A judge in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order on the Chino Valley Unified School District&#8217;s recently adopted policy that requires schools to inform parents about student gender transitions.
San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Tom Garza granted the temporary order amid an ongoing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-attorney-general-sues-school-district-over-gender-parental-notification-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">civil rights lawsuit filed last month</a> by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who claimed the district&#8217;s &#8220;forced outing policy&#8221; discriminates against the privacy rights of LGBTQ+ students and the California Constitution.
Bonta praised the judge&#8217;s decision, saying the order rightfully upholds the state rights of &#8220;our LGBTQ+ student community and protects kids from harm by immediately halting the board&#8217;s forced outing policy.&#8221;
&#8220;While this fight is far from over, today&#8217;s ruling takes a significant step towards ensuring the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of transgender and gender-nonconforming students,&#8221; Bonta said in a <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-san-bernardino-superior-court%E2%80%99s-decision-protects" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a> after Wednesday&#8217;s hearing.
Chino Valley Unified School District, which represents over 26,000 students in San Bernardino County, passed a policy in July that requires teachers to inform parents within three days if their child uses names and pronouns different from their birth certificate or requests to use school facilities or join sports team opposite of their gender.
Sonja Shaw, president of the Chino Valley Unified board of education, <a class="c-link" href="https://apnews.com/article/chino-valley-parental-notification-transgender-students-california-cb4deaab3d29f26bc3705ee3815a5705" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://apnews.com/article/chino-valley-parental-notification-transgender-students-california-cb4deaab3d29f26bc3705ee3815a5705" data-sk="tooltip_parent">told</a> The Associated Press the judge&#8217;s ruling was disappointing and that there is &#8220;obviously an issue and parents are concerned.”
&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand why they are so gung ho on this issue, but everything else we have to inform the parents about,&#8221; Shaw said.
Shaw, who became a local advocate for parental rights amid the state&#8217;s pandemic response, reportedly said that state investigators subpoenaed her emails and text messages.
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&#8220;[Bonta&#8217;s] automatically trying to assume parents are dangerous, and I think that&#8217;s a dangerous, dangerous direction that they&#8217;re heading in,&#8221; Shaw told Fox News. &#8220;And you see it all over California. They&#8217;re trying to push out parents, and I think that is something that we need to stand up for right now.&#8221;
The policy has <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-06/judge-blocks-chino-valley-schools-policy-of-notifying-parents-about-lgbtq-students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> influenced other school districts to adopt similar rules, including Anderson Union High School District in Shasta County and Orange Unified School District in Orange County.
District officials and supporters of the policy said parents have a right to know about decisions their children make during school hours.
Chino Valley Unified attorney Anthony De Marco reportedly argued the policy would not impact private conversations held between students and teachers, but would instead help parents be more involved in their children&#8217;s choices involving radical gender theory.
&#8220;We need those parents to be part of a successful transition,&#8221; De Marco said.
California has become a leading state in the nation, promoting several new radical gender theory-related laws expected to gain momentum in the coming weeks, including undermining parental authority, requiring state-controlled curriculum, and targeting local school boards.
The movement has sparked pushback from parents, school boards, and lawmakers statewide to condemn such policies.

