorney, or which are otherwise relevant to the offense charged.”
The suspect previously asked members of law enforcement if they had arrested another individual in connection with the crime, Inside Edition <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/bryan-kohberger-co-defendant-accomplice-idaho-murders?fbclid=IwAR2FthXZwbpJYVVqYnVPjoDydHAV_3ftHdnrAYmWQ655A4M6UUU8VLiD4yw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Taylor also filed 17 other requests for discovery, including drug tests related to the case, “payments, promises of leniency, preferential treatment or other inducements or threats made to prospective witnesses,” disclosures related to electronic surveillance, and a “Disclosure of whether a defendant, or any other person, was identified by lineup, show up, photo spread or similar identification proceeding relating to the offense charged, and production of any pictures utilized or resulting therefrom and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all identifying witnesses.”
The last request could pertain to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idaho-murder-suspect-appears-in-court-plans-to-challenge-the-evidence-against-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a section</a> of the probable cause affidavit, which stated that one of the surviving roommates, Dylan Mortensen, saw a man leaving the house around the time of the murders. Mortensen told police she opened her door multiple times after hearing noises upstairs, and on the third time, she saw a man wearing black clothing and a mask over his nose and mouth walking toward her. She said the man was 5’10” or taller, athletically built but not muscular, with bushy eyebrows. She said the man walked past her as she stood in a “frozen shock phase.” She said he walked out of the house, and she locked herself in her room.
Police matched the suspect to a cell phone and white Hyundai Elantra that were traced to the area of the crime on the date it occurred. They also learned that the suspect registered his vehicle in Washington and received Washington plates on November 18 – five days after the murders.
Ashe Schow contributed to this report.

Prior Contact Between Accused Idaho Killer And One Of The Victims Is Revealed: Report

In a tragic reveal over the weekend, the parents of University of Idaho <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homicide">murder</a> victim Kaylee Goncalves said their daughter had already moved out of the house where she and three other students were killed and had been only visiting for the weekend.
Steve and Kristi Goncalves <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-murdered-idaho-student-kaylee-goncalves-say-was-preparing-move-rcna65727">told</a> Dateline that their daughter no longer resided in the home where she, along with her best friend Madison Mogen, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; and Xana Kernodle, 20, were all murdered in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022. The Goncalves said their daughter was preparing to graduate and move to Austin, Texas, where she had accepted a job with an IT firm. That weekend, however, Kaylee returned to the house to visit Mogen.
“These girls were best friends since sixth grade, like inseparable,” Kristi Goncalves said on Dateline.
Kristi added that the girls “were true, ultimate best friends” and “Maddie had been a huge part of our life.”
Goncalves had just purchased a Range Rover and had wanted to show it off to Mogen and attend a party with her best friend.
“That was the last time that I saw Kaylee,” Kristi told Dateline.
The man suspected of killing the four students appeared in court again on Thursday, where he waived his right to a speedy preliminary hearing and vowed through his attorney to challenge the evidence against him.
The 28-year-old suspect, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. He was ordered held without bail for the foreseeable future, with his next court date scheduled for June 26.
Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall announced at the hearing that there would be “no bail at this point in time pending further proceedings.” She also asked the suspect if he understood the charges against him and that waiving his right to a speedy preliminary hearing meant he couldn’t challenge the delay at a future date.
The reason for the delay is so his attorneys can gather evidence to challenge the charges against him, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-murders-suspect-bryan-kohberger-will-challenge-evidence-lawyer-says">reported</a>.
The suspect still has not entered a plea, waiting to see whether the state of Idaho will pursue the death penalty against him. Statements from his attorneys, however, indicate he is likely to plead not guilty, Law &amp; Crime <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials/idaho-four/idaho-quadruple-murder-suspect-bryan-kohberger-to-remain-in-custody-without-bail-after-court-appearance/">reported</a>.
