IMO You can’t simultaneously champion DNA laws getting stricter to protect one’s privacy and then characterize anything short of a wild familial goose chase as an indictment on LE.
Plus, in order to accept your narrative or your proposal you have to buy what AT is selling. That LE relied solely on the IGG to initially identify Kohlberger. Or that the DNA on some random glove outside (thanks OJ) is just as important as the DNA on the sheath under a victims body.
I’m not buying it.
MOO
I do not necessarily buy what AT is selling. But, I have my own opinion and set of questions.
In my list of potential suspects way before BK was arrested, I had 1) “people cross-targeting two floors for one reason” (XK/MM), or 2) “people targeting one floor - XK/EC and removing unlucky witnesses on the other floor.”
TBH, when I saw BK being arrested I was surprised that one person could take out four able-bodied people. However, I was not too surprised that the suspect would look like BK. My very first thought was, “it is likely him.” This being said, JMO, BK resembles a “trail killer” type. For such a man to hunt South of Pullman, in the reservation area, chasing single women at night, would be more typical. JMO, MOO, i don’t specialize in serial killers, but if i met this man alone in the woods, I’d be scared. For the same type to break into a party house and take out four people, leaving a mess of blood, a dab of touch DNA, and nothing else? I am still surprised. I am honestly perplexed that he’d break into a full house, to start with. But, who knows, no one can predict human behavior, so it can be him.
However, given the fact that I followed the case from day one (had to - it is a neighboring state, after all), I want to be sure that all other suspects and possibilities have been cleared/ruled out. Mostly, because if not, some killer might be still living in ID or WA.
So questions about other male DNAs have to be answered.
Maybe there are unbeatable pieces of evidence tying BK up to the case. Hopefully it will pop up during the trial. I am watching it, but I think, usually solid evidence makes it into PCA?
About DNA laws - I personally think each such breakthrough will be a “single case”, with no future possibility to use this very commmercial company. So instead of these single “hits”, maybe the time has come to invest more in CODIS? How much does it cost now to process DNA at a good level? Essentially, very little.
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