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Undergraduate degrees in Gender Studies and Creative Writing have always been dubious ventures. They tend to be prime examples of a higher education system that has lost its way and, in the process, infected the rest of America with an anything-goes approach to morality and language. 
But going to college is still worthwhile because there is no substitute for the benefits of a rigorous education. The differentiator in getting a “useless degree” versus one that sets graduates up for success is how students choose to structure their academic paths, and I have advice for today&#8217;s college students: The best thing you can do for yourself is to double major.  
Minimizing the number of elective courses — optional classes students take out of interest that do not contribute to fulfilling a major — in order to complete a second major is the best corrective action students can take to help themselves. Double majoring endows students with the independent reasoning and critical thinking skills they need to graduate and establish a career. And, it is one of the few choices they have complete agency over in America’s <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/our-failing-schools-are-a-national-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failing</a> education sector.
Double majoring exposes students to new ways of thinking where individual professors and departments fail. When students pursue an <a href="https://serc.carleton.edu/econ/interdisciplinary/why.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interdisciplinary education</a> by double majoring, they acquire knowledge about two independent fields of research with distinct methods and approaches for understanding the world. Through that interdisciplinary process, double majoring reveals to students that methods, theories, and debates in any field are constructed and must always be interrogated. Interrogative habits augment students’ abilities to synthesize, question, and investigate their experiences. 
In other words, the process of studying two different fields trains students to think critically — a powerful antidote to repulse indoctrination and spot gaslighting. In today’s highly politicized classes, students may think what they are being told is the only true way to understand the world. However, double majoring enables students to pull back the curtain on academia and “recognize bias.” That skill empowers students to bear witness to their professors’ biases and limitations including restrictively niche expertise.
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For the last 30 years, <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-009-9113-z" target="_blank" rel="noopener">international research</a> has demonstrated that interdisciplinary learning augments individuals’ <a href="https://ijbel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BUS-91.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cognitive abilities</a> to navigate through complex information or situations in both school and work undeterred by bias or contradicting ideas. 
Incoming students are part of Generation Z, whose test scores in math and reading are <a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=23520" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plummeting</a> to levels not seen in decades. Public high school education has failed to prepare them for higher education and <a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=23819" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ideology-driven</a> college curriculum preoccupied with equity is not going to close the gap. Double majoring will not fix everything wrong with higher education’s leftward drift from intellectual inquiry to activism, but it is part of the solution to make young Americans more fit to persevere through academic biases and thrive in their careers. 
For example, take two departments that seem nearly identical: Anthropology and Sociology. Most people could not explain the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/sociology-vs-anthropology/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">difference</a> between them, so the benefits of that double major combination can appear negligible. Now, imagine an anthropology professor who went abroad to study a tribal village with more than two categories of gender. Imagine that the professor is now back in the classroom telling students to forget everything they know about the differences between men and women because this one example proves biological reality wrong. A student in that class who opposes gender ideology, but is also studying sociology, will know that other methods for studying people exist including statistical and historical research. This tribal village is probably not the answer to the gender/sex debate. 
Gender ideology and other leftist theories lose their power on campus when students have the vocabulary and capacity to look beyond them. 
These skills cultivated by double majoring make students more employable as well. One <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3629869" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> published in Columbia Economic Review finds that double major graduates earn more than employees who only had one major. Even students majoring in two arts or humanities departments (think Gender Studies and Creative Writing) make more than single arts or humanities majors. That’s not surprising because two majors double the areas in which students can demonstrate expertise on a resume and it gives them the cognitive processing skills to handle more complex jobs. 
Surveys show that employers are <a href="https://www.gallup.com/education/231740/ways-realign-higher-education-today-workforce.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">desperate</a> to find workers who can <a href="https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/skills-employers-look-for" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adapt or problem-solve</a> through competing ideas and interconnected information because higher education is not teaching students to be independent critical thinkers. That’s what double majors prepare students to accomplish. 
These benefits make double majors more valuable than excessive amounts of frivolous electives like <a href="https://www.coursicle.com/usf/courses/COM/4931/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney &amp; Pop Culture Politics</a>, <a href="https://history.ku.edu/featured-courses-hist-364-chris-forth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Angry White Male Studies</a>, and <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/04/22/fact-check-westminster-colleges-porn-class-still-listed-website/7410820001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FILM-300O: Porn</a>. Students are better off taking as few electives as possible to make room for a second major. Yes, electives expose students to new interests or passions, but collectively they do not marshal expertise the way a major does through the succession of increasingly complex course sequences. The simultaneous cultivation of expertise in two fields of knowledge unlocks new critical thinking skills and intellectual interests for students they may not otherwise acquire. 
College degrees are still valuable when students know how to make the most of them. My advice: Double major!
<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/profile?pid=6097122" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zachary Marschall</a> is editor-in-chief of the Leadership Institute&#8217;s Campus Reform and an adjunct, assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a civil rights <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/082723.Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> against a school district on Monday to halt its recently adopted policy that requires schools to inform parents about student gender transitions.
Bonta announced earlier this month he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-attorney-general-investigating-chino-school-district-over-gender-parental-notification-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched an investigation</a> into the Chino Valley Unified School District, which represents over 26,000 students in San Bernardino County, after district officials passed a policy in July that requires teachers to inform parents within three days if their child uses names and pronouns different from their birth certificate, or requests to use school facilities or join sports team opposite of their gender.
“Every student has the right to learn and thrive in a school environment that promotes safety, privacy, and inclusivity – regardless of their gender identity,” Bonta said in a news release.
The state’s attorney general argued the district’s “forced outing policy” discriminates against the privacy rights of LGBTQ+ students and the California Constitution.
“The forced outing policy wrongfully endangers the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of non-conforming students who lack an accepting environment in the classroom and at home,” he said. “Our message to Chino Valley Unified and all school districts in California is loud and clear: We will never stop fighting for the civil rights of LGBTQ+ students.”
Chino Valley Unified spokesperson Andi Johnston <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-28/california-sues-chino-school-district-transgender-notification-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Los Angeles Times that the district has been working with the state’s investigation of the policy and has offered “complete transparency.”
“At this time, the district is working with its legal counsel to review the lawsuit and its contents,” Johnston told the outlet.
Earlier this month, a parents-rights activists group <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-parents-protest-radical-gender-theory-related-bills-as-state-lawmakers-return-from-summer-recess" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> staged a demonstration outside the California Capitol in Sacramento, condemning so-called gender-affirming bills while promoting parental notification involving student gender policies.
Sonja Shaw, president of the Chino Valley Unified Board of Education, became the leading advocate for the district’s policy.
She told The Los Angeles Times that Bonta’s actions displayed “government overreach” and an “aggressive” response to the measure designed to bring transparency between schools and parents.
“We will stand our ground and protect our children with all we can because we are not breaking the law,” Shaw told the Times. “Parents have a constitutional right in the upbringing of their children, period. Bring it.”
Shaw, who became a local advocate for parental rights amid the state’s pandemic response, reportedly said that state investigators subpoenaed her emails and text messages.
“[Bonta’s] automatically trying to assume parents are dangerous, and I think that’s a dangerous, dangerous direction that they’re heading in,” Shaw told Fox News. “And you see it all over California. They’re trying to push out parents, and I think that is something that we need to stand up for right now.”
California has become a leading state in the nation, promoting several new radical gender theory-related laws expected to gain momentum in the coming weeks, including undermining parental authority, requiring state-controlled curriculum, and targeting local school boards.
The movement has sparked pushback from parents, school boards, and lawmakers statewide to condemn such policies.
Republican Assemblymember Bill Essayli introduced AB 1314, which would require schools to notify parents if their child uses different pronouns or a change in identity. Essayli modeled the bill after the Chino Valley Unified School District adopted its policy that has since influenced other California school districts to adopt a similar principled action.
“We will accomplish our legislative priorities either through here or through the people directly,” Essayli said at the recent rally outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento, according to POLITICO.
Although the California State Assembly has yet to pass the bill, Essayli continues to push through every school district.