Latah County Sheriff Richard Skiles <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/idaho-college-killings/bryan-kohberger-to-appear-in-idaho-court-for-first-time/">told</a> NewsNation that he hadn’t heard anything out of the ordinary about the suspect’s behavior in jail. He did say, however, that jail officials are trying to accommodate the suspect’s vegan diet, “but we are not going to buy new pots and pans or anything like that.”

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An attorney representing the man suspected of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homicide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killing</a> four University of Idaho <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">students</a> in November has filed some unusual requests in the case, including documents requesting information related to an unnamed “co-defendant.”
The 28-year-old suspect, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. On Thursday, he was ordered held without bail, with his next court date scheduled for June 26.
This week, his public defender, Ann Taylor, filed motions requesting &#8220;Any written or recorded statements by a co-defendant, and the substance of any relevant oral statement made by a co-defendant whether before or after arrest in response to interrogation by any person known by the co-defendant to be a peace officer or agent of the prosecuting attorney, or which are otherwise relevant to the offense charged.&#8221;
The suspect previously asked members of law enforcement if they had arrested another individual in connection with the crime, Inside Edition <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/bryan-kohberger-co-defendant-accomplice-idaho-murders?fbclid=IwAR2FthXZwbpJYVVqYnVPjoDydHAV_3ftHdnrAYmWQ655A4M6UUU8VLiD4yw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Taylor also filed 17 other requests for discovery, including drug tests related to the case, “payments, promises of leniency, preferential treatment or other inducements or threats made to prospective witnesses,” disclosures related to electronic surveillance, and a “Disclosure of whether a defendant, or any other person, was identified by lineup, show up, photo spread or similar identification proceeding relating to the offense charged, and production of any pictures utilized or resulting therefrom and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all identifying witnesses.&#8221;
The last request could pertain to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idaho-murder-suspect-appears-in-court-plans-to-challenge-the-evidence-against-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a section</a> of the probable cause affidavit, which stated that one of the surviving roommates, Dylan Mortensen, saw a man leaving the house around the time of the murders. Mortensen told police she opened her door multiple times after hearing noises upstairs, and on the third time, she saw a man wearing black clothing and a mask over his nose and mouth walking toward her. She said the man was 5’10” or taller, athletically built but not muscular, with bushy eyebrows. She said the man walked past her as she stood in a “frozen shock phase.” She said he walked out of the house, and she locked herself in her room.
Police matched the suspect to a cell phone and white Hyundai Elantra that were traced to the area of the crime on the date it occurred. They also learned that the suspect registered his vehicle in Washington and received Washington plates on November 18 – five days after the murders.

Suspected Idaho Killer Requests Documents Related To ‘Co-Defendant,’ Who Has Never Been Mentioned By Police

Suspected Idaho Killer Requests Documents Related To 'Co-Defendant,' Who Has Never Been Mentioned By Police

The man suspected of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homicide">killing</a> four University of Idaho <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/students">students</a> appeared in court again on Thursday, where he waived his right to a speedy preliminary hearing and vowed through his attorney to challenge the evidence against him.
The 28-year-old suspect, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. He was ordered held without bail for the foreseeable future, with his next court date scheduled for June 26.
Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall announced at the hearing that there would be “no bail at this point in time pending further proceedings.” She also asked the suspect if he understood the charges against him and that waiving his right to a speedy preliminary hearing meant he couldn’t challenge the delay at a future date.
The reason for the delay is so that his attorneys can gather evidence to challenge the charges against him, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-murders-suspect-bryan-kohberger-will-challenge-evidence-lawyer-says">reported</a>.
The suspect still has not entered a plea, waiting to see whether the state of Idaho pursues the death penalty against him. Statements from his attorneys, however, indicate he is likely to plead not guilty, Law &amp; Crime <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials/idaho-four/idaho-quadruple-murder-suspect-bryan-kohberger-to-remain-in-custody-without-bail-after-court-appearance/">reported</a>.
