Why Is 30-Year-Old Bryan Kohberger’s HS Guidance Counselor Called As A Witness In His Trial
- Author
- True Crime Today
- Published
- Tue 01 Jul 2025
- Episode Link
- https://audioboom.com/posts/8742432
This was recorded BEFORE Bryan Kohberger's Plea Deal-Why Is 30-Year-Old Bryan Kohberger’s HS Guidance Counselor Called As A Witness In His Trial
Description:
As Bryan Kohberger’s defense scrambles to humanize him ahead of his August murder trial, one of the more head-scratching decisions they’ve made is calling his former high school guidance counselor as a character witness. He’s 30. This isn’t recent insight—it’s someone who knew him a decade ago, before he was ever a criminology student, before his weight loss transformation, before the alleged crimes. So, why now?
Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins us to unpack the strategy behind this move. Is this witness meant to generate sympathy? Lay the foundation for a death penalty mitigation phase? Or is it simply a sign that the defense has nowhere else to go? We dig into what this counselor could say, why it probably won’t land with jurors, and what it signals about where Kohberger’s legal team is putting their energy as trial day approaches.
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Description:
As Bryan Kohberger’s defense scrambles to humanize him ahead of his August murder trial, one of the more head-scratching decisions they’ve made is calling his former high school guidance counselor as a character witness. He’s 30. This isn’t recent insight—it’s someone who knew him a decade ago, before he was ever a criminology student, before his weight loss transformation, before the alleged crimes. So, why now?
Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins us to unpack the strategy behind this move. Is this witness meant to generate sympathy? Lay the foundation for a death penalty mitigation phase? Or is it simply a sign that the defense has nowhere else to go? We dig into what this counselor could say, why it probably won’t land with jurors, and what it signals about where Kohberger’s legal team is putting their energy as trial day approaches.
Hashtags:
#BryanKohberger #HighSchoolWitness #CharacterTestimony #JenniferCoffindaffer #Idaho4 #TrueCrimePodcast #TrialStrategy #JusticeForIdaho4 #KohbergerDefense #WitnessAnalysis
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