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A defense attorney for the 28-year-old man accused of killing four University of Idaho students continues to question the validity of DNA found on a knife sheath at the crime scene.
Anne Taylor, the defense attorney, on Friday again argued that the prosecution had not provided full DNA information from the crime, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bryan-kohberger-idaho-student-stabbings-suspect-attorneys-question-validity-knife-sheath-dna/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;They have provided full DNA discovery for the sheath, the knife sheath, but not the other three unidentified male DNA samples,&#8221; she told the judge, referring to DNA from three men she said was found at the off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho.
In court, prosecutors countered by saying they had turned over everything they had.
&#8220;We have given the defense everything that we have received from the lab. They&#8217;ve asked for DNA work-ups on other people. To the extent that they don&#8217;t have them, they weren&#8217;t done,&#8221; Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson argued. &#8220;We can&#8217;t produce something that doesn&#8217;t exist.&#8221;
In a June court filing, the suspect’s other attorney, Jay Weston Logsdon, filed a <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/061623%20States%20Motion%20for%20Protective%20Order.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">motion</a> objecting to the prosecutor’s attempts to avoid turning over a detailed breakdown of how authorities used genetic genealogy to link the accused to the murders. Logsdon wrote in the motion that investigators found DNA from three other men in the off-campus residence where Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were murdered in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022. DNA from two men was found inside the house, while DNA from a third man was found outside the home on a glove, the filing says, according to <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/bryan-kohberger-defense-dna-suspects-glove-murder-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inside Edition</a>.
None of the three reported samples match the suspect’s DNA, though it is unknown when this particular DNA was left at the home, which was the location of frequent parties.
The suspect and his attorney say these DNA samples were never run through the national DNA database to find a match.
Prosecutors have argued that they didn’t need to turn over detailed information about how genetic genealogy was used to link the suspect to the crimes since a DNA sample provided by the suspect directly matched DNA found on a knife sheath found at the crime scene. The genetic genealogy wouldn’t be used at trial, prosecutors argued.
Once police had their suspect, they tracked him to his parents’ house in Pennsylvania and collected garbage from the outside trash cans. They obtained DNA that partially matched the DNA collected from the knife sheath, indicating they had the DNA of the suspect’s father. Collecting DNA from the suspect later directly linked him to the sheath. The sheath was found on a bed next to Goncalves and Mogen’s bodies, partially under one of them. The type of knife the sheath held would have been consistent with the knife used to murder the four victims.
In July, the suspect’s defense attorneys <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idaho-murder-suspect-claims-dna-may-have-been-planted-at-crime-scene-by-cops" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that their client’s DNA may have been planted at the scene by police but could not explain why he would have been targeted for the crime.
Earlier this month, defense attorneys <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/accused-university-of-idaho-killer-offers-alibi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provided an alibi</a> for the suspect, saying he was simply out driving around in the middle of the night when the crime occurred.
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“[The suspect] has long had a habit of going for drives alone. Often he would go for drives at night. He did so late on November 12 and into November 13, 2022,” attorney Anne Taylor wrote in the filing. “[The suspect] is not claiming to be at a specific location at a specific time; at this time there is not a specific witness to say precisely where [my client] was at each moment of the hours between late night November 12, 2022, and early morning November 13, 2022. He was out, driving during the late night and early morning hours of November 12-13, 2022.”
Part of the evidence that led to the suspect’s arrest, mentioned in a <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">previously unsealed</a> probable cause affidavit, showed that 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 returning 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 said 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 political divide between high school boys and girls across America has widened tremendously in recent years, as more boys identify as conservative while girls are moving to the Left, according to a recent survey. 
Annual polling over the past three years conducted by <a href="https://monitoringthefuture.org/results/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monitoring the Future</a> and the University of Michigan showed that more 12th-grade boys are identifying as conservative than liberal, while 12th-grade girls&#8217; liberal political affiliation continues to rise, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4125661-high-school-boys-are-trending-conservative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The most recent survey showed that 23% of 12th-grade boys identified as conservative, while only 13% of senior boys considered themselves liberal. Around 30% of senior girls in high school identified as liberals in 2021 and 2022, up from 25% in 2020, according to Monitoring the Future. 
Psychotherapist Thomas Kersting <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6332233249112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> &#8220;Fox and Friends&#8221; that he&#8217;s not surprised by the study&#8217;s findings. 
“You look at … all the messaging in society and it’s sort of like everything is about advancing within minorities … and young men, young boys sort of being left out; they&#8217;re sort of being left behind,&#8221; Kersting said. &#8220;And then you have politicians out there saying things like the number one problem in America is white men and things of that nature, but I think 12th-grade boys are kind of seeing through this.” 
“We’re creating this idea that if you’re a male, then there’s something wrong with that and that you’re bad,” he added. 
According to Monitoring the Future, liberal high school boys outnumbered conservatives in the late 1970s, during the Jimmy Carter presidency, and for a brief time in the late 2000s, while President Barack Obama was in the White House. Since 2016, however, the trend toward conservatism for high school boys has grown considerably. 
High school girls, on the other hand, have drastically moved to the Left in the past decade, a trend also shown by recent Gallup <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3675477-young-women-are-trending-liberal-young-men-are-not/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polls</a>. Young women are shifting Left as the Democratic Party doubles down on its commitment to ensuring abortion access after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last summer. 
As boys in high school shift to the Right, fewer young men are graduating from America’s universities, which many conservatives believe have become beacons of leftist ideology. In the 2018-2019 academic year, just 74 men <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-male-college-crisis-is-not-just-in-enrollment-but-completion/#:~:text=Over%201.1%20million%20women%20received,master's%20degree%2C%20relative%20to%20women." target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> a bachelor’s degree for every 100 women who completed their program. As of 2023, 64% of women at public universities were graduating compared to 58% of men. In overall enrollment, women are outnumbering men by almost 60% to 40%, <a href="https://hechingerreport.org/an-unnoticed-result-of-the-decline-of-men-in-college-its-harder-for-women-to-get-in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. 
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While high school boys trend to the Right and girls move to the Left, most high school students, regardless of gender, don’t consider themselves conservative or liberal. More than 40% responded to the liberal-conservative question on the survey saying, &#8220;None of the above” or “I don’t know.”