While in prison, the suspect is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jail-trying-to-accommodate-accused-idaho-killers-vegan-diet-but-wont-buy-new-pots-and-pans">reportedly</a> having his vegan diet accommodated. Latah County Sheriff Richard Skiles <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/idaho-college-killings/bryan-kohberger-to-appear-in-idaho-court-for-first-time/">told</a> NewsNation that he hasn’t heard of anything out of the ordinary when it comes to the suspect’s behavior in jail. He did say, however, that jail officials are trying to accommodate the suspect’s vegan diet, “but we are not going to buy new pots and pans or anything like that.”
The suspect is accused of killing Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, as they slept in their off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho, in the early morning hours of November 13. Court records explaining how he came to be arrested were released last week.
Those records showed that one of the surviving roommates, Dylan Mortensen, told police she opened her door multiple times after hearing noises upstairs, and on the third time, she saw a man wearing black clothing and a mask over his nose and mouth walking toward her. She said the man was 5’10” or taller, athletically built but not muscular, with bushy eyebrows. She said the man walked past her as she stood in a “frozen shock phase.” She said he walked out of the house, and she locked herself in her room.
Police matched the suspect to a cell phone and white Hyundai Elantra that were traced to the area of the crime on the date it occurred. They also learned that the suspect registered his vehicle in Washington and received Washington plates on November 18 – five days after the murders.

Idaho Murder Suspect Appears In Court, Plans To Challenge The Evidence Against Him

A new year has arrived, and with it, a whole host of upcoming high-profile criminal trials for crimes that have captivated the nation over the past few years. 
Here are the trials to watch in 2023:
<h2>The University of Idaho Killings</h2>
A suspect was arrested shortly before the new year in the grisly slayings of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-police-captured-the-man-suspected-of-killing-four-university-of-idaho-students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">four University of Idaho students</a> and will possibly face a trial before the end of the year.
The suspect, who is not being named per Daily Wire policy, was arrested in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, some 2,400 miles away from where the killings occurred.
Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were killed in an off-campus residence in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022. For weeks, police remained tight-lipped about the case, until they announced on December 30th that a suspect had been arrested. The suspect, a graduate student at Washington State University studying criminal justice and criminology, is expected to plead not guilty.
<h2>U.S. v. David DePape</h2>
David DePape, 42, was arrested and charged with assaulting Paul Pelosi, the wealthy husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), with a hammer at his home in San Francisco, California. Prosecutors charged DePape with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and elder abuse, Fox News <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspected-paul-pelosi-attacker-david-depape-pleads-not-guilty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in December.
DePape pleaded not guilty and allegedly had a planned hit list of other targets, including actor Tom Hanks and President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.
While no trial date has been scheduled, it is likely to occur sometime in 2023.
<h2>South Carolina v. Alex Murdaugh</h2>
The long, strange downfall of disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh will finally come to an end when his trial begins on January 23. He faces murder charges for allegedly killing his wife and son to cover up <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgraced-former-attorney-alex-murdaugh-pleads-not-guilty-to-killing-wife-son" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a long list</a> of financial crimes, including money laundering and stealing settlement money from clients. Murdaugh pleaded not guilty to the charges in July. 
At that time, he was already in prison for dozens of other charges, including financial crimes and charges related to his alleged attempt to stage a fake “hit” on himself. Those charges, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alex-murdaugh-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-wife-son/2022/07/14/677dce78-0387-11ed-8beb-2b4e481b1500_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Washington Post</a>, were made after his wife and son were killed, but he had not been indicted for their deaths until last July.
<h2>Florida v. Charlie Adelson</h2>
On July 18, 2014, Florida State University law professor Dan Markel pulled into his garage and was promptly shot to death. Years later, an apparent conspiracy behind his death came to light: Locked in a custody battle with his ex-wife, Wendi Adelson, Markel was killed in a murder-for-hire plot allegedly orchestrated by Charlie Adelson (Wendi’s brother) and Donna Adelson (Charlie and Wendi’s mother), who <a href="https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2022/11/16/dan-markel-murder-katherine-magbanua-may-testify-against-charlie-adelson/10713968002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly used a woman</a> named Katherine Magbanua as an intermediary to hire two men, Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera, to murder Markel.
