A three-person mixture of unknown DNA was found under a 21-year-old University of Idaho student맥스카지노�s fingernails after she and three other students were killed at an off-campus home in November 2022, a new filing reveals.The new evidence from victim Madison Mogen came more than two years after she and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were fatally stabbed in Moscow, Idaho. Bryan Kohberger, a Washington State University graduate student in criminology, faces four counts of first-degree murder.In a motion filed last Monday, the defense asked that the DNA evidence be kept from the jury in Kohberger맥스카지노�s upcoming death penalty trial because jurors could believe the DNA is Kohberger맥스카지노�s, and according to the defense, it is not.맥스카지노�Allowing such testimony would violate Mr. Kohberger맥스카지노�s Federal and State Constitutionalrights to due process, a fair trial, effective assistance of counsel, and confrontation of witnesses,맥스카지노� argues Bicka Barlow, an attorney specializing in forensic DNA evidence who was added to the defense맥스카지노�s legal team recently.A not guilty plea has been entered on Kohberger맥스카지노�s behalf, and his trial is set to begin in August. He faces the death penalty if convicted.In grand jury testimony, forensic scientist Jade Miller discussed the test results on a swab of fingernail clippings from Mogen맥스카지노�s left hand, according to the motion. The defense argued that the testimony would confuse and mislead the jury, adding that the evidence is overly prejudicial.The document shows there was preliminary testing done on the fingernail clippings and a 맥스카지노�likelihood ratio맥스카지노� was calculated that according to the defense, proved to be inconclusive. The motion states testing did provide a 맥스카지노�likelihood ratio for Mr. Kohberger맥스카지노� from the analysis but any conclusion is redacted in the filing.It would prejudice Kohberger in that it might allow the jury to infer that the inconclusive data would mean that his DNA might be present in the sample, the defense argued.According to the defense motion, the testing involved a comparison of hypotheses, 맥스카지노�not a statement of identity or probability of identity.맥스카지노�Two hypotheses were looked at: One is that the DNA belongs to Madison Mogen, her best friend Goncalves and one unknown unrelated person. The other is that the DNA belongs to Mogen and two unrelated individuals.Mogen, a senior marketing major from Coeur d맥스카지노�Alene, and Goncalves were found dead on the same bed at the Kings Road home on Nov. 13, 2022.The revelation likely means that the defense has more in their arsenal with additional DNA finds, said Misty Marris, an attorney who has closely followed the Kohberger case. The fingernail DNA may not actually be related to the crime, she said.맥스카지노�When you see it under the fingernails, the argument is going to be맥스카지노�that there맥스카지노�s a scratch that somebody fought back,맥스카지노� Marris explained. 맥스카지노�From the prosecution perspective, the argument is, well, it맥스카지노�s not necessarily, because there맥스카지노�s lots of different ways DNA can end up somewhere.맥스카지노�Kohberger excluded from DNA mixture, defense arguesThe defense states they did independent lab testing that excluded Kohberger from the DNA mixture, according to the filing.However, the defense admits this evidence was presented to a grand jury by prosecutors as they were seeking an indictment in early 2023. They also write, 맥스카지노�the state argued that the testimony was presented to the grand jury as exculpatory, and an effort to elicit favorable evidence for Mr. Kohberger.맥스카지노�At this point, the court has not posted a response from prosecutors.The prosecution has an ethical obligation and duty to turn over everything that can be exculpatory, Marris said.The defense will likely argue that there맥스카지노�s reasonable doubt that Kohberger committed the murders, she said.맥스카지노�Their argument is going to be that once that investigative genetic genealogy match was made and Kohberger was identified, that law enforcement essentially put on blinders,맥스카지노� Marris said. 맥스카지노�They didn맥스카지노�t care about anything else, so much so that they didn맥스카지노�t even care that there is additional DNA evidence, both at the property and now on the person of one of the students.맥스카지노�To prove reasonable doubt, the defense will likely argue that there was a significant failure in the investigation to pursue any and all possible paths to find the culprit of the heinous crime, Marris said. 맥스카지노�You have this entirely other set of potential DNA that could have led investigators had they pursued it to somebody else, and that맥스카지노�s going to be a huge component of the argument,맥스카지노� she said.The revelation comes as several pieces of DNA evidence have been challenged by the defense.The prosecution맥스카지노�s most important piece of evidence is a DNA sample taken from a knife sheath left at the crime scene. Investigators then used investigative genetic genealogy, a forensic field combining DNA analysis with genealogical research, to connect that sample to Kohberger맥스카지노�s family, according to prosecutors. Subsequent DNA testing found Kohberger was a 맥스카지노�statistical match맥스카지노� to the sample, leading to his arrest, according to prosecutors.To combat that evidence, his defense team has repeatedly questioned the use, legality and accuracy of the DNA testing done in each step of the process. In a closed hearing last month, testimony from several witnesses raised questions about how investigators had used the DNA sample from the knife sheath to identify Kohberger as a suspect. Further, the defense맥스카지노�s addition of Barlow to its legal team bolsters their expertise on the topic.