Suspect arrested in connection to the University of Idaho murders

I thought that was strange too. Did she go back to sleep after that? Doesn't make sense.

It is weird, but if you consider the house was operating more like a college dorm where you don’t always know everyone it makes more sense.

The dna on the knife sheaf, phone records, and video of his car are pretty damming.

Hypothetical response from defendant's criminal defense attorney:

Four counts of 2nd degree murder, like David Berkowitz, but all served concurrently, 45 years, 50 years maximum. Out on parole in 25 to 30 years. You have 24 hours or we go to trial. If we go to trial, my client will walk out the front door, Not Guilty.

Except this guy was masked and dressed in black carrying a huge knief and would have been exhausted.

About 100% chance he is convicted of 4 counts of 1st degree murder and receives the death penalty.

If defendant has a public defender, you are most likely (60 to 70)% correct. If defendant's family is willing to spend one-million plus on his defense, closer to 50/50. One-hundred percent? You were not a math major. Not a chance.

What reasonable doubt do you see? It’s not for sale.

What the hell are you babbling about? This dude is getting the chair without a shadow of doubt. If he is lucky, prosecution will offer a guilty plea in exchange for life without parole to avoid a drawn out trial. But there is a 0% chance he ever steps foot outside as a free man again

They won’t mind a long drawn out trial in the least and if there is a hung jury, they’ll tee it up again.

He won't survive prison. He is going to get shafted.

He’ll be in solitary confinement until the day he is executed.

TLDR of the Affidavit:

A surviving roommate encountered a masked man dressed in all black in the house early in the morning, just after the murders were expected to have taken place. One of his dominant features was "bushy eyebrows".

A knife sheath was found next to one of the bodies with DNA on it. This DNA when compared to the DNA of Brian's father. 99.9998% of the male population (but not Brian) can be excluded from having the DNA belong to their father.

Police checked security cameras. They identified a white Elantra that was observed driving at an extremely slow rate of speed 3 different times in front of the house in the hours and minutes leading up to the murder. This same car is then seen speeding away at a high rate of speed just minutes after the roommate spotted the masked man.

Using publicly available police bodycam footage of traffic stops involving white Elantra's, investigators identified Brian due to his bushy eyebrows and the car he drove - a white Elantra.

After obtaining cell records from Brian's provider, police found that he was in the area of Moscow Idaho in the hours leading up to the murders, although his phone was either turned off, or in an area without coverage during the actual moment the murders were committed.

His phone either re-enters coverage, or is turned back on, not long after the murders, and using this data, police were able to establish the Brain drove from Moscow to his hometown in Washington in the hours immediately following the murders.

Brian had also visited the Moscow area near the house where the murders were committed a total of 12 times in the months leading up to the crimes.

Damning stuff. The guy is not very smart or competent given the arrogance he projects. The vibe I get from the guy is a Ted Bundy wannabe. The crime that comes immediately to mind is the FSU sorrority killings that Bundy committed. That was also a late night/early morning attack. This does not seem like jilted boyfriend/suitor scenario.

He was clearly stalking the victims and planning the murders. My guess is that he was stalking at least one of the victims of social media or one of them caught his eye when he was in Moscow (Pullman and Moscow are 10 miles apart) and he started stalking her and he had read about the Bundy killings and was trying to emulate them. He is getting convicted. Even if he avoid the death penalty another convict is going to colllect his scalp soon enough.

It's a bit shocking to see how much of an idiot this guy is. He was very, very far from committing the perfect crime.

The evidence does appear overwhelming. This is a difficult defense to mount - will need experts to pick apart the DNA evidence and somehow offer an innocent explanation for the presence of his car at 4 am.

His crimes appear arguably more egregious than the eight on death row in Idaho. I can't imagine the prosecution settling for anything other than the death penalty. Idaho has put only 3 to death since 1977, but the penalty is still daunting.

He was asked in the Pennsylvania jail why he was in Idaho and replied that the shopping was better. A stark reminder to keep one's mouth shut in jail.

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I don’t know why you keep saying another convict will kill him. The state very much wants to execute him and will keep him separated from others by use of solitary confinement.