Rivera pled guilty to the crime and was sentenced to 19 years in prison, Garcia was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, and Magbanua was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison plus two consecutive 30-year sentences. Jury selection for Charlie Adelson’s trial is set to begin on April 24.
<h2>Texas v. Kaitlin Armstrong</h2>
Kaitlin Armstrong is accused of shooting Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in Austin, Texas, on May 11 as part of a love triangle gone wrong. U.S. Marshals, working with Homeland Security Investigations, learned that Armstrong boarded a flight in New Jersey by using a fraudulent passport and landed in Costa Rica on May 18 – one week after Wilson was murdered and one day after an arrest warrant was issued for Armstrong.
Armstrong is suspected of killing Wilson because they were both romantically connected to the same man, professional cyclist Colin Strickland. Strickland and Armstrong dated for three years before taking a break. During that time, Strickland began to see Wilson. The relationship lasted just a few weeks, and Strickland and Armstrong got back together a month later.
Armstrong’s trial is scheduled for June 26.
<h2>Florida v. Scot Peterson</h2>
Scot Peterson was a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy on duty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in February 2018 when a 19-year-old former student entered the building and shot and killed 17 people.
Peterson was armed and at the high school when the shooting began, but remained outside the building as the shooter gunned down students and staff. He was suspended without pay shortly after the shooting and retired, but more than a year later, he was arrested and charged for child neglect and culpable negligence, as well as perjury. He pleaded not guilty and filed to have the charges dropped. His trial was delayed in July and is expected to start on February 27.
<h2>Wisconsin v. Taylor Schabusiness</h2>
Prosecutors allege that Taylor Schabusiness told police to “have fun trying to find all the organs” of the man she allegedly murdered before leaving his severed head in a bucket in his basement.
Police in Green Bay, Wisconsin, said they responded to a call from a mother who said she found her son’s head in a bucket in their basement. When they arrived at the home, police found the head in a bucket with a towel on it, along with dried blood on a nearby mattress. 
The mother told police that her son and Schabusiness had been in the basement earlier that day while the mother was out of the house. After the mother returned home and went to sleep, she was awakened around 2:30 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning to a storm door slamming. She assumed Schabusiness left. She then went down into the basement, where she found her son’s severed head in a bucket.
Schabusiness’ trial is scheduled for March 6.
<h2>Florida v. Sarah Boone</h2>
Sarah Boone allegedly zipped her boyfriend, 42-year-old Jorge Torres Jr., in a suitcase and left him to die in February 2020. Her defense claims it was a hide-and-seek game gone wrong, but police have said they have videos of Boone taunting Torres as he attempted to get out of the suitcase. Boone allegedly admitted to going to bed and leaving Torres in the suitcase, only to find him dead inside of it the next morning.
Her trial is scheduled to being on January 30.
<h2>Wisconsin v. Mark Jensen</h2>
Mark Jensen, a former stockbroker, was already convicted in 2008 of killing his wife Julie 10 years earlier. The couple had been married 14 years when Jensen allegedly poisoned Julie with antifreeze in 1998.
Police found a letter written by Julie prior to her death that stated she was suspicious of her husband. She delivered the letter to a neighbor after she looked through Jensen’s planner and other notes. The letter noted that she would not commit suicide, so if she died, her husband should be considered a suspect.
&#8220;I pray that I am wrong and nothing happens, but I am suspicious of Mark&#8217;s suspicious behaviors and fear for my early demise,&#8221; the note said.
Since his conviction, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Julie’s letter can’t be used against Jensen, and granted him a new trial, which began on January 9.
<h2>The Ice Cream Truck Killings</h2>
On Thanksgiving morning in 2010, six people were shot outside Ruskin, Florida, with two eventually dying from their injuries. The alleged killer, an ice cream truck driver who is not being named per Daily Wire policy, originally went to trial in February 2020, but received a mistrial when the jury deadlocked 10-2, with 10 voting to find him not guilty.
The COVID pandemic delayed his second trial, which will now begin in late February.