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More than 100 colleges and universities are still enforcing COVID vaccine mandates for students &#8212; some three years out from the start of the pandemic.
A report from No College Mandates lists 104 colleges and universities still requiring COVID vaccinations, including Harvard University, Johns Hopkins, Rutgers University, DePauw University, University of Pittsburgh, and San Diego State University.
According to COVID policies outlined on some of these schools&#8217; websites, staff and faculty are sometimes required to be vaccinated, too, The Daily Wire has reviewed. Additionally, some of the schools permit religious or medical exemptions.
No College Mandates brands itself as a group of &#8220;concerned parents, doctors, nurses, professors, students and other college stakeholders working towards the common goal of ending COVID-19 vaccine mandates.&#8221; The site has additionally <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11BrDadiUGN-vQBe7Jolcb_-aWhLT7S2AkWOkSX49M40/edit#gid=888077202" target="_blank" rel="noopener">compiled</a> a list of more than 1,200 schools with details on specific COVID vaccine policies.
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There are 104 colleges in the US still mandating COVID vaccines for students (faculty exempted) and some have indicated they will never let this go. All the while, they refuse to make sense of their pseudoscience. <a href="https://t.co/R9hlVbPbwc">pic.twitter.com/R9hlVbPbwc</a>
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Some colleges and universities have only recently discontinued their vaccine requirements. For example, 64 New York state schools, all part of the SUNY system, <a href="https://www.suny.edu/suny-news/press-releases/4-23/4-11-23-vax/vaccines.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropped</a> the COVID vaccine mandate in April of this year.
Some schools even mandated COVID booster shots for students as of last year. One young woman, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/her-doctor-advised-her-to-skip-the-booster-shot-over-possible-side-effects-so-her-college-expelled-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Diamond Ellie Puentes</a>, was abruptly expelled from Union College in April 2022 after she requested a medical exemption to the COVID booster shot. Puentes, who became ill after taking the second dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, is now <a href="https://dailygazette.com/2023/03/02/former-student-suing-union-college-over-vaccine-mandate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suing</a> Union College over her treatment and expulsion.
Research on the relatively new COVID vaccines is still being conducted. Harvard and Yale scientists, for example, are <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12267293/Harvard-Yale-scientists-probing-new-condition-linked-Covid-vaccines.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> studying a condition dubbed “Long Vax.”
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One of those researchers, Yale University cardiologist Harlan Krumholz, <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-link-between-coronavirus-vaccines-and-long-covid-illness-starts-gain-acceptance">said</a> he was hesitant to conduct these studies because he didn’t want the “anti-vaccine” movement to seize on these findings, but he ultimately decided it was his obligation as a scientist to have an open mind.
Moreover, young men face an elevated risk of heart inflammation after getting the COVID vaccine, according to a leading medical expert.
Dr. Marty Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an oncology surgeon at the school’s affiliated hospital, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/covid-vaccine-brings-higher-heart-risk-little-benefit-to-young-men-medical-expert-warns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted</a> a study from Cedars Sinai that found a 30% increase in heart attack deaths among adults between the ages of 25 and 44 during the first two years of the COVID pandemic. One theory is that the uptick could be the result of the virus itself, but Makary, speaking to “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire">Morning Wire</a>” in February, said there&#8217;s evidence that the vaccine could be to blame.
“We did not see the uptake before the vaccine was rolled out, but young people were primarily affected around that same time, as well,” Makary told &#8220;Morning Wire.&#8221; “The state of Florida did their own study, looking at heart attacks after the vaccine in particular, and found that there was an 81% increase in sudden death from heart attacks in the months following the vaccine compared to baseline rates. So many people do believe that the vaccine is one of the causes of heart problems in young people.”
UPDATE: Sarah Lawrence College has been removed from this piece as  one of the school&#8217;s mandating a COVID vaccine for the coming semester, after a representative from the school told The Daily Wire via email that they are no longer requiring proof of vaccination. It&#8217;s unclear when this policy changed.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/covid-vaccine-brings-higher-heart-risk-little-benefit-to-young-men-medical-expert-warns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Her Doctor Advised Her To Skip The Booster Shot Over Possible Side Effects. So Her College Expelled Her.</a>

