I want to walk everyone through an example of how erroneous information continues to be pervasive in the
#Idaho4 case against
#BryanKohberger, who was sentenced to four consecutive life prison terms last month for the murders. Join me.
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Last week, I interviewed lead case prosecutor Bill Thompson one-on-one by phone. He shared exclusively with me that
#BryanKohberger was found to have two ID cards of past female acquaintances in his possession, in a glove in a box in his PA home.
https://idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article311513829.html
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From that detail, several other outlets wrote articles, many of which didn't cite my work as the origin of that info. One of those was
@wearesinclair's
@TND reporter
@MallonElaine. The story also quoted Thompson in an
@ABC report from
@KaynaWhitworth.
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/prosecutor-reveals-killer-bryan-kohberger-kept-id-cards-of-women-from-his-past
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The
@wearesinclair Broadcast Group includes
@LiveonKIMA-TV in Yakima, WA. It picked up and posted the national story to its website. Other network affiliates did the same, again, without citing the origin of the new information.
https://kimatv.com/news/nation-world/prosecutor-reveals-killer-bryan-kohberger-kept-id-cards-of-women-from-his-past
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The
@nypost's
@post_shane_ then saw
@LiveonKIMA's report and wrote their own version. Except he erred in identifying the IDs as having come from the glove box of Kohberger's car, *which they did not.* They were in a glove in a box inside the PA home.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/us-news/bryan-kohberger-kept-creepy-keepsakes-from-women-stashed-in-glove-box-report
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https://x.com/kfixler/status/1952098991619113182
In that story, he also linked to and cited a prior
@nypost report from 2023, which has ultimately been proven false, including through my latest interview with Thompson. It stated one of the two IDs was that of one of the
#Idaho4 victims. *It wasn't.*
https://nypost.com/2023/04/07/bryan-kohberger-had-id-tied-to-idaho-killings-sources
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https://x.com/kfixler/status/1952099214709924336
That past inaccurate
@nypost report originated with and cited uncorroborated "exclusive" information from
@NewsNation's
@ChrisCuomo that one of the ID cards was one of the
#Idaho4. Once more, *it wasn't.*
https://newsnationnow.com/crime/idaho-college-killings/bryan-kohberger-license-found-idaho-killings
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https://x.com/kfixler/status/1952099439633666377
This is all to say sources of information, namely where people go for news, remains critical. It would be very easy to walk away from these stories presuming an ID found in
#BryanKohberger's glove box was one of the
#Idaho4, *which is false.* Deeply scrutinize news sources.
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#Idaho4 case and new details about the
#BryanKohberger investigation, I encourage you to subscribe to the
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https://x.com/kfixler/status/1952100231908311542