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2 days ago
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Woman in police video appears to say she saw Bryan Kohberger near Idaho murder scene
Newly surfaced bodycam footage from last year shows an interview with a woman claiming to be a DoorDash driver, who says she saw murder suspect Bryan Kohberger while she was dropping off food just moments before police say four University of Idaho college students were slain in 2022. In the video, the woman, who is wrapped in a gray blanket, is being questioned in a holding facility in Pullman, Washington, in connection with an unrelated incident. The woman in the video claims she dropped off food at the King Road home in Moscow, Idaho, shortly before Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle were stabbed to death. MORE: Idaho college killings: Words 'psychopath,' 'sociopath' banned from Bryan Kohberger's trial In the video, the woman is heard saying, "Now I have to testify in that big murder case here, 'cause I'm the DoorDash driver." When asked to clarify which case, she says, the "murder case with the college girls ... I'm the DoorDash driver. I saw Bryan there. I parked next to him." Idaho authorities have said it was Kernodle who placed the order and received her delivery around 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2022. Police believe the murders took place shortly after -- between 4:07 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. MORE: Idaho college killings: Kohberger lawyers seek to block talk of 'bushy eyebrows' Cmdr. Ruben Harris, with the Pullman Police Department, confirmed to ABC News that the bodycam video is authentic and that it was taken in September 2024. The woman's charge was amended to first-degree negligent driving, and she pleaded guilty, according to authorities. Pullman is located about 10 miles west of Moscow. MORE: Idaho college killings: Dramatic 911 call revealed Kohberger, a criminology Ph.D. student at nearby Washington State University at the time of the murders, was arrested in December 2022. He's charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary, and a not guilty plea has been entered on his behalf. His murder trial is set to begin in August.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Potential witness in Bryan Kohberger murder case appears to say she saw him at the scene, police video shows
As a critical hearing in the Bryan Kohberger murder trial is scheduled for Wednesday, an 8-month-old police video is drawing attention for a woman who said she will be a key witness in the case. 'I'm a DoorDash driver,' the woman told a police officer after an unrelated traffic stop in Pullman, Washington, last year, then appears to say, 'I saw Bryan there.' Kohberger is accused of murdering University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin at an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. Not guilty pleas have been entered on his behalf. Judge Steven Hippler on Wednesday is set to hear a new request from defense attorneys to delay the trial because of a recent episode of NBC's 'Dateline' which, they argue, included information that must have come from unauthorized leaks. The videotaped interview with an officer dated September 4, 2024, shows the 44-year-old woman being questioned after an arrest for allegedly driving under the influence of prescription medicine. Bodycam video was posted to a YouTube channel last year, but only recently gained attention after her reference to the Moscow murders was noticed. The woman's name, which CNN is not publishing because she has not been named in court documents in the Kohberger case and has not publicly identified herself, matches initials listed in court documents for a DoorDash driver who made a delivery to Kernodle early on the morning of November 13, 2022. Final witness lists have been sealed by the court, so it is not clear if she will be called to testify, but Steve Goncalves, Kaylee Goncalves' father, told the Idaho Statesman Monday that he was informed by a private investigator that the DoorDash driver was female. Steve Goncalves did not return CNN's requests for comment Wednesday. The woman – who said she took a prescription painkiller – told an officer that her fragile emotional state was due to stress over her connection to the extremely high-profile case, as well physical ailments and what she described as PTSD after the killing of her husband in Moscow in 2013. 'Now I have to testify in the big murder case, too, because I'm a DoorDash driver, so yeah,' she said. When the officer asked her to clarify which case, the woman replied, 'The murder case with the college girls.' The woman was released from custody and assigned a court date. Court records obtained by the Idaho Statesman confirmed statements from the video that the woman had been pulled over for driving with expired tags. Pullman is about 10 miles from Moscow. The defense objected last year to introducing DoorDash records into evidence at the trial. Prosecutors said in a response last year the evidence regarding a delivery made to the scene of the crime on the morning of the murders was important because it 'provides a timeline of events … before the homicides and corroborates State's witness' testimony.' The driver's testimony may be critical because a court document from prosecutors says Kernodle is believed to be the only person awake in the house when her DoorDash order was delivered just before 4 a.m., minutes before investigators believe the killings began. CNN reached out to email addresses associated with the woman for comment. There was no answer on her home phone Wednesday, and her cell phone was disconnected. DoorDash did not respond to a request for comment from CNN on Wednesday. The local court clerk's office and Whitman County, Washington, Prosecutor Denis Tracy declined to share information on the outcome of the driver's DUI case. Kohberger's trial, which has gone through numerous delays due to disputes about evidence and witnesses, as well as a change of venue to the state capital of Boise, is currently scheduled to start on August 11. In addition to the potential pushback of the trial's start date, Hippler is set to consider a defense request to allow them to introduce evidence of an 'alternate perpetrator' in the killings. The judge sealed the details of the defense request. CNN's Rebekah Riess contributed to this report.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
'DoorDash Dale' community unites in support of Vietnam Veteran
TEXARKANA, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) — A chance encounter with a handicapped DoorDash driver leads to an outpouring of support from the community. 'We ordered DoorDash and I got a notification that our order had been delivered, so I opened the door and there's no order and I was like, OK.' says Ashley Cooper, 'Well then I see a little white car in the driveway in the parking area and I see a little man trying to get out with a cane.' That man was Dale Culbreath. He is a 76-year-old Vietnam veteran, and despite the fact that he is handicapped and needs a cane or a walker to get around, he works as a DoorDash driver. 'Once I got inside, I just was trying to figure out is he DoorDashing because he wants to, or is he Doordashing because he has to' says Ashley. It had in fact not been a part of dale's plan to start DoorDashing. Before going back to work he had actually been in college. 'I was one subject away from graduating when I decided to quit. I really felt that that I needed to do it right away because I knew my health was failing on me.' says Dale. Ashley did not know Dale's story but her encounter with him left an impression. She took to social media asking if anyone else had seen 'DoorDash Dale'. Eventually word got back around to dale that she had been looking for him. So he left her a letter, thanking her for the tip she had given him and telling her a little about himself. 'That I was a veteran, and that I was a Christian, and then I was handicapped, and that I wasn't a wealthy person,' says Dale, 'and the reason that I was still DoorDashing was to pay for a funeral.' Texarkana wants to be a friendly place for the film industry 'Once I read it and processed it I was like, okay, I'm gonna help him pay for his funeral,' says Ashley. Ashley created a GoFundMe page and spread the word about Dale's story on social media. In response, the community donated over $17,000 in just a few short weeks. 'Whenever I did it, I did it for him and I thought, we'll just get these services paid for, but now I've got a friend for life. He texts me every morning if I haven't heard from him he texts me in the evening and so it's been really nice to gain a friend through this because I'm really just a stranger from the Internet..' says Ashley. She says that she has been working with GoFundMe, a lawyer, and a banker to ensure that the money donated is put into a trust for Dale. You can find a link to the GoFundMe page here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
