FIRST ON FOX - A forensic expert formerly retained by Bryan Kohberger's defense is raising questions about hair evidence recovered from the off-campus home where four University of Idaho students were murdered, although an attorney for one victim’s family says the evidence does not exonerate the convicted killer.Kohberger pleaded guilty in July 2025 to murdering Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022.He was sentenced to four consecutive life terms without parole and an additional 10 years for burglary. Kohberger recently filed a petition for post-conviction relief seeking to undo his guilty pleas.
He alleges he was coerced into accepting the plea agreement and that his attorneys failed to communicate potentially exculpatory evidence.The petition references hair evidence recovered during the investigation. The hairs were found under where Chapin’s right hand was photographed in Kernodle’s bed, affixed to the frame by dried blood.
It’s the side of the bed that was touching the wall.IDAHO MURDERS: NEW BOOK ON KOHBERGER REVEALS PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN EVIDENCE, CLAIMS SHEATH COULD BE INADMISSIBLEBryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse, for his sentencing hearing, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Boise, Idaho, for brutally stabbing four University of Idaho students to death.(AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool)Shortly before sentencing, defense expert Brent Turvey examined the state’s evidence and saw that it was still present on the bed frame.
There is a photo. In terms of color, the hairs are a mix of light and dark brown.By a rough estimate, there are more than two dozen visible strands.Although there are no measurements for reference in the photo, the strands appear to be between three and four inches.KAYLEE GONCALVES' MOTHER SAYS FAMILY READY FOR TRIAL AFTER BRYAN KOHBERGER SEEKS TO WITHDRAW GUILTY PLEATurvey, a forensic scientist and senior partner at Forensic Solutions LLC who has testified at m...