Lawyer for Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger thinks evidence can be ‘attacked’

The Pennsylvania public defender who repped College of Idaho homicide suspect Bryan Kohberger was so shocked that the case ended up in his lap, he hung up the telephone after being advised the information.

“I didn’t imagine that they had been telling me the reality,” Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason LaBar advised native station WFMZ.

After Kohberger was arrested final month at his dad and mom’ dwelling in Albrightsville, Pa., the pair spent 4 hours over the course of 5 days as he helped the alleged killer navigate the extradition course of, LaBar mentioned.

“The very first thing I mentioned to him was ‘Bryan, don’t inform me something concerning the case. I don’t need to know any of the info and circumstances,’” mentioned LaBar, who’s not concerned within the case now that Kohberger is again in Latah County dealing with 4 costs of first-degree homicide and one cost of housebreaking.

The just lately unsealed police affidavit gives a “robust circumstantial case” in opposition to his former shopper, however the public defender doesn’t suppose it’s air-tight.

“Individually taken, the proof could possibly be attacked,” he mentioned, though he couldn’t clarify why Kohberger’s DNA was on the sheath if he wasn’t concerned within the assault.