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Congo colonel found guilty of murder for role in Goma massacre in Aug
Congo colonel found guilty of murder for role in Goma massacre in Aug
By Arlette Bashizi GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo A Congolese colonel has been found guilty of murder and
2023-10-03 07:54
'He said the right thing': Fans gush over Ed Kelce calling Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce 'wonderful couple'
'He said the right thing': Fans gush over Ed Kelce calling Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce 'wonderful couple'
Travis Kelce's dad Ed Kelce called Taylor Swift 'grounded' and said 'they're very supportive'
2023-10-26 20:46
Two Saturday races as Formula One announces 2024 schedule
Two Saturday races as Formula One announces 2024 schedule
Formula One on Wednesday announced a 24-race-schedule for the 2024 season opening with two that will...
2023-07-05 22:26
Bryan Kohberger’s sister feared he could be involved in Idaho murders before sudden arrest
Bryan Kohberger’s sister feared he could be involved in Idaho murders before sudden arrest
Bryan Kohberger’s sister feared that her brother was involved in the stabbings of four University of Idaho students before police swooped on their parents’ home and arrested him for murder, according to a bombshell report. Sources told NBC’s Dateline that one of the accused killer’s older siblings grew increasingly suspicious of her brother and his behaviour when the family gathered to spend the holidays together. Her suspicions were so great that – at one point – several family members searched Mr Kohberger’s white Hyundai Elantra for possible evidence of the crime, they said. Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were found brutally stabbed to death in the off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, that the three women shared with two other roommates back on 13 November. For more than six weeks, no suspects were publicly identified and leads appeared to have gone cold. In mid-December, Mr Kohberger – a 28-year-old criminology PhD student at Washington State University (WSU) – embarked on a cross-country trip with his father from his student rental home in Pullman, Washington, back to the family home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, to spend the holidays together. But, during his time at home, his family members noticed that he was behaving somewhat bizarrely. The source said that Mr Kohberger was constantly wearing latex gloves, including inside their own home. One of his two older sisters began to wonder if he could have played a part in the murders – and, at one point, she raised her concerns with her other family members. She “loudly pointed out” that, at the time of the murders, her brother was living just a few miles from the crime scene and that he drove a white Hyundai Elantra – the make and colour of vehicle at the centre of the investigation. Along with his bizarre tendency to wear latex gloves at all time, she believed that the family should consider that Mr Kohberger might have killed the four victims, the source said. Mr Kohberger’s father allegedly defended his son and insisted he could not have been involved. But the concerns were clearly big enough for several of the family members to reportedly decide to search the 28-year-old’s vehicle to look for possible evidence. By that point, police said Mr Kohberger had already been spotted cleaning his car out with bleach and so the family members didn’t find anything of note, the source said. It is not clear if Mr Kohberger was aware of his family members’ suspicions that he could have been behind the murders – or what potential prior behaviour may have led his own sister to suspect him capable of carrying out such a brutal crime. Soon after, in the early hours of 30 December, law enforcement swooped on the family home and arrested him for the murders. On Monday (22 May), he will appear in court for his arraignment on four counts of first-degree murder and burglary. The 28-year-old is scheduled to be arraigned in Latah County Court in Moscow, Idaho, where he is expected to enter a plea on the charges. Mr Kohberger had been due to appear in court for a week-long preliminary hearing on 26 June, where the prosecution would lay out the case and evidence against the suspect. However, last Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Mr Kohberger on the charges, paving the way for the case to proceed without and leading to the cancellation of the preliminary hearing. Mr Kohberger is accused of breaking into the student home in the early hours of 13 November and stabbing the four students to death in a horror attack that rocked the college town of Moscow and sent shockwaves across America. The motive remains unknown and it is still unclear what connection the WSU PhD student had to the University of Idaho students – if any – prior to the murders. However, the affidavit, released in January, revealed that Mr Kohberger’s DNA was found on a knife sheath left behind at the scene of the murders. It also revealed that his white Hyundai Elantra was caught on surveillance footage at the crime scene and that one of the surviving roommates came face to face with the killer – masked, dressed in head to toe black and with bushy eyebrows – as he left the home in the aftermath of the murders. New details have also emerged about what was found during an initial search of his apartment and a rental storage unit. The court documents show that two items found in his apartment tested positive for blood. The two items were a mattress cover on the bed and an uncased pillow, both of which had visible “reddish brown stains”. The