touche!I'll take legal wrangling and nitpicking for $1000 Alex @schooling IMO
touche!I'll take legal wrangling and nitpicking for $1000 Alex @schooling IMO
I think I agree with your general point across several posts.
But Imo BT was referring to rumours, as referenced by the specific survey question. That survey question introduced to respondents information prejudicial to the defendant; information based on media reports and rumour. It was not info from the official court record. Unfounded rumours of KG being 'stalked', that KG thought she had a stalker, are not admissible evidence at trial imo. There's the false fact regarding the stalking survey question.. That's all imo.
This whole jumping on the general semantics around the term 'stalking' (in general that is, not talking re your comments specifically!) and then conflating that with potential trial evidence is a real stretch. To take what was said and then attribute to the prosecution unfounded that BK never stalked any of the victims, or watched or cased the house ( and by extension watched any of the victims) makes no sense to me at all.
I guess if people feel they must extrapolate in such a manner then surely that is purely an opinion, a guess, a speculation. Moo
I've asked the question of was it a prearranged deal for BK's dad to fly out and ride back with him myself. If so, I wonder what date the ticket was purchased? If it was made after the murders, what story might he have told? It would have been cheaper for BK to fly home and back verses purchasing Dad a one way ticket, gas, meals and lodging to drive across the country.
IMO BK wasn't planning on returning to WSU. I believe he thought he was on LE's radar, he'd lost his TA position, he loaded his car with most, if not all, of his personal belongings.
BK's apartment and storage locker were left pretty well empty IIRC, especially of all computers and electronic devices.
Inquiring minds want to know, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
JMO
A public arrest also can go wrong.The Court filings show that he wasn't always inside the house, never leaving.
There were two LE agencies surveilling his every move.
It was not the only option. LE chose that option, for whatever reason.
According to the D reply the reasons were: he was inside the home, he had a gun and preservation of evidence.
jmo
All MOO
So explain why they allowed BK and his dad to drive across the country if they were worried BK might be such a huge threat to others?
Just admit that it makes NO SENSE for them to allow BK to drive across the county if they thought he was such a threat. Also, if they did think he was a suspect why didn't they bring him in for questioning as soon as he was on their radar?
Sorry but I've always had a problem with LE allowing BK to go on a cross country trip when he was allegedly a suspect.
MOO
Not only did LE allow BK to go on a multi-day cross-country trip, they apparently lost track of him.
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How FBI "lost" Bryan Kohberger as he left Idaho for holidays
FBI agents who were surveilling Kohberger on a cross-county trip lost him for at least several hours, according to a new report.www.newsweek.com
TITLE 18I agree with that. But for some reason, people keep posting that the victims have to be aware of it for it to be stalking and for the life of me, I have not been able to find that written into ID state law anywhere.
"Malicious behavior" describes it...first and second degree as the victim having knowledge because it causes them alarm, annoyance or harrassment. Sounds like victim awareness of the predator to me. AJMOThis is not true. Nowhere in the law does it state or imply the victim has to be aware of the predator.
MOO
I also have many questions about the timeline and what lead to what and when. I wonder/speculate if the arrest in PA was in anyway associated with the loss of his scholarship. In other words, when BK left for PA, did he know he lost his scholarship? So, I am curious/wondering IF, and then when did WSU contact Moscow PD to let them know. Maybe they were waiting to arrest him when he returned and found out he most likely would not be returning.Would LE have known that BK was even going to drive cross country with his father when he did? I didn't think they had any advance notice of the trip. If they had known, they might have arrested him before he could leave the state. Or they might not have, since they knew his destination and his route (debatable). In any case, I was under the impression that they were unaware of the planned trip until it happened. Just because they saw him (under surveillance) getting in his car with his father to go somewhere, they wouldn't necessarily know where they were going or that they weren't just running a local errand. They might have just been running out for some Thai food, for all LE knew.
Or do we know that LE did, in fact, know he was going to drive cross country to his parents' home? Were they able to monitor his phone conversations at that point at all? Or had they perhaps been given this info by his colleagues at the university, or his landlord, or someone else? And speaking of his landlord, I also wondered if BK had actually officially moved out of his apartment when he left town with his dad, or if he expected to be coming back to that apartment to live. What about all his furnishings and clothes and other belongings? They didn't all fit in his car with room left for him and his dad, did they? And one other thing I was wondering about was if BK had picked up his dad from the airport when he flew into town. And if so, didn't that cause a major dilemma for LE if they saw him heading to the airport, not knowing if he was trying to flee the country, for example?
