# The Idaho Murders Book Falls Apart When You Check the Facts

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Podcast: [Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-killers-live-daily-true-crime-news-breakdowns-5650841)
Published: 2026-05-10T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8900804
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## Resource

The book's author says there's no smoking gun. The book's primary source has been disavowed by his own defense team clients. And the defendant the book is about already confessed. So what exactly is left? This week's review brings together the most pointed Kohberger case conversations — and we did something the book apparently didn't count on anyone doing. We checked every major claim against the record. Robin Dreeke — retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program Chief — joins to answer the listener questions that have flooded in since the book dropped and since Brent Turvey started making media rounds. But the answers don't go where the book wants them to go. Turvey's central allegation — that the knife sheath chain of custody was "fabricated" — depends on a claim about handwritten logs. Moscow's police chief has publicly stated the department uses electronic barcodes. The Othram DNA lab involvement that the book frames as suspicious? Standard procedure in genetic genealogy investigations. The second-attacker theory? Bryan Kohberger pled guilty as a sole actor with a trial date weeks away. If an accomplice existed, naming one would have been the most powerful tool his defense had. He didn't use it because it doesn't exist. Ann Taylor, Elisa Massoth, and Bicka Barlow — Kohberger's own defense attorneys — have publicly stated they are "appalled" by Turvey's appearances. They said he was hired for crime scene analysis only and is speaking outside his expertise. When your own clients are telling the public to disregard you, the credibility question answers itself. The families have filed a lawsuit against Washington State University alleging the school ignored formal complaints about Kohberger's behavior from women who reported stalking and intimidation. Th…

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