documents do not reveal who the blood belongs to. Investigators seized a string of other items from his home including possible human and animal hair strands, a disposable glove and a computer. The murder weapon – a fixed-blade knife – has still never been found. As a criminal justice PhD student at WSU, Mr Kohberger lived just 15 minutes from the victims over the Idaho-Washington border in Pullman. He had moved there from Pennsylvania and began his studies there that summer, having just completed his first semester before his arrest. Before this, he studied criminology at DeSales University – first as an undergraduate and then finishing his graduate studies in June 2022. While there, he studied under renowned forensic psychologist Katherine Ramsland who interviewed the BTK serial killer and co-wrote the book Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer with him. He also carried out a research project “to understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making when committing a crime”. Now, the criminology PhD student is set to appear in Latah County Courthouse in Idaho for his preliminary hearing on 26 June. He is facing life in prison or the death penalty for the murders that have rocked the small college town of Moscow and hit headlines around the globe. Read More Bryan Kohberger – live: Idaho murders suspect faces arraignment over quadruple stabbing today Who is Bryan Kohberger? The criminology graduate being arraigned over the Idaho college murders Four students stabbed to death, a weeks-long manhunt and still no motive: What we know about the Idaho murders
2023-05-22 20:55
Allisha Gray has been catalyst for Atlanta Dream's recent success
Allisha Gray has been catalyst for Atlanta Dream's recent success
Allisha Gray has been a big reason why the Atlanta Dream have been moving up in the standings after a successful road trip
2023-06-21 02:16
US House of Representatives votes to block debate on military funding
US House of Representatives votes to block debate on military funding
WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to block consideration of a sweeping military funding bill
2023-09-21 23:58
Trump heads to Florida ahead of court appearance
Trump heads to Florida ahead of court appearance
The former president will be formally charged on Tuesday with illegally retaining classified documents.
2023-06-13 00:52
Starbucks Illegally Shut Down Unionized NY Store, Judge Rules
Starbucks Illegally Shut Down Unionized NY Store, Judge Rules
Starbucks Corp. violated federal labor law when it shut down a unionized store in Ithaca, New York, a
2023-07-07 06:52
How the Hawaii wildfires spread so quickly
How the Hawaii wildfires spread so quickly
By Gloria Dickie, Clare Trainor, Daisy Chung and Travis Hartman LONDON The wildfire that ripped through Lahaina on
2023-08-21 21:18
Study suggests even basic worms can experience human-like emotions
Study suggests even basic worms can experience human-like emotions
Everybody hurts sometimes – even the most basic worms in the animal kingdom which have no eyes, spine or brain. That’s what scientists have found out about nematode species Caenorhabditis elegans, which possesses basic emotions such as fear. Researchers zapped the worms to see if they would display negative reactions, and the worms continued to “flee” at high speeds for minutes after. The scientists at Nagoya City University in Japan and Northeastern University in the US said the response shows a brain state which is comparable to fear in humans. "These properties have been recently regarded as essential features of emotion, suggesting that C. elegans response to electric shock may reflect a form of emotion, akin to fear," the researchers wrote. The findings are the most recent in a debate over which animals can experience primitive versions of our own emotions. Crayfish and bumblebees have all shown animals can have lasting positive and negative mental states. C. elegans is one of the most basic worms in the animal kingdom. At about 1mm in length it is also tiny and transparent, with no brain, sight or smell. Nonetheless, worms which sensed an electric current for 45 seconds “ran away” for more than two minutes. During this state, they ignored food which was placed nearby, instead scurrying at high speeds. This suggests that the emotional response could be triggered by different stimuli and that one stimulus could inhibit responses to others. When the shock was just five seconds long, the worms fled for a minute and a half before calming down. And when the researchers repeated the experiments with worms that were not to produce neuropeptides – which are the equivalent to human hormones – the worms stayed in a state of fear for longer. "Because the requirement of neuropeptide signaling [in worms] is reminiscent of neuropeptide regulation of fear in mammals including humans, the fear-like brain state may be regulated by evolutionarily conserved molecular mechanisms," the authors of the study wrote. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-10-08 18:17
'GMA' host Michael Strahan's daughter Sophia, 18, flaunts her curves in sparkly cut-out dress during night out in NYC
'GMA' host Michael Strahan's daughter Sophia, 18, flaunts her curves in sparkly cut-out dress during night out in NYC
Sophia Strahan enjoyed her friend’s 18th birthday bash along with her twin sister Isabella
2023-06-19 11:55
NBA Rumors: LaVine suitor out, AD calls out Lakers, Anthony Edwards to NFL?
NBA Rumors: LaVine suitor out, AD calls out Lakers, Anthony Edwards to NFL?
The Miami Heat are out on Zach LaVine, Anthony Davis has thoughts about the Lakers' struggles, and Anthony Edwards has two-sport aspirations.
2023-11-25 10:46