Idaho murders evidence leak triggers criminal investigation for insider who spilled secrets: report

A criminal investigation regarding leaks that violated a gag order in the murder case against Bryan Kohberger was opened and remains ongoing after it was referred to law enforcement, according to a report.

The criminal investigation is focusing on the possible source of an alleged leak to NBC’s “Dateline,” which produced an episode on