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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Sylvanni. Brian Coberger, the criminology student convicted last

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Speaker 2: year of murdering four University of Idaho students, is seeking

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Speaker 2: to abandon his guilty plea and obtain a new trial,

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Speaker 2: claiming he is innocent and was misled into confessing. In

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Speaker 2: an interview provided to The New York Times, Coburger, serving

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Speaker 2: four life sentences at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, asserted

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Speaker 2: that his plea hinged on false promises and disinformation. He

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Speaker 2: claims his court appointed lawyers provided ineffective legal counsel by

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Speaker 2: failing to review exculpatory evidence in making pledges about prison conditions,

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Speaker 2: including employment and visitation, that induced him to agree to

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Speaker 2: the deal. Coberger specifically pointed to withheld discovery, including unknown

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Speaker 2: clumps of hair found in victim Ethan Shapin's hands. In

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Speaker 2: November twenty twenty two, Madison Mogen kayleigansolves ze Anna kernodle

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Speaker 2: In Ethan Shapin or stabbed to death in their off

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Speaker 2: campus Moscow, Idaho.

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Speaker 2: Investigators linked Coberger through DNA found on a k bar

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Speaker 2: knife sheath surveillance footage of his white Alantra and Amazon

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Speaker 2: record showing he previously purchased a similar knife in sheath.

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Speaker 2: Coberger moved to Pullman, Washington in twenty twenty two to

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Speaker 2: enter a PhD program in criminal justice at Washington State

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Speaker 2: University after overcoming past struggles with heroin addiction and earning

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Speaker 2: a master's degree. Despite accepting responsibility during a July twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty five hearing, Coburger never offered a motive for the killings,

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Speaker 2: provoking outrage from victim's families and President Trump. Brent Turvey,

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Speaker 2: a forensic scientist who analyzed the crime scene for the defense,

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Speaker 2: published concerns and a book titled Broken Plea arguing multiple

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Speaker 2: perpetrators were involved in criticizing evidence documentation. In response, Coberger's

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Speaker 2: former defense team told The Idaho Statesman that Turvey spoke

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Speaker 2: on confidential topics outside his expertise. Before sentencing, Aida County

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Speaker 2: Judge Stephen Hipler addressed the courtroom regarding the public's fixation

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Speaker 2: on Coberger's motives.

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Speaker 3: As we sit here today, this case is ending, and

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Speaker 3: we are now certain who committed these unspeakable acts of evil.

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Speaker 3: But we don't know, and we what we may never

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Speaker 3: know is why I share the desire expressed by others

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Speaker 3: to understand the why. But upon reflection, it seems to me,

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Speaker 3: and this is just my own opinion, that by continuing

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Speaker 3: to focus on why, we continue to give mister Coburger relevance,

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Speaker 3: we give him agency and we give him power. The

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Speaker 3: need to know what is inherently not understandable makes us

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Speaker 3: dependent upon the defendant to provide us with a reason,

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Speaker 3: and that gives him the spotlight and power.

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Speaker 2: Following Judge Hipler's remarks, Coburger maintains that critical questions must

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Speaker 2: be answered at trial, stating he is comfortable the death

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Speaker 2: penalty if granted a new trial. More crime and justice

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Speaker 2: news After this, a festive weekend turned deadly in Seattle

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Speaker 2: after three people were killed and several others injured in

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Speaker 2: a shooting at a food festival near the Iconic Space Needle.

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Speaker 2: Shots rang out around six pm local time Sunday during

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Speaker 2: the final day of the annual Bite of Seattle Festival,

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Speaker 2: a free event drawing roughly three hundred and fifty thousand

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Speaker 2: visitors to the civic complex. Authorities reported that two suspects

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Speaker 2: opened fire on each other in the popular tourist spot,

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Speaker 2: sending terrified visitors crouching behind pillars and merchandise shelves inside

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Speaker 2: the space needle lobby. Two victims were pronounced dead at

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Speaker 2: the scene, while the third died later at a hospital.

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Speaker 2: Seattle Police identified the deceased as a nineteen year old man,

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Speaker 2: a forty four year old man, and a fifty six

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Speaker 2: year old woman. Five additional people were injured, including a

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Speaker 2: two year old child, with four hospitalized and stable condition.

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Speaker 2: Assistanc Attel Police Chief Tyrone Davis confirmed two handguns were

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Speaker 2: recovered at the scene and a young person was taken

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Speaker 2: into custody for questioning. Mayor Katie Wilson thanked responding police officers,

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Speaker 2: while city and state representatives condemned the senseless violence. One

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Speaker 2: suspect remains at large, though officials emphasize there is no

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Speaker 2: ongoing threat to the public. In Louisville, Kentucky, a fifteen

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Speaker 2: year old boy who was previously honored as a local

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Speaker 2: hero has died following a deadly shooting in the Shawnee neighborhood.

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Speaker 2: Louisville Metro Police officers responded around eight pm Saturday to

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Speaker 2: the thirty eight hundred block of Alfred Avenue, where they

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Speaker 2: discovered fifteen year old did John hayes Burr suffering from

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Speaker 2: gunshot wounds while visiting friends. Hayes bur was rushed to

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Speaker 2: the University of Louisville Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

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Speaker 2: Police have charged a fourteen year old suspect with murder,

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Speaker 2: though identity details remain withheld due to the suspect's minor status.

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Speaker 2: Just months prior to John had been recognized with the

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Speaker 2: the Medal of Honor and a bravery plaque from the

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Speaker 2: Louisville Metro Council and Governor Basheer. During the thunder Over

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Speaker 2: Louisville event, did John stepped in to protect twelve year

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Speaker 2: old Bristol Stacil, suffering a stab wound to the stomach

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Speaker 2: when intervening against forty five year old Vasillis Sachileritis, who

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Speaker 2: pleaded not guilty to assault charges. Following that brave act,

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Speaker 2: Wave reported onto John's selfless mindset.

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Speaker 1: I remember my friends picking me up and then one

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Speaker 1: of my friends took my hoodie off of me tated

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Speaker 1: around me since I got I wanted with scept that

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Speaker 1: a small lusis I want somebody hope.

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Speaker 2: Did John was preparing to begin his sophomore year of

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Speaker 2: high school this August. Remembered by his grieving family and

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Speaker 2: community for his courage, kindness, and devotion to protecting others.

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Speaker 2: For more crime and justice news, be sure to join

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Speaker 2: crime alert, I'm Sidney Silvanni