Authorities believe the suspect committed the crime as revenge against the people who allegedly shot him a few months earlier while trying to rob his ice cream truck. The case against him, however, is apparently circumstantial, with defense attorneys challenging a key prosecution witness who originally pointed the finger at the alleged killer but subsequently plead the fifth. Prosecutors responded by saying the witness didn’t plead the fifth but instead refused to participate in the deposition, Fox 13 <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/credibility-of-confidential-information-questioned-as-ice-cream-man-murder-trial-gets-ready-for-round-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.

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An Idaho school board meeting erupted in chaos and ended early on Monday after passions ran high over a proposed gender policy.
Caldwell School District, just west of Boise, abruptly <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZynQenEjmJ4&amp;t=2s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shut down</a> a heated public comment session on its new gender identity and sexual orientation policy after frustrated parents, a state lawmaker, and a student sounded off on the policy. Hundreds of people <a href="https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/education/2023-01-10/heated-caldwell-school-board-meeting-ends-in-chaos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> lined up out the door to speak.
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One mom who appeared to be Hispanic said &#8220;we are conservatives&#8221; and called the policy &#8220;indoctrination into a cult&#8221; and &#8220;immoral child exploitation.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s a constitutional right of the parents to raise their children with their own moral values and without the imposition of alternate lifestyles,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;The is an attack on God and family,&#8221; the mom continued. &#8220;The educational system has become a pawn for destroying our children, Christian culture, and the guarantee of freedoms in our republic.&#8221;
The Caldwell district&#8217;s new gender <a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/id/csd132/Board.nsf/files/CMTUDQ75D328/$file/Policy%203281%20Gender%20Identity%20and%20Sexual%20Orientation%20%20v4%2001062023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy</a> would allow students to use the restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity rather than their biological sex. School staff must conceal the student&#8217;s new gender identity from parents unless the parent has already worked with the school on a &#8220;plan&#8221; for accommodating the student&#8217;s gender identity, according to the policy. On overnight trips, transgender students may not be denied a sleeping room assignment based on their &#8220;transgender status,&#8221; the policy mandates. School staff must also use a student&#8217;s preferred pronouns or be subject to discipline.
School Board Chairwoman Marisela Pesina repeatedly threatened to stop the meeting if the crowd did not stop applauding and voicing their agreement with speakers.
&#8220;We can stop this meeting. I&#8217;ve already asked you folks,&#8221; Pesina said.
A former Caldwell teacher&#8217;s aide and school counselor whose children attended Caldwell schools spoke against the policy.
&#8220;As a school counselor, I know that children&#8217;s identity is transitory,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s a crime to encourage them to settle in on one thing just because it happens to be the mode of the day.&#8221;
A sixth-grade girl spoke and simply said she did not want to change or use the restroom with boys.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think that it&#8217;s right for a boy who feels like he&#8217;s a girl to change in the same room as the girls because it would make us all feel very uncomfortable changing with a boy,&#8221; she said.
Three other students teamed up on remarks in favor of the gender policy, one of whom shares a last name with the school board chairwoman, which prompted a reaction from the crowd.
&#8220;Any relation, Pesina?&#8221; one woman called out.
&#8220;Ma&#8217;am, this will be your first warning,&#8221; Pesina responded, pointing at her.
An older woman spoke in favor of the policy, telling the board she appreciated their &#8220;courage&#8221; and saying parents should be &#8220;introspective&#8221; about why their children might not share their gender identity with them.
Another woman called for the board to consult a committee of parents in drafting the gender policy. One particularly passionate woman told the board, &#8220;Everybody is going to answer to God one day. You&#8217;re not going to escape it.&#8221;
Brian Festa, a civil rights attorney and the dad of a Caldwell student said the gender identity policy violates religious freedom. An older woman who said she has lived in the area since 1970 and sent all her children to Caldwell schools suggested having separate bathrooms for transgender students.
&#8220;Otherwise we&#8217;ll just close the regular schools. It can be done. It&#8217;s been done,&#8221; she said.
The meeting unraveled when Idaho state senator Chris Trakel, whose district includes the Caldwell area, got up to speak.
