Idaho murder victim’s father claims Bryan Kohberger is enjoying ‘unprecedented privileges’ in jail

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00:00 Idaho murder victim's father claims Brian Koberger

00:02 is enjoying unprecedented privileges in jail.

00:05 The father of one of the four university Idaho students

00:08 fatally stabbed in November, 2022,

00:10 has told Fox News Digital

00:12 that he believes the sole murder suspect, Brian Koberger,

00:15 is receiving special treatment while awaiting trial in jail.

00:18 Koberger has been held without bail

00:20 at the Lata County Jail in Moscow, Idaho,

00:22 since January following his arrest on December 30, 2022.

00:26 Stig Gonkows, whose daughter Kaylee, 21,

00:29 was slain in the attack, said,

00:30 "I've been informed that his pretrial privileges,

00:33 like his five suits, video and computer special treatment

00:36 and vegan meals, are unprecedented

00:38 in the history of Idaho."

00:39 When Koberger was booked into the jail,

00:41 Lata County Sheriff Richard Skiles

00:43 said it had received Koberger's request for vegan meals

00:46 and would accommodate,

00:47 "But we are not going to buy new pots and pans."

00:49 A family member had previously told the New York Post

00:52 that Koberger went above and beyond being vegan,

00:54 saying relatives had to buy new pots and pans

00:57 because he would not eat from anything

00:58 that had ever had meat cooked in them.

01:00 Koberger entered court initially wearing an orange jumpsuit,

01:03 but in his most recent court appearance on September 13,

01:06 he wore a suit and tie,

01:08 which led Mr. Gonkows to question who paid for it.

01:10 "His request for information has been denied

01:12 due to a gag order in place.

01:14 They won't tell us," he said.

01:15 "But I witnessed the moment they agreed

01:17 not to handcuff him in court."

01:18 Prosecutors have surveillance camera evidence,

01:21 cell phone records, and DNA of Koberger

01:23 connecting him to the murders,

01:24 according to an affidavit that CBS obtained access to.

01:27 On November 13, 2022,

01:30 Santa Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, both 20,

01:32 Maddie Mogan and Kaylee Gonkows, both 21,

01:36 were found dead by police after being stabbed to death

01:38 with a military-style knife

01:40 in a case which has shocked the community.

01:42 The murder weapon has not been found,

01:43 and 28-year-old Koberger was arrested

01:46 after a weeks-long manhunt.

01:47 At the time, he was studying for a PhD in criminology

01:51 at Washington State University.

01:52 A grand jury indicted him on one burglary charge

01:56 and four counts of first-degree murder.

01:57 However, at a court appearance on May 22, 2023

02:01 at Lava County District Court,

02:03 County District Judge John Judge entered

02:05 a not-guilty plea on his behalf,

02:07 as he refused a plea deal.

02:08 Koberger has also delayed trial proceedings indefinitely

02:11 after waiving his right to a speed trial,

02:14 meaning the original October 2, 2023 date no longer stands.

02:18 Prosecutors and the defense recently attended

02:20 a court hearing after both parties requested

02:22 to restrict cameras in the courtroom.

02:24 Koberger's attorney, Ann Taylor, told the judge

02:26 the media were focusing on his crotch.

02:29 Meanwhile, the prosecution said that cameras

02:31 will have a substantial chilling effect

02:33 on the ability of witnesses to openly, fully,

02:35 and candidly testify about some horrible occurrences.

02:38 The family of accused University of Idaho killer

02:41 Brian Koberger has not visited him in jail

02:43 since his arrest last year for the quadruple slaying,

02:46 according to reports.

02:47 News Nation reported that Koberger's parents,

02:49 who live in Pennsylvania, have called him,

02:51 but they have not made any in-person visits.

02:54 Sources told the news outlet that Koberger

02:56 is a model inmate who normally just stays in his cell.

02:59 Last month, Koberger's trial was delayed indefinitely

03:02 as he waived his right to a speed trial.

03:04 The defense has claimed Koberger was not at the crime scene

03:06 and was driving around alone the night Madison Mogan,

03:09 Santa Cronodel, Ethan Chapin, and Kaylee Gonkos

03:12 were fatally stabbed at the women's off-campus home

03:15 on November 13, 2022.

03:17 However, police claimed he visited the area

03:19 12 times before the slayings and that he turned off

03:21 his phone on the night in question.

03:23 Additionally, Koberger's attorneys want prosecutors

03:25 to provide documents involving genetic

03:27 and genealogical testing, which includes information

03:30 about samples from unknown men mentioned in their reports.

03:33 The defense also wants all communication between lab staff

03:36 and anyone else responsible for biological testing,

03:39 in addition to data related to unexpected DNA results.

03:42 Investigators tested DNA from a trash can

03:44 outside Koberger's family home in Pennsylvania

03:47 against DNA found on the sheet at the crime scene.

03:49 Testing determined that at least 99, 99, 98%

03:53 of the male population would be expected to be excluded

03:56 from the possibility of being

03:58 the suspect's biological father.

04:00 Prosecutors filed court documents detailing their intent

04:03 to pursue the death penalty as they deemed the slayings

04:05 were especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.

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