A newly released map reveals the path suspected Idaho 4 killer Bryan Kohberger allegedly drove on his "stargazing" route in the hours leading up to the grisly quadruple slaying.
Citing cell phone records and surveillance video evidence, former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer shared a time stamped, plausible map of Kohberger's alleged trip on X over the weekend, with a starting point of his home in Pullman, Washington, at around 2:42 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2022.
In his alibi filed last month, Kohberger's defense attorneys claimed the former criminal justice Ph. D. student was out "stargazing" at the time of the murders, and therefore couldn't be tied to the crime scene.
He pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder.
However, prosecutors argue DNA and video evidence, as well as cell phone data, incriminates Kohberger.
The map posted by Coffindaffer allegedly shows Kohberger traveling south through Pullman and hopping on to State Route 270 the morning of the alleged killings. SR 270 connects Pullman to Moscow, Idaho, where University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, lived in their off-campus King Road neighborhood when they were allegedly stabbed to death.
Kohberger's vehicle is allegedly seen on surveillance footage making several passes by the victims' home between 3:29 a.m. and 4:20 a.m., according to the map. At 4:20 a.m., Kohberger's car is allegedly seen fleeing the neighborhood at a high rate of speed. At around 5:30 a.m., Kohberger's car is captured on several cameras back in Pullman.
Goncalves' family said last month they didn't buy Kohberger's "stargazing" alibi.
"We have been waiting on this information for months and it has finally arrived. It is so hard not knowing anything about the case and you find you have to cling to dates, motions and hearings in order to figure out anything. A big part of this has been waiting on the Alibi information. Now that it is here we feel even more confident in the prosecution of the Defendant. The Defense's claim is that the Defendant was driving late at night hiking/running and stargazing. We are not sure why it has taken over a year for this to come out as those don't seem to be complicated activities," the family said in a statement, in part, according to KREM-TV.
Coffindaffer previously called the defense's claims of Kohberger's whereabouts "a bunch of Malarkey."
A trial date has not yet been determined.
