Dr. Barbara C. Wolf, a forensic pathologist, has been called to testify at next month's motion hearing for Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger.
As part of his defense team's effort to have the death penalty taken off the table before his trial in the killing of four University of Idaho students, lawyers for suspect Bryan Kohberger want to bring in a forensics expert with a record of taking a new look at old cases that had previously been considered solved. Dr. Barbara C. Wolf, a forensic pathologist, played a role in other high-profile cases ranging from the O.J.
Boise Judge Steven Hippler granted her permission to offer expert testimony remotely from her home in Florida ahead of next month's hearing, despite opposition from prosecutors who said she shouldn't be able to testify at all. They asked to have her testimony excluded, arguing in court documents that 'testimony containing conclusions of law by an expert witness is generally inadmissible.
Investigators said cellphone pings placed Kohberger near the house the day of the murders, and they tracked his car throughout the area. However, defense lawyers have argued that he was nowhere near the house where the killings happened and was instead driving around cold mountain roads in the dark, because he liked to 'see the moon and stars.
Kohberger faces four charges of first-degree murder and a count of felony burglary. He's due back in court Nov. 7, when Wolf is expected to testify remotely.
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