Bryan Kohberger’s Amazon records could prove to be ‘smoking gun’ in Idaho massacre

The evidence is mounting against Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger and legal experts believe prosecutors may have found the “smoking gun.”

Kohberger is accused of the murder of University of Idaho students, Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20 and Ethan Chapin, 20.

It’s believed that Kohberger used a large blade knife to kill his victims, and now it appears there’s more evidence to prove it.

Police found a Ka-Bar knife under one of the victims’ bodies that allegedly had Kohberger’s DNA on it.

This week, prosecutors allegedly discovered that Kohberger purchased a Ka-Bar knife, a sheath, and a sharpener from Amazon months before the murders, Fox News reported.

“There’s always kind of this lore around that using a knife in a murder is particularly personal,” a Boise defense attorney who has been following the case said. “And then the time frame of the search that links him, if this is correct, to this murder weapon shows a significant level, or at least I’m sure the prosecution would argue, shows a significant level of premeditation.”

“That is a catastrophic fact for his defense,” she added.

Digital records often make it harder for criminals and easier for investigators and law enforcement, Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant told Fox News Digital.

“Electronic evidence is gonna bring this case to a head for sure – it’s amazing,” he told Fox News Digital. “I said cellphone records, internet records and video surveillance are things that are gonna solve most cases going forward, but having this type of information is extremely damaging.”

Kohberger’s defense team is trying to keep his Amazon history out of the trial, arguing in part that the platform’s algorithms “shape user behavior,” Fox reported.

Latah County Deputy Prosecutor Ashley Jennings argued otherwise in a court filing made public Wednesday evening.

“Applying the test for relevancy, first, Kohberger’s click activity which shows a purchase of a Ka-Bar knife and sheath before the homicides, makes it more probable (than it would be without the evidence) that the Ka-Bar sheath found at the crime scene was Bryan Kohberger’s,” Jennings stated.

“Second, Kohberger’s click activity after the homicides makes it more probable (than it would be without the evidence) that Kohberger had a reason to search for a Ka-Bar knife and sheath after the homicides.”

Judge Steven Hippler has not yet ruled on the motion to exclude the Amazon evidence, according to Fox, but denied Kohberger’s request to hear an expert on Amazon data.

“This is the smoking gun evidence in the case,” said Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor who has been following the case.

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