High-profile defense lawyer Lara Yeretsian who has represented clients such as Scott Peterson and Michael Jackson said the accused killer of the Idaho university students may be found not guilty.
Yeretsian made her claims after taking a peek at the original 15-page affidavit than was provided to the court.
In regard to the affidavit, the high-profile lawyer stated, “each and every one of the pieces of the puzzle seem to have issues and weaknesses and places where a defense attorney can poke holes.”
#BryanKohberger's defense will seek to dismantle the allegations against him, piece by piece, expert explains: cell data, DNA, even the “Vans type” footprint. #Idaho4 #truecrime
https://t.co/g0DRShW5RD— Michael Ruiz (@mikerreports) January 11, 2023
The guy is obviously guilty. The totaliitaty of evidence and his reaction shows he is guilty.
Idaho murders: Veteran defense attorney lays out case Bryan Kohberger team could make, 'holes' in affidavit https://t.co/dDkfzNF6WA #FoxNews
— Erasmus_of_Baja (@Erasmus_of_Baja) January 11, 2023
Fox News covered the story exclusively:
Bryan Kohberger’s defense will seek to dismantle many parts of the probable cause affidavit police used to obtain his arrest warrant in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, according to a high-profile defense attorney.
Idaho police laid out their case in a 19-page sworn statement made public just minutes before Kohberger’s initial court appearance last week, with allegations including that they found his DNA at the scene, spotted his car and phone circling the victims’ home, and uncovered a blood-tinged “Vans type” footprint in the suspected killer’s path.
“In this case, what I’ve noticed is they’ve got evidence, and they’ve tried to put together the pieces of the puzzle,” the California-based Lara Yeretsian told Fox News Digital. “But each and every one of the pieces of the puzzle seem to have issues and weaknesses and places where a defense attorney can poke holes.”
Yeretsian, whose past clients include Scott Peterson and Michael Jackson, said reliance on cell-site data could be a flaw, if prosecutors do not have something more tangible linking the suspect to the crime scene.
“To me, that’s never enough because you could be 10 miles away, 15 miles away even, sometimes, depending on the radius it covers,” she said.
As Fox News Digital has reported, Kohberger’s apartment is just 10 miles away from the six-bedroom rental house on King Road.
Yeretsian pointed to page 15 of the affidavit, which notes that Kohberger’s phone pinged a cell tower in Moscow but then says that police do not believe he actually entered the city on that date.
“So you’re telling me in an affidavit that that’s not reliable?” she said. “How could a judge rely on this information?”
'ISSUES AND WEAKNESSES':Veteran defense attorney exposes holes in case against alleged Idaho killer https://t.co/wjcFaELit5
— Emily Fontana (@Emily_Fontanaa) January 11, 2023
He has the heart sunken I just got caught look. pic.twitter.com/VZRsYIndaf
— The Triune Times (@TriuneTimes) January 11, 2023
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