Idaho Murders: First DNA Lab Did NOT Match Knife Sheath To Bryan Kohberger!

All we’ve heard so far from the University of Idaho murder case is stacking the mountain of evidence higher and higher. From the probable cause affidavit, to the arrest warrant, to various search warrants, everything has been flashing arrows pointing at one man: Bryan Kohberger.

Now, for the first time, the defense has gotten a bit of a break. How bad will this be for the prosecution? Well, it’s not good, we can tell you that much.

Among the many pieces of evidence against Kohberger, the most compelling is probably that knife sheath. It’s the actual holder for the murder weapon, found at the scene — by the bodies of Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves — and most importantly of all, it has DNA on it. His DNA. It places Kohberger and Kohberger alone at the scene, it’s about the closest thing to an actual smoking gun in a real-life murder case.

Related: Was Maddie Mogen The True Target Of The Idaho Killer??

But… what if it didn’t exist? What if the knife sheath isn’t allowed to be used in court??

That’s the fear after the revelation that the first lab in which the sheath was tested did NOT find Kohberger’s DNA. Journalist Howard Blum, who is working on a book about the murders, first revealed on The Megyn Kelly Show podcast:

He added during a NewsNation appearance on Wednesday that the Idaho lab sent the knife sheath off to a lab in Texas because they really wanted to get their man:

Why this lab in Texas that was only being used to solve cold cases? Blum explained they “specialized in proprietary devices that made what is called kinship DNA”:

This is the genealogy testing that was used to solve the Golden State Killer case and many others recently. The lab matched the DNA on the sheath to Kohberger’s father.

But was this