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Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Bryan Kohberger's family makes galling request as they break silence after shock Idaho murders plea deal
's family have broken a years-long silence to make a galling request for privacy after their son secured a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. The former criminology PhD student will plead guilty to murdering Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20 in their off campus home in November 2022. The plea will ensure he spends the rest of his life behind bars, without the possibility of parole or future appeals. In exchange, prosecutors have agreed not to pursue the death penalty. Now, Kohberger's family have spoken publicly for the first time since his initial arrest urging the public to respect their privacy. The family went on to say it had been 'a difficult time for all those affected.' 'In light of recent developments, the Kohbergers are asking members of the media for privacy, respect, and responsible judgment during this time,' they told NewsNation. 'We will continue to allow the legal process to unfold with respect to all parties and will not release any comments or take any questions. 'We ask that you respect our wishes during a difficult time for all those affected.' It marks just the second time during the entire ordeal that Kohberger's family have addressed the allegations against him. Shortly after his arrest, the family released a statement through attorney Jason A. LaBar expressing sympathy for 'the four families who have lost their precious children.' 'There are no words that can adequately express the sadness we feel, and we pray each day for them,' they said. 'We will continue to let the legal process unfold and as a family we will love and support our son and brother. 'We have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote his presumption of innocence rather than judge unknown facts and make erroneous assumptions.' The extraordinary request comes as their son's victim's families grapple with the news that he is now likely to serve out his natural life behind bars. The Goncalves family were particularly devastated by the news of a plea deal, issuing several statements on Monday night decrying the prosecutor's efforts. 'If anyone knows Judge [Steven] Hippler... reach out to him and ask him to put his foot down and not accept this offer,' grieving dad Steve Goncalves said. And Goncalves' younger sister, Aubrie, said: 'We are not asking for vengeance. We are asking for accountability. We are asking for dignity for our loved ones. And we are asking - pleading - for a justice system that truly lives up to its name.' Kernodle's aunt, Kim, was equally upset by the plea deal, while Mogen's father said he had accepted the decision and believed it would avoid reopening old wounds. Chapin's family will support the proposed plea deal when it is presented to Judge Steven Hippler on Wednesday. Prosecutors had tried to assure families that the plea deal was the best possible outcome, ensuring Kohberger will never be free while also avoiding a messy and traumatizing trial which could result in decades of appeals or even a verdict in which Kohberger walks free. Under the terms of the proposed deal, 30-year-old Kohberger will, on the murder counts, be sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole - and, on the burglary count, the maximum penalty of 10 years. He will also waive all right to appeal his conviction or sentence down the line, ensuring that he will never have the possibility of freedom for the heinous crime that sent shockwaves across the nation. But under the terms of the deal, Kohberger is under no obligation to reveal his motive for the vicious attacks. He may also never disclose whether he was targeting one of the victims in particular, or why he spared two housemates who were in the home at the time of the attack. Over the course of the investigation into the murders, authorities have been unable to find any digital connection between Kohberger and any of the four victims, according to court documents. There is also no known digital connection between Kohberger and the two surviving roommates. Some investigators believe Mogen was the intended target based on the path Kohberger took once entering the home. According to Dateline, Kohberger went straight to Mogen's room on the third floor and was caught off guard when he found Goncalves sleeping with Mogen in her bed. When a struggle then broke out, Kernodle - who was downstairs in the kitchen, looking at TikTok on her phone - went to investigate and the killer then chased her to her room, Dateline reported. The killer stabbed Kernodle to death and then turned to her boyfriend Chapin, who was in her bed, killing him too and then 'carving' his legs. Kohberger was arrested nearly six weeks after the students were found dead at his parents' home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania where he had returned for the holidays. Kohberger has been desperately trying to get the death penalty off the table over the past few months Kohberger has remained behind bars ever since, and has been desperately trying to get the death penalty off the table over the past few months - even arguing at one point that his autism diagnosis precludes him from facing the ultimate punishment. In more recent efforts, Kohberger's defense attorneys tried to get his purchase of the balaclava deemed inadmissible to the upcoming trial, but prosecutors argued it was crucial to their case. It now appears that the defense moved to reach a plea deal after Judge Hippler slapped down their efforts to point the finger at four alternate suspects - blasting his legal team's evidence as 'entirely irrelevant' and 'wild speculation 'Nothing links these individuals to the homicides or otherwise gives rise to reasonable inference that they committed the crime; indeed, it would take nothing short of rank speculation by the jury to make such a finding,' the judge wrote in his decision last week. Just hours before news of the plea deal broke, the defense faced another setback after they apparently called the wrong witness and other witnesses expressed their bewilderment at being called at all.