Ok, well I don't read into any of those items in MTC 1 and 2 that point to telephone contact between MPD and BK prior to arrest. Telephone "interview" referenced reads as conducted by FBI and could be nothing to do with BK. If Payne talked with BK jmo it was after arrest and probably informal prior to Miranda. I think there is probably confusion of some separate items of discovery here. MooYes, very confusing to us and the attorneys.
IMO the in person and recorded was in PA at arrest.
The telephone interview was seperate.
No, not certain. Just MO that it started there. Early on the D would be wanting any interviews with their client vs. interviews with others.
IMO they saw a reference to a telephone interview or perhaps BK told them about one?,
So the D wanted the recording.
JMO
Me neither!
BK invoked his rights in PA so not sure when a BP/BK interview would have occurred?
IMO they (both the D and P) thought the telephone interview was BP but it ended up being Agent S.
I agree. There seems to have been some contact (interview) but it wasn't recorded so I don't think it was an interrogation. IMO it would have had to be pre arrest noting how BK invoked after his arrest. I don't think he would have done a telephone interview with the fbi after arrest.
So when did the telephone interview occur and what was it about?
jmo
And there in lies the rub....unfortunately. People can stalk (non-legal term), online and in person with immunity and not be charged with it after it leads to a serious crime. The actions can however, possibly, be used at trial to show motive. We don't yet know what LE has found out through investigations. Trial will tell or possibly at hearings beforehand. MONone of what I mentioned is stalking or half the country who uses the internet to read public SM posts would be in jail.
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With emphasis on the section I bolded, totally. It's worse than reading tea leaves. Judge, attorneys on both sides are aware of the unstated context which as readers and observers we are surely mostly oblivious too. Especially in this case where in theory at least if the hearing is public, counsel are talking around points to try and preserve the integrity of trial evidence. MooOnce again I agree 100%
As a general rule, I always counsel against trying to read in from passing comments in motions (which may wildly overstate or misrepresent the evidence) let alone in oral argument about something unrelated.
I agree with you that he was speaking about to the actual rumours which could be an issue with jurors. He isn't talking about what evidence he does or doesn't have. e.g. we may well hear evidence of "casing the house" in due course.
MOO
Agree, that this tells us BK was not under surveillance before leaving for PA. Imo FBI had good cause to begin surveillance post IGG return result. OTOH I don't think this tells us LE was unaware of BK in any sense prior to 19th Dec. MooView attachment 555461
So according to the defense the FBI was surveilling Mr. Kohberger since Dec 21, 2022.
Source: REPLY TO STATE’S OBJECTION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT RE: PENNSYLVANIA SEARCH WARRANT FOR 119 LAMSDEN DR., ALBRIGHTSVILLE, PA
IMO, it looks like LE didn't know about Bryan until they got his name back from the IGG on Dec 19. 2022 and the FBI didn't start watching Bryan until Dec 21, 2022, All in IMO.
I've asked the question of was it a prearranged deal for BK's dad to fly out and ride back with him myself. If so, I wonder what date the ticket was purchased? If it was made after the murders, what story might he have told? It would have been cheaper for BK to fly home and back verses purchasing Dad a one way ticket, gas, meals and lodging to drive across the country.
IMO BK wasn't planning on returning to WSU. I believe he thought he was on LE's radar, he'd lost his TA position, he loaded his car with most, if not all, of his personal belongings.
BK's apartment and storage locker were left pretty well empty IIRC, especially of all computers and electronic devices.
Inquiring minds want to know, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
JMO
I've asked the question of was it a prearranged deal for BK's dad to fly out and ride back with him myself. If so, I wonder what date the ticket was purchased? If it was made after the murders, what story might he have told? It would have been cheaper for BK to fly home and back verses purchasing Dad a one way ticket, gas, meals and lodging to drive across the country.
IMO BK wasn't planning on returning to WSU. I believe he thought he was on LE's radar, he'd lost his TA position, he loaded his car with most, if not all, of his personal belongings.
BK's apartment and storage locker were left pretty well empty IIRC, especially of all computers and electronic devices.
Inquiring minds want to know, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
JMO
Agree, in that BK could have been reading Instagram posts without having an account himself, as long as the victims' accounts were public. It can be done quite easily jmo.
Post crime it's possible and probable moo that he made sure his internet history was removed from his phone and other devices. Not sure if LE could recover history later via warrants to Google or his ISP if his phone was wiped of relevant files. Speculation only.
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