When the judge asked Kohberger to make a statement, Kohberger said, “I respectfully decline.”
Kohberger was a PhD student at nearby#WSU but was not identified as a suspect until several weeks later, after investigators used DNA found on a knife sheath to build a genetic family tree that led them to him. Questions immediately arose about his training in #criminology; he had researched high-profile #murders under the teaching of an #expert on #SerialKillers.