Great deep dive into the Idaho4 investigation, laying out the timeline with more specificity than we've previously had, and debunking some things that many of us thought were probably true.
A small police department can't solve a case like this immediately, but they sure as hell can screw it up. Fortunately, they knew they were overmatched right away, and brought in the big guns.
The house was sealed, and not even Chief Fry was allowed inside until investigators arrived, and a search warrant was approved. People who needed to be interviewed were identified, and the roommates, friends, and family members were quickly brought to the station.
What I found surprising was just how quickly the IGG work started. The DNA results came back on the 20th of November, and after a CODIS upload failed to generate a match, the sample was delivered to Othram two days later.
Investigators had Kohberger's name on December, 19, and began surveillance a day later. He was spotted walking around the neighborhood late at night in dark clothing, but was not seen cleaning his car with bleach, nor was he spotted throwing his trash in his neighbor's garbage cans. When police raided the house, Kohberger attempted to make a break for it, trying to get downstairs to his basement bedroom.
They searched damn near everywhere for the knife, and are convinced that Xana did in fact go upstairs and disrupt Kohberger.
“She certainly did go up the stairs,” Gilbertson said. “Fortunately, that’s what stopped him up there and caused him to screw up and leave the knife sheath, was either hearing or seeing Xana. And then that took his attention away, and he followed her down the stairs to her bedroom.”
