Bryan Kohberger admitted in open court that he deliberately killed four University of Idaho students. The judge asked him directly if he was pleading guilty because he was guilty. He said yes. The judge asked if anyone forced him into it. He said no. Thirteen months later, from a maximum security cell, he's filed a handwritten petition claiming the opposite of everything he said under oath. The petition makes three claims: his lawyers failed him, proof of his innocence was buried before he ever signed the deal, and he was scared into it by lies about what a life sentence and death row in Idaho actually look like. His central piece of proof is a phrase — "clumps of hair" found in a victim's hand — that appears nowhere in any court filing or forensic record. It comes from a published book. The actual unsealed records show his own defense expert already tested that hair and found it consistent with the victim's own. Then there's the detail buried deeper in the petition: who Kohberger claims was sitting in on his meetings with his own attorneys. It's a small line in a long document, and it may end up mattering more than anything else in it. Tony Brueski walks through what's actually in the unsealed record versus what's in the petition, and why a plea colloquy this clean is the wall standing between Kohberger and a new trial — even though the legal path he's attempting is real, and rarely works. Also covered: the amended witness list naming a hundred and eighty people the state was prepared to call, and the name on it that reportedly landed just before Kohberger agreed to plead. #BryanKohberger #IdahoStudentMurders #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #EthanChapin #GuiltyPlea #UniversityOfIdaho #MoscowIdaho #KohbergerCase #TrueCrime Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.