That happened a week or so before these murders. The police believe these are unrelated.

I read that the car was a big factor in his capture.

This development of using ancestral DNA to find relatives of a suspect is fascinating and dates back only to 2018. I want to understand how it works in more detail. When they find the relatives which are more often cousins or distant cousins, I believe they search for last names and regions of the country. This is how to capture a criminal who's DNA is found at the crime scene but who is not in the police DNA database. It was used in CA to find the "Golden State Killer" in 2018.

Search Goolge for "dna genealogy crime solving". You'll find several interesting articles.

a short while ago, i read a report with comments from the killer BTK's daughter. she came forward & claims there may be a link between her dad, the (BTK), & Kohberger . from MSN: The daughter of serial killer BTK has said she was sickened to learn that Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, studied her father.
and the plot thickens :popcorn:
Accused Idaho killer was studying under serial killer expert

Timeline: University of Idaho murders | krem.com

I would be hard pressed to find any hole in this case against the accused.

Most of my legal training at the U of MN Law School of any practical value was through the clinic Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners. I was a student and one of two Student Directors connected with Minnesota Correctional Facility--Stillwater. I had other courses that were more practical too but they seemed to be kind of frowned on by some of the more traditional minded professors.

They did try to teach it so you approach from various perspectives like that of the prosecution, defense, and the judge.

Idaho murders: Suspect Bryan Kohberger was seen multiple times wearing gloves, also placing garbage bags outside Pennsylvania home, source says | CNN

This looks rather damning.

Interesting, that his sister was in an indie slasher movie years ago.

University Of Idaho Suspect’s Sister Did A Horror Movie About A College Stabbing

On a different approach, I remember that Winona Ryder was a big help to the family and community of Petaluma during the Polly Klaas investigation. We lived near there in the mid 1980s through 1996 or so in Rohnert Park, CA. My parents moved there from Scottsdale, AZ but I was away at Minnesota for about half of that or in Illinois.

Movies do influence the behavior of criminals as well as many others. I do not think Brad Pitt made me do it or whatever star is a trigger should be a defense.