Daily Mail
01-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Furious Idaho murders victims' families blast prosecutors over Bryan Kohberger plea deal: 'They failed us'
The blindsided family of one of Bryan Kohberger 's victims has hit out at prosecutors for offering their daughter's killer a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. Kohberger will plead guilty to four counts of murder for the November 2022 deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20. He will also admit a burglary charge stemming from the same incident. In exchange, he will spend the rest of his life in jail with no chance of parole, and waive his right to any future appeals - but he will not face the death penalty. Goncalves' family issued a furious statement moments after details of the deal were made public, confirming it was true and that they were blindsided by it. 'It's true,' a family spokesperson wrote on a Facebook page set up by her parents. 'We are beyond furious at the State of Idaho. They have failed us.' The family went on to say the deal was 'very unexpected', thanking the public for all their 'love and support' during the court proceedings. Kohberger had been fixated for months on trying to get the death penalty off the table. The former criminology grad student had previously pleaded not guilty to the slayings, and is now scheduled to issue a change of plea in court on Wednesday. But the evidence had been mounting in the lead up to the high profile trial as prosecutors laid out details of his movements, purchase history and cellphone data leading up to and shortly after the crime. According to the ABC, Kohberger's team approached prosecutors last week - after suffering yet another huge blow in the courtroom - and asked to be presented with a plea offer. Prosecutors claimed they met with relatives of the victims who were available and 'weighed the right path forward and made a formal offer.' In the letter, prosecutors wrote: 'This resolution is our sincere attempt to seek justice for your family. 'This agreement ensures that the defendant will be convicted, will spend the rest of his life in prison, and will not be able to put you and the other families through the uncertainty of decades of post-conviction, appeals. 'Your viewpoints weighed heavily in our decision-making process, and we hope that you may come to appreciate why we believe this resolution is in the best interest of justice.' Kohberger had just suffered a huge blow in court on Thursday after a judge slapped down his efforts to point the finger at four alternate suspects - blasting his legal team's evidence as 'entirely irrelevant' and 'wild speculation.' In a scathing order handed down Thursday, Judge Steven Hippler blocked the defense from presenting evidence to the jury alleging that these mystery individuals - and not Kohberger - could be the real killer or killers. In the order, Judge Hippler hammered the defense team, saying that the evidence presented to the court was 'entirely irrelevant' and that the attorneys had not shown a 'scintilla of competent evidence connecting [the four alleged alternate suspects] to the crime.' 'Here, the evidence Defendant has offered purporting to establish the four individuals as alternate perpetrators abjectly fails to meet the Meister standard. Namely, the evidence is entirely irrelevant,' Hippler wrote. 'Nothing links these individuals to the homicides or otherwise gives rise to reasonable inference that they committed the crime; indeed, it would take nothing short of rank speculation by the jury to make such a finding.' The ruling was a huge blow to Kohberger's legal team as they scrambled to find a defense which could compete with the state's mounting evidence against him. Earlier, the court had heard he purchased a balaclava from Dick's Sporting Goods store months before the savage murders inside the victims' off-campus home. Surviving housemate Dylan Mortensen told police she saw a man wearing 'the same kind of mask' during the crime spree. Kohberger desperately wanted his purchase to be inadmissible in his upcoming trial, but prosecutors argued it was crucial to their case. 'The relevance of this information is that Bryan Kohberger purchased a black balaclava from Dick's Sporting Goods on January 10, 2022,' the prosecution states. 'This mask is the same type of mask described by DM that she witnessed worn by a male in the residence on November 13, 2022.' Kohberger's legal team already tried and failed to have critical DNA evidence and Amazon shopping history tossed from the case. A Ka-Bar brown leather knife sheath, featuring a US Marine Corps seal, had been found next to Mogen's body in her bedroom on the third floor of the home. Touch DNA on the sheath was traced back to Kohberger using Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG), according to prosecutors. Following his arrest, it was found to be a statistical match. While the murder weapon has never been found, Kohberger's Amazon shopping history reveals he bought a Ka-Bar knife, sheath and sharpener from Amazon back in March 2022, according to a prosecution filing. Eight months later - on November 13 2022 - investigators believe this same type of knife was used to murder the four University of Idaho students. Following the murders, Kohberger searched to buy a replacement knife and sheath, prosecutors allege. Cellphone data also revealed Kohberger took a selfie just hours after he allegedly murdered the college students. The extraordinary picture shows Kohberger smirking and offering a 'thumbs up' to the camera. The selfie appears to have been taken in a bathroom, with a shower as the backdrop. Kohberger wears earphones and a collared long sleeve shirt buttoned to the top in the eerie picture. Between 4.22am and 4.24am on the morning of November 13, 2022, Mortensen and the other surviving housemate Bethany Funke exchanged 17 frantic text messages fearing someone was in their house. 'I'm not kidding o [sic] am so freaked out,' one of the messages read. Over three separate messages, Funke responded 'come to my room. Run. Down here.' Soon after seeing the intruder, Mortensen went downstairs to Funke's room and the two roommates fell asleep there. Mortensen recalled seeing a man with 'bushy eyebrows' - which fit Kohberger's appearance. He also tried to get this testimony blocked from the trial, but was refused.