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The man accused of killing four University of Idaho students claims that DNA found at the scene may have been planted by police.
The 28-year-old suspect, who is not being named per Daily Wire policy, said in a recent court filing that police officers in Moscow, Idaho, could have placed the suspect’s DNA on the knife sheath that was found under the bodies of one of the victims, the Independent <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/bryan-kohberger-dna-planted-idaho-murders-b2380749.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“The State’s argument asks this Court and [the suspect] to assume – is that the DNA on the sheath was placed there by [the suspect], and not someone else during an investigation that spans hundreds of members of law enforcement and apparently at least one lab the State refuses to name,” the suspect’s defense attorneys wrote.
The filing is the latest in the defense’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/accused-idaho-killer-lays-groundwork-for-defense-says-other-dna-found-at-crime-scene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">battle to obtain</a> detailed information about how prosecutors used genetic genealogy to link the suspect to the crimes. Prosecutors have argued previously that they didn’t need to turn over detailed information since a DNA sample provided by the suspect directly matched DNA found on the knife sheath. The genetic genealogy wouldn’t be used at trial, prosecutors argued.
Prosecutors responded to the defense’s most recent attempt to obtain that information by writing in its own filing that “the State is at a loss as to how that theory supports a claim that the lGG information is material to the preparation of his defense.”
DNA expert Kristen Slaper told the Law &amp; Crime Network’s Angenette Levy that planting the suspect’s DNA on the knife sheath would take quite a bit of planning.
“Nobody knew who did this and I think that’s important because in order for something to be planted, it has to be pretty planned out,” Slaper told the outlet. “To plant someone’s DNA you have to have their DNA first of all. You have to have an item that their DNA is on and know that only their DNA would be found on it.”
The suspect’s defense had previously pointed to other DNA found at the crime scene in an attempt to suggest someone else was responsible for the murders of Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022. Defense attorney Jay Weston Logsdon, filed a <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/061623%20States%20Motion%20for%20Protective%20Order.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">motion</a> stating that DNA from two men was found inside the house, while DNA from a third man was found outside the home on a glove, the filing says, according to <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/bryan-kohberger-defense-dna-suspects-glove-murder-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inside Edition</a>.
None of the three samples match the suspect’s DNA, though it is unknown when this particular DNA was left at the home, which was the location of frequent parties.
The suspect and his attorney say these DNA samples were never run through the national DNA database to find a match.

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Idaho Murder Suspect Claims DNA May Have Been Planted At Crime Scene By Cops

Prosecutors on Monday indicated their intention to seek the death penalty for the 28-year-old man accused 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> last November.
In <a href="https://coi.isc.idaho.gov/docs/case/CR29-22-2805/062623%20Notice%20Pursuant%20to%20Idaho%20Code%2018-4004A.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a motion</a> filed with the district court of Latah County, Idaho, prosecutors wrote that they had “not identified or been provided with any mitigating circumstances sufficient to prohibit the triers of fact from considering all penalties authorized by the Idaho legislature including the possibility of a capital sentence.”
Prosecutors continued, writing “considering all evidence currently known to the State, the State is compelled to file this notice of intent to seek the death penalty.”
The motion ended by saying prosecutors reserve the right to withdraw its intent should mitigating evidence prevent itself.
Earlier this month, the suspect, who is not being named per Daily Wire policy, filed a court motion stating that due to the “voluminous” and “still ongoing” discovery process, as well as the defense’s continued investigation of the charges against the suspect, deciding to offer an alibi for the crime would be “at a minimum, premature as wading through the extensive information that makes up the case is incomplete,” the court documents said, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/idaho-college-murder-suspect-bryan-kohberger-requests-time/story?id=99989758" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to ABC News</a>.
Further, deciding now “may tread into disclosures of protected information,” the motion added. Thus, the defense said it “needs time to make this determination and consider evidentiary rules.”
The Latah County Prosecutor’s Office previously filed a motion for the suspect’s notice of alibi on May 23. Idaho law gives defendants ten days to respond to such a motion, “or at such different time as the court may direct,” in writing. They must also provide a list of witnesses they would call on to confirm that alibi.
The suspect’s attorneys requested additional time to decide or an exception to the rule. Should the court not grant their request, defense attorneys wrote, then they asked for a hearing “to present oral argument, evidence and/or testimony.”
The suspect was formally indicted in May on charges including first-degree murder. During his arraignment, he wore a bullet-proof vest under his orange jumpsuit, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12111149/Bryan-Kohberger-court-appearance-LIVE-Idaho-murder-suspect-enter-plea-four-counts-murder.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
He reportedly stood silently when the judge asked him to enter his plea, so the judge entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. Families of the victims reportedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorney-says-university-of-idaho-victims-families-want-death-penalty-for-accused-killer-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> for the death penalty.
The suspect was arrested six weeks after four friends, Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed to death on November 13, 2022.