“Before you waste taxpayer money, before you put a kid in harm&#8217;s way, you better throw this policy out and not even consider —&#8221; Trakel said as Pesina leaned over to speak to another board member.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve got the floor. Mrs. Pesina, will you please listen to me?” Trakel said. &#8220;You claim you want people to follow the rules, but you break the rules left and right.&#8221;
&#8220;Alright, we will recess,&#8221; Pesina responded, causing the crowd to erupt in protest, some shouting, &#8220;Recall! Recall!&#8221;
&#8220;Can you turn him off?&#8221; Pesina said, pointing to Trakel&#8217;s microphone.
The board then voted to adjourn the meeting as parents continued to shout.
In recent years, school board meetings have become a battleground for parental rights. Exasperated parents around the country have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/parents-apoplectic-after-oregon-school-board-goes-virtual-amid-gender-ideology-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shown up</a> to their local board meetings to protest progressive gender policies, some even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-worker-secretly-gave-13-year-old-daughter-chest-binder-to-flatten-her-breasts-mom-tells-school-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> the school transitioned their children behind their backs.
Parents have recently expressed their frustration around a litany of other problems as well including pandemic-related <a href="https://edtrust.org/parents-overwhelmingly-concerned-their-children-are-falling-behind-during-school-closures/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">learning loss</a>, inappropriate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-this-is-pornography-and-this-is-grooming-school-board-shuts-mom-down-when-she-reads-from-book-available-to-schoolchildren" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexual content</a>, and inadequate <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/12/portland-police-chief-says-hes-in-early-talks-about-bringing-resource-officers-back-to-some-city-schools.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">school safety</a>.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/idaho">Idaho</a> jail where the man suspected of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homicide">killing</a> four University of Idaho <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/students">students</a> is being held is trying to accommodate his vegan diet requirements.
Latah County Sheriff Richard Skiles <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/idaho-college-killings/bryan-kohberger-to-appear-in-idaho-court-for-first-time/">told</a> NewsNation that he hasn’t heard of anything out of the ordinary when it comes to the suspect’s behavior in jail. He did say, however, that jail officials are trying to accommodate the suspect’s vegan diet, “but we are not going to buy new pots and pans or anything like that.”
The 28-year-old suspect, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, was flown from Pennsylvania to Idaho and arrived in Moscow, where the University of Idaho is located, Wednesday evening. Court records explaining how he came to be arrested for the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were released Thursday morning.
While being led through the crime scene, Payne was shown a leather knife sheath lying on the bed next to Mogen’s body. The sheath contained the words “Ka-Bar” and “USMC” stamped on it, as well as the U.S. Marine Corps insignia.
The court documents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-police-captured-the-man-suspected-of-killing-four-university-of-idaho-students">revealed</a> that the Idaho State Lab was able to locate a single source of male DNA on the button snap of the knife sheath. On December 27, police in Pennsylvania confiscated trash from the suspect’s parents’ home in Albrightsville and obtained a DNA profile. The next day, the Idaho State Lab informed police that the DNA sample from the sheath, and the sample from the trash, contained DNA belonging to the suspect’s father.
One of the surviving roommates, Dylan Mortensen, told police she opened her door multiple times after hearing noises upstairs, and on the third time, she saw a man wearing black clothing and a mask over his nose and mouth walking toward her. She said the man was 5’10” or taller, athletically built but not muscular, with bushy eyebrows. She said the man walked past her as she stood in a “frozen shock phase.” She said he walked out of the house, and she locked herself in her room.
Police were able to narrow the timeframe of the crime to between 4:00 a.m. and 4:25 a.m. and reviewed video footage taken in the area in the time before and after the murders are believed to have occurred. The footage showed a white Hyundai Elantra without a front license plate (front license plates are required in Washington and Idaho, but not in Pennsylvania, where the car was registered) in the area between 3:29 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. The vehicle can be seen passing the off-campus residence three times before coming back a fourth time around 4:04 a.m. and attempting to turn around on the road. The vehicle was next seen around 4:20 a.m. traveling away from the direction of the off-campus residence at high speed heading in the direction of a road that eventually leads to Pullman, Washington, where the suspect attended Washington State University (WSU).
