Bethany Funke, one of two surviving housemates in the University of Idaho quadruple homicide, has rejected a request to appear at the upcoming proceedings.
“Ms. Funke’s information is unique to her experiences and cannot be provided by another witness,” defense attorney, Richard Bitonti, wrote in an affidavit.
Given that Funke was unaware the murders had taken place until she woke to find her friends’ bodies in the upstairs floor of their home, it’s unclear how asking her to attend the preliminary hearing, testifying in the trial, and subsequently retraumatizing her would be at all helpful in exonerating Kohberger. Notably, after cooperating with police throughout the investigation, Funke denied that she has any information that could clear Kohberger.
Thus far, Funke and Dylan Mortensen—the second survivor—have remained publicly silent regarding the murders with the exception of heartbreaking
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