Kohberger Defense War: The Expert They Can't Silence

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · May 4, 2026 · 22m

Bryan Kohberger admitted he killed four University of Idaho students. He's serving four consecutive life sentences. He gave up his right to appeal. And yet somehow, the fight over what happened in this case is more intense now than it was before the plea.At the center of it: Brent Turvey, a forensic scientist the defense team hired and now wishes would disappear. Turvey was retained to analyze the crime scene. He reportedly found what he describes as serious chain of custody failures with the Ka-Bar knife sheath — the prosecution's most critical piece of physical evidence — and says those…