Daily Mail
28-06-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Bryan Kohberger was dealt a major blow when a judge threw out his Hail Mary defense... but he could still use it to save his life
Bryan Kohberger had hoped to accuse four other people of potentially being the killer or killers who broke into a home and slaughtered four students one horrific night back in November 2022. These mystery individuals consisted of three people who knew the victims Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin - and one man who was caught on camera briefly following one of the women out of a store weeks before the murders.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Is Gold Finally Topping? Too Late to Buy Gold?
Could gold finally be topping out here? The base metal has doubled since bottoming out in November 2022. There have been only a few pullbacks along the way. They've been so mild that the last time gold hit its 200-day moving average was November 2024. Today's action came down to test the 50-day, something that hasn't happened since May 16th. While it does feel a bit 'toppy' I can't help but point out the series of higher lows the stock has consistently put in. Even a bit deeper move through the 50-day would still see gold in an uptrend. I'd need to see a break of $3,120, the May low for a reversal in the short-term. A little bit of a consolation would be healthy. Let's take a look at not only the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) but also the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) and the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ). Moving Averages: Bartosiak starts by examining the stock's moving averages, such as the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. He points out the significance of crossovers and divergences between these averages, which can indicate potential trend changes. Support and Resistance Levels: Bartosiak identifies key support and resistance levels on the chart. These levels act as barriers that the stock price must breach or hold above, providing traders with critical decision points. Chart Patterns: He discusses chart patterns like head and shoulders, cup and handle, or flags, and their relevance in predicting future price movements. These patterns can offer valuable insights into potential bullish or bearish trends. Volume Analysis: He emphasizes the importance of volume analysis in confirming price trends. An increase in trading volume during a breakout or breakdown can validate the significance of a price move. Dave Bartosiak's technical analysis approach adds depth to our understanding of Gold's stock chart. By paying attention to moving averages, support and resistance levels, chart patterns, technical indicators, and volume, he equips investors with a comprehensive toolkit for making well-informed decisions in the stock market. Remember, while technical analysis is a valuable tool, it's important to consider other Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report SPDR Gold Shares (GLD): ETF Research Reports VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX): ETF Research Reports VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ): ETF Research Reports This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Everything to Know About Wednesday's Season 2 on Netflix: From Story Lines to Returning Cast Members
Netflix's Wednesday introduced viewers to a new version of Wednesday Addams — and her story is only getting started. The series, which premiered in November 2022, explores the iconic character (Jenna Ortega) as she attempts to master her psychic powers at Nevermore Academy while dealing with a killing spree at the hands of a mysterious monster. The series also starred Christina Ricci, who famously rose to stardom playing Wednesday in the '90s films The Addams Family and Addams Family Values. Her character, Marilyn Thornhill, was revealed to be one of the season's villains, Laurel Gates, who sought revenge against Nevermore Academy for her family's failed attempts to take down outcasts Following season 1's premiere, creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough opened up about how they mapped out the rest of the series. "For us, it's always looking at the future, and when we sit down to create a show, it's looking at multiple seasons, ideally," they explained to Variety. The pair also addressed the overwhelming support from new and old fans, saying, "That's never expected, but that's the anticipation that hopefully the show is successful. So you always lay out at least three or four seasons' worth of potential storylines for the characters. It can evolve and change. We certainly have a pretty clear runway of what we want to do in future seasons." Scroll down for everything we know about Wednesday's second season:
