An Idaho judge is stopping the release of some graphic photographs taken by the investigators Brian Kohberger In 2022, four universities killed Idaho students.
Second District Judge Megan Marshall on Wednesday ruled that the spread of “incredibly disturbing” photographs on the Internet – where the families of the victims can unknowingly see them – there is an inappropriate attack of personal privacy.
He ordered the city Moscow To darken parts of those images that show any part of the victims’ body or immediately show the blood around them.
But the judge said that the public is also interested in viewing the investigation records, and therefore other photos, videos and documents related to the case could be released, including videos showing distraught friends of the morning victims.
Kohberger was sentenced to life without parole in July, for the killings of Kaylee Gonclaves, Zana Karnodal, Madison Mozen and Ethan Chapin in an off-kampus rental house in Moscow, Idaho.
Family members of two of the victims, Mozen and Chapin, asked the judge to place parts of the crime scene to keep parts of the crimes hidden from the public scene, stating that the pictures are aggressive and painful.
The criminal case attracted attention worldwide, and the Moscow Police Department received hundreds of requests to release the investigation records. The Idaho law usually allows the investigation record to be sealed after a criminal investigation is completed.
Following the punishment of Kohaburger, the city of Moscow responded to such a request for public records by releasing some pictures and videos taken by law enforcement at the crime site, along with the bodies of the killed students, along with the bodies of other victims and witnesses, who spoke to the police outside the house.
Marshall wrote, “The public’s body, blood-soaked sheets, blood spatters or other death-scenes can be obtained by the public very rarely,” and he said that those images have already caused families to a “extreme emotional crisis”.
“The fact is: The investigation into the murder and the criminal case is closed,” Marshall wrote. “Releasing these records will have a slight impact on those who are surprised by facts or are fixed on baseless conspiracies, while this is and the deepest effect on the loved ones of the dead will continue.”