Prosecution Seeks Death Penalty For Accused Killer Of Four University Of Idaho Students

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The 28-year-old man accused 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> has asked the court to give him more time to decide whether to offer an alibi for the crime.
The suspect, who is not being named per Daily Wire policy, has filed a court motion stating that due to the “voluminous” and “still ongoing” discovery process, as well as the defense’s continued investigation of the charges against the suspect, deciding to offer an alibi would be &#8220;at a minimum, premature as wading through the extensive information that makes up the case is incomplete,&#8221; the court documents said, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/idaho-college-murder-suspect-bryan-kohberger-requests-time/story?id=99989758" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to ABC News</a>.
Further, deciding now &#8220;may tread into disclosures of protected information,&#8221; the motion added. Thus, the defense said it &#8220;needs time to make this determination and consider evidentiary rules.&#8221;
The Latah County Prosecutor’s Office previously filed a motion for the suspect’s notice of alibi on May 23. Idaho law gives defendants ten days to respond to such a motion, &#8220;or at such different time as the court may direct,” in writing. They must also provide a list of witnesses they would call on to confirm that alibi.
The suspect’s attorneys are requesting additional time to decide or an exception to the rule. Should the court not grant their request, defense attorneys wrote, then they asked for a hearing &#8220;to present oral argument, evidence and/or testimony.”
Last week, the suspect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idaho-murder-suspect-wants-cameras-banned-from-his-trial-court-proceedings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a motion</a> requesting to exclude cameras from his pre-trial hearings and the trial itself, KXLY <a href="https://www.kxly.com/news/idaho-murder-suspect-wants-cameras-prohibited-from-trial-future-court-hearings/article_d9d057a8-055b-11ee-ae41-6fad87945304.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The suspect wrote, “(A)udio/visual coverage has become material for news outlets and social media accounts to espouse their unfounded opinions.”
He cited social media posts, TikTok videos, and podcasts he says have attempted to analyze his “demeanor by observing his body language… and describing him using phrases such as ‘cold iciness.&#8217;” He also wrote at length about so-called experts getting air time to analyze his body language and included studies that he said debunk that practice as it has been used in other cases.
The suspect further argued that allowing cameras during trials can cause participants to act differently, adding that cameras place “additional responsibilities on the trial judge” that may distract them from properly presiding over the trial.
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A judge will hear arguments relating to the issue at the end of the week. News organizations have argued that allowing cameras in the courtroom is a First Amendment right “because it enhances the quality and safeguards the integrity of the factfinding process with benefits to both the defendant and society as a whole.”
The suspect was formally indicted in May on charges including first-degree murder. During his arraignment, he wore a bullet-proof vest under his orange jumpsuit, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12111149/Bryan-Kohberger-court-appearance-LIVE-Idaho-murder-suspect-enter-plea-four-counts-murder.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
He reportedly stood silently when the judge asked him to enter his plea, so the judge entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. With pleas set, prosecutors have less than 60 days to decide whether to pursue the death penalty. Families of the victims have reportedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorney-says-university-of-idaho-victims-families-want-death-penalty-for-accused-killer-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> for the death penalty.
The suspect was arrested six weeks after four friends, Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed to death on November 13, 2022.

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Idaho Murder Suspect Asks For More Time To Decide Whether To Offer Alibi