Video footage from the WSU campus showed a white Hyundai Elantra leaving the area and heading toward Moscow at around 2:53 a.m. This vehicle was again observed on five cameras in Pullman and the WSU campus at around 5:25 a.m.
Police pulled records for white Hyundai Elantras registered at WSU on November 29 – just over two weeks after the murders were committed – and found one belonging to the man who was eventually arrested for the crime. Police reviewed the owner’s Washington state driver’s license and determined he matched the physical description of the suspect provided by one of the surviving roommates.
Police matched the suspect to the vehicle through two previous traffic stops in the months before the murders. They also learned that the suspect registered his vehicle in Washington and received Washington plates on November 18 – five days after the murders.
A license plate scanner observed the suspect’s sedan on December 13 in Loma, Colorado. On December 15, the vehicle was stopped by law enforcement in Indiana. By December 16, the vehicle was in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, the suspect’s hometown, where he was eventually apprehended.
Police also reviewed cell phone data to show the suspect’s phone did not ping any cellular towers near the crime scene during the relevant timeframe, but an expanded examination of cell phone data showed the phone stopped reporting data to the network at around 2:47 a.m. At that time, the white Elantra was leaving Pullman and heading toward Moscow. The phone next pinged at 4:48 a.m. in an area south of Moscow, heading back to Pullman. Cell records also showed that the suspect left his home in Pullman around 9:00 a.m. on November 13 and traveled back to Moscow.
This information and more led police to arrest the suspect on December 30.

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The 28-year-old man accused of brutally murdering four University of Idaho students back in November appeared to stalk the victims at their home for months before ultimately deciding to commit the act, according to newly released court documents.
It has been nearly two months since Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were murdered in their home on November 13.
A SWAT team arrested the suspect, who The Daily Wire is not naming in keeping with a policy to deprive mass killers of the notoriety they often crave, late last month, some 2,400 miles from the crime scene in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Investigators <a href="https://dam.tmz.com/document/6c/o/2023/01/05/6ccb5956dd074350adcd186040edab8c.pdf">said</a> in court documents that the suspect&#8217;s cell phone records showed that he appeared to stalk the victims at their home &#8220;on at least twelve occasions&#8221; between June 2022 and the date of the murders.
One of the surviving roommates said that she woke up around 4 a.m. to the sound of what she believed was one of the murder victims playing with her dog.
&#8220;A short time later [the roommate] said she heard who she thought was Goncalves say something to the effect of &#8216;there&#8217;s someone here,'&#8221; the documents said.
The roommate said &#8220;she looked out of her bedroom but did not see anything when she heard the comment about someone being in the house,&#8221; the documents said. &#8220;She opened her door a second time when she heard what she thought was crying coming from Kernodle&#8217;s room.&#8221;
&#8220;[The roommate] then said she heard a male voice say something to the effect of &#8216;it&#8217;s ok, I&#8217;m going to help you,'&#8221; the document continued.
The documents then describe the moment that investigators believe that the roommate encountered the alleged murderer: &#8220;[The roommate] stated she opened her door for the third time after she heard the crying and saw a figure clad in black clothing and a mask that covered the person&#8217;s mouth and nose walking towards her.&#8221;
&#8220;The male walked past [the roommate] as she stood in a &#8216;frozen shock phase.&#8217; The male walked towards the back sliding glass door. [The roommate] locked herself in her room after seeing the male. D.M. did not state that she recognized the male,&#8221; the documents continued.
Investigators say that the murderers happened between 4:00 a.m. and 4:25 a.m.
Police were not called to the scene for more than seven hours after the murders took place.

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DNA found on a knife sheath, as well as video surveillance and cell phone records, led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police">police</a> to the man suspected of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homicide">killing</a> four University of Idaho <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/students">students</a>, newly released court documents show.
