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Four Families Had Closure — Then the Kohberger Book Came Out
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- May 8, 2026
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Summary
Kaylee Goncalves. Madison Mogen. Xana Kernodle. Ethan Chapin. Their families waited years for accountability. They endured a gag order, sealed proceedings, leaked crime scene photos, and the agonizing crawl of a case that never seemed to move fast enough. They got a guilty plea, four consecutive life sentences, and the knowledge that the man who killed their children would never walk free again. That was supposed to be the end. Instead, they're watching a former defense expert and his own legal team tear each other apart on national media over a case that's already closed. A book is selling doubt about evidence in a case that ended with a confession. And the very people who were hired to defend their children's killer are allegedly profiting from the publicity — reportedly booked for a paid defense conference titled "Lessons Learned from Kohberger" — while publicly calling their own expert "appalling" for talking. Brent Turvey's headline claim — that the knife sheath evidence bag was allegedly documented inconsistently — wasn't in his own filed report. He says he found it after he submitted. The book's author, Christopher Whitcomb, admits there's no wrongful conviction. No secret evidence. No smoking gun. But the book jacket still floats the possibility of more than one person being responsible and questions whether the scene was staged. Four families are watching all of this. They deserve answers about who's profiting from their pain, who's credible, and whether any of this changes anything legally. Former felony prosecutor and defense attorney Eric Faddis provides those answers. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www…