The 28-year-old man accused 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> doesn’t want cameras allowed in his trial or at any other court proceedings.
The suspect, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, filed a motion this week requesting to exclude cameras from his pre-trial hearings and the trial itself, KXLY <a href="https://www.kxly.com/news/idaho-murder-suspect-wants-cameras-prohibited-from-trial-future-court-hearings/article_d9d057a8-055b-11ee-ae41-6fad87945304.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The suspect wrote, &#8220;(A)udio/visual coverage has become material for news outlets and social media accounts to espouse their unfounded opinions.&#8221;
He cited social media posts, TikTok videos, and podcasts have all attempted to analyze the suspect’s “demeanor by observing his body language&#8230; and describing him using phrases such as &#8216;cold iciness.'&#8221; He also wrote at length about so-called experts getting air time to analyze his body language and included studies that he said debunk that practice as it has been used in other cases.
He further argued that allowing cameras during trials can cause participants to act differently, adding that cameras place “additional responsibilities on the trial judge&#8221; that may distract them from properly presiding over the trial.
A judge will hear arguments relating to the issue at the end of the week. News organizations have argued that allowing cameras in the courtroom is a First Amendment right &#8220;because it enhances the quality and safeguards the integrity of the factfinding process with benefits to both the defendant and society as a whole.&#8221;
The suspect was formally indicted in May on charges including first-degree murder. During his arraignment, he wore a bullet-proof vest under his orange jumpsuit, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12111149/Bryan-Kohberger-court-appearance-LIVE-Idaho-murder-suspect-enter-plea-four-counts-murder.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
He reportedly stood silently when the judge asked him to enter his plea, so the judge entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. With pleas set, prosecutors have less than 60 days to decide whether to pursue the death penalty. Families of the victims have reportedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorney-says-university-of-idaho-victims-families-want-death-penalty-for-accused-killer-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> for the death penalty.
The suspect was arrested six weeks after four friends, Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed to death on November 13, 2022.
Goncalves’ family is now challenging a court order saying they cannot speak publicly about the case, KXLY <a href="https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/crime/goncalves-family-to-challenge-gag-order-surrounding-u-of-i-murders-case-against-bryan-kohberger/article_bd3b3814-6f8e-5149-8f88-4e311280f5b2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. This outlet, along with others, has also challenged the gag order with no success.
In April, an ID <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/id-connected-to-university-of-idaho-murders-found-in-accused-killers-car-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">belonging to someone</a> at the house where four students were killed was found in the suspect’s car, according to <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/idaho-college-killings/bryan-kohberger-license-found-idaho-killings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NewsNation</a>. Police haven’t confirmed whom the ID belongs to due to the gag order Goncalves’ family is now challenging.
Some information has been released, including a search warrant that was unsealed earlier this year. The search warrant stated that police had seized IDs from the man suspected of the murders but did not provide additional details.
More than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-60-warrants-have-been-served-in-connection-with-the-university-of-idaho-murders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">60 warrants</a> have also been served to major companies and banks in connection to the murders, including Amazon, DoorDash, Reddit, and the owner of dating sites such as Tinder and OkCupid. The contents of the warrants are “sealed and redacted” as part of the murder case against the suspect.
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Monroe County First Assistant Michael Mancuso <a href="https://www.brctv13.com/news/local-news/29279-monroe-county-officials-share-new-details-about-idaho-murder-suspect-s-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> BRC 13 that when the suspect was arrested, he “was found awake in the kitchen area dressed in shorts and a shirt [and] wearing latex medical type gloves and apparently was taking his personal trash and putting it into … separate zip lock baggies.”
Mancuso implied that the suspect was removing the trash to conceal his DNA. Investigators had been surveilling the home for weeks prior to the suspect’s arrest, and during that time, they searched the trash cans outside.
“A trash pull that was done days before recovered DNA profiles but not from him, only from his family members,” Mancuso told the outlet.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-police-collected-when-they-arrested-the-accused-idaho-killer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An unsealed search warrant</a> also listed items taken from the suspect’s parents’ home at the time of his arrest, including a flashlight, four medical-style gloves, a T-shirt, a Washington State Cougars sweatshirt, a pair of size 13 Nike shoes, as well as Under Armour black socks, shorts, and boxers. Police also collected a cheek swab from the suspect for DNA, People Magazine <a href="https://people.com/crime/newly-unsealed-search-warrant-items-bryan-kohberger-had-arrest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.

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Idaho Murder Suspect Wants Cameras Banned From His Trial, Court Proceedings

The 28-year-old man accused 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> has pleaded not guilty to the crime.
The suspect, who is not being named per Daily Wire policy, was indicted last week on charges including first-degree murder and appeared in court on Monday for his arraignment. The suspect wore a bullet-proof vest under his orange jumpsuit, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12111149/Bryan-Kohberger-court-appearance-LIVE-Idaho-murder-suspect-enter-plea-four-counts-murder.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
He reportedly stood silently when the judge asked him to enter his plea, so the judge entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. With pleas set, prosecutors now have 60 days to decide whether to pursue the death penalty. His public defender also asked the judge to set a trial date in October.
The suspect was arrested six weeks after four friends, Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed to death on November 13, 2022.
Goncalves’ family is now challenging a court order saying they cannot speak publicly about the case, KXLY <a href="https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/crime/goncalves-family-to-challenge-gag-order-surrounding-u-of-i-murders-case-against-bryan-kohberger/article_bd3b3814-6f8e-5149-8f88-4e311280f5b2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. This outlet, along with others, has also challenged the gag order with no success.
In April, an ID <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/id-connected-to-university-of-idaho-murders-found-in-accused-killers-car-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">belonging to someone</a> at the house where four students were killed was found in the suspect’s car, according to <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/idaho-college-killings/bryan-kohberger-license-found-idaho-killings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NewsNation</a>. Police haven’t confirmed who the ID belongs to due to the gag order Goncalves’ family is now challenging.
Some information has been released, including a search warrant that was unsealed earlier this year. The search warrant stated that police had seized IDs from the 28-year-old man suspected of the murders but have not provided additional details.
“It’s a big deal. That is a smoking license,” retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer told NewsNation host Chris Cuomo (&#8220;CUOMO&#8221;) in early April. “Just like the sheath was a smoking sheath found next to Maddie with his DNA on that clasp, it’s the same thing in this situation. Why would he have an ID related to one of those people from that house?”
More than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-60-warrants-have-been-served-in-connection-with-the-university-of-idaho-murders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">60 warrants</a> have also been served to major companies and banks in connection to the murders, including Amazon, DoorDash, Reddit, and the owner of dating sites such as Tinder and OkCupid. The contents of the warrants are “sealed and redacted” as part of the murder case against the suspect.
Monroe County First Assistant Michael Mancuso <a href="https://www.brctv13.com/news/local-news/29279-monroe-county-officials-share-new-details-about-idaho-murder-suspect-s-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> BRC 13 that when the suspect was arrested, he “was found awake in the kitchen area dressed in shorts and a shirt [and] wearing latex medical type gloves and apparently was taking his personal trash and putting it into … separate zip lock baggies.”
Mancuso implied that the suspect was removing the trash to conceal his DNA. Investigators had been surveilling the home for weeks prior to the suspect’s arrest, and during that time, they searched the trash cans outside.
“A trash pull that was done days before recovered DNA profiles but not from him, only from his family members,” Mancuso told the outlet.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-police-collected-when-they-arrested-the-accused-idaho-killer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An unsealed search warrant</a> also listed items taken from the suspect’s parents&#8217; home at the time of his arrest, including a flashlight, four medical-style gloves, a T-shirt, a Washington State Cougars sweatshirt, a pair of size 13 Nike shoes, as well as Under Armour black socks, shorts, and boxers. Police also collected a cheek swab from the suspect for DNA, People Magazine <a href="https://people.com/crime/newly-unsealed-search-warrant-items-bryan-kohberger-had-arrest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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Of the items taken, Mancuso said two could be important during the suspect’s trial.
“I would be keen on the shoes, the size of the shoes, comparison to any show impressions that might have been recovered at the scene that sort of thing,” he told BRC 13.
He added that the cheek swab could also play a significant role in court.
“Something that they could compare to the DNA of I believe the snap button for the sheath of the knife,” he said, referring to a knife sheath found at the off-campus residence where the victims were found stabbed to death.