Police on Thursday released the probable cause affidavit used to arrest the suspect, who is not being named by The Daily Wire. Cpl. Brett Payne of the Moscow Police Department in Moscow, Idaho, arrived at the off-campus residence where Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were found murdered on November 13, 2022. While being led through the crime scene, Payne was shown a leather knife sheath lying on the bed next to Mogen’s body. The sheath contained the words “Ka-Bar” and “USMC” stamped on it, as well as the U.S. Marine Corps insignia.
The probable cause affidavit revealed that the Idaho State Lab was able to locate a single source of male DNA on the button snap of the knife sheath. On December 27, police in Pennsylvania confiscated trash from the suspect’s parents’ home in Albrightsville and obtained a DNA profile. The next day, the Idaho State Lab informed police that the DNA sample from the sheath, and the sample from the trash, contained DNA belonging to the suspect’s father.
One of the surviving roommates, Dylan Mortensen, told police that she was awoken at around 4:00 a.m. by what she thought was Goncalves playing with her dog upstairs. Not long after, Mortensen heard someone say, “there’s someone here.” Mortensen opened her door but didn’t see anything, so she went back in her room. She opened her door a second time and heard a male voice say, “it’s ok, I’m going to help you,” or something similar.
A security camera located on a property less than 50 feet from Kernodle’s bedroom picked up sounds of voices or a whimper followed by a thud at around 4:17 a.m. on November 13. A dog could also be heard.
Mortensen told police she opened her door a third time and saw a man wearing black clothing and a mask over his nose and mouth walking toward her. She said the man was 5’10” or taller, athletically built but not muscular, with bushy eyebrows. She said the man walked past her as she stood in a “frozen shock phase.” She said he walked out of the house, and she locked herself in her room.
Police also located a latent shoe print in the home.
Police were able to narrow the timeframe of the crime to between 4:00 a.m. and 4:25 a.m. and reviewed video footage taken in the area in the time before and after the murders are believed to have occurred. The footage showed a white Hyundai Elantra without a front license plate (front license plates are required in Washington and Idaho, but not in Pennsylvania, where the car was registered) in the area between 3:29 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. The vehicle can be seen passing the off-campus residence three times before coming back a fourth time around 4:04 a.m. and attempting to turn around on the road. The vehicle was next seen around 4:20 a.m. traveling away from the direction of the off-campus residence at high speed heading in the direction of a road that eventually leads to Pullman, Washington, where the suspect attended Washington State University (WSU).
Video footage from the WSU campus showed a white Hyundai Elantra leaving the area and heading toward Moscow at around 2:53 a.m. This vehicle was again observed on five cameras in Pullman and the WSU campus at around 5:25 a.m.
Police pulled records for white Hyundai Elantras registered at WSU on November 29 – just over two weeks after the murders were committed – and found one belonging to the man who was eventually arrested for the crime. Police reviewed the owner’s Washington state driver’s license and determined he matched the physical description of the suspect provided by one of the surviving roommates.
Police matched the suspect to the vehicle through two previous traffic stops in the months before the murders. They also learned that the suspect registered his vehicle in Washington and received Washington plates on November 18 – five days after the murders.
A license plate scanner observed the suspect’s sedan on December 13 in Loma, Colorado. On December 15, the vehicle was stopped by law enforcement in Indiana. By December 16, the vehicle was in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, the suspect’s hometown, where he was eventually apprehended.
Police also reviewed cell phone data to show the suspect’s phone did not ping any cellular towers near the crime scene during the relevant timeframe, but an expanded examination of cell phone data showed the phone stopped reporting data to the network at around 2:47 a.m. At that time, the white Elantra was leaving Pullman and heading toward Moscow. The phone next pinged at 4:48 a.m. in an area south of Moscow, heading back to Pullman. Cell records also showed that the suspect left his home in Pullman around 9:00 a.m. on November 13 and traveled back to Moscow.
Cell records dating back to June 2022 showed the suspect’s phone was in the crime scene area on at least 12 occasions before the murders – all but one in the late evening or early morning hours.
The suspect was arrested on December 30 and extradited to Idaho, where he awaits trial.

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