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Murder Suspect Pleads Not Guilty To Killing Of Four University Of Idaho Students

The 28-year-old man accused 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> has been formally indicted by a grand jury.
The suspect, who is not being named per Daily Wire policy, was indicted on charges including first-degree murder, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/grand-jury-indicts-bryan-kohberger-connection-murder-4/story?id=99389469" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The suspect was arrested at his parents’ home in Pennsylvania and extradited back to Idaho in January. He will be formally arraigned on Monday and will likely enter a plea.
The suspect was arrested six weeks after four friends, Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed to death on November 13, 2022.
Goncalves’ family is now challenging a court order saying they cannot speak publicly about the case, KXLY <a href="https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/crime/goncalves-family-to-challenge-gag-order-surrounding-u-of-i-murders-case-against-bryan-kohberger/article_bd3b3814-6f8e-5149-8f88-4e311280f5b2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. This outlet, along with other media outlets, has also challenged the gag order with no success.
A trial date for the accused killer still has not been set. In April, an ID <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/id-connected-to-university-of-idaho-murders-found-in-accused-killers-car-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">belonging to someone</a> at the house where four students were killed was found in the suspect’s car, according to <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/idaho-college-killings/bryan-kohberger-license-found-idaho-killings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NewsNation</a>. Police haven’t confirmed who the ID belongs to due to the gag order Goncalves’ family is now challenging.
Some information has been released, including a search warrant that was unsealed earlier this year. The search warrant stated that police had seized IDs from the 28-year-old man suspected of the murders but have not provided additional details.
“It’s a big deal. That is a smoking license,” retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer told NewsNation in early April. “Just like the sheath was a smoking sheath found next to Maddie with his DNA on that clasp, it’s the same thing in this situation. Why would he have an ID related to one of those people from that house?”
More than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-60-warrants-have-been-served-in-connection-with-the-university-of-idaho-murders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">60 warrants</a> have also been served to major companies and banks in connection to the murders, including Amazon, DoorDash, Reddit, and the owner of dating sites such as Tinder and OkCupid. The contents of the warrants are “sealed and redacted” as part of the murder case against the suspect.
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Monroe County First Assistant Michael Mancuso <a href="https://www.brctv13.com/news/local-news/29279-monroe-county-officials-share-new-details-about-idaho-murder-suspect-s-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> BRC 13 that when the suspect was arrested, he “was found awake in the kitchen area dressed in shorts and a shirt [and] wearing latex medical type gloves and apparently was taking his personal trash and putting it into … separate zip lock baggies.”
Mancuso implied that the suspect was removing the trash to conceal his DNA. Investigators had been surveilling the home for weeks prior to the suspect’s arrest, and during that time, they searched the trash cans outside.
“A trash pull that was done days before recovered DNA profiles but not from him, only from his family members,” Mancuso told the outlet.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-police-collected-when-they-arrested-the-accused-idaho-killer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An unsealed search warrant</a> also listed items taken from the suspect’s parent’s home at the time of his arrest, including a flashlight, four medical-style gloves, a T-shirt, a Washington State Cougars sweatshirt, a pair of size 13 Nike shoes, as well as Under Armour black socks, shorts, and boxers. Police also collected a cheek swab from the suspect for DNA, People Magazine <a href="https://people.com/crime/newly-unsealed-search-warrant-items-bryan-kohberger-had-arrest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Of the items taken, Mancuso said two could be important during the suspect’s trial.
“I would be keen on the shoes, the size of the shoes, comparison to any show impressions that might have been recovered at the scene that sort of thing,” he told BRC 13.
He added that the cheek swab could also play a significant role in court.
“Something that they could compare to the DNA of I believe the snap button for the sheath of the knife,” he said, referring to a knife sheath found at the off-campus residence where the victims were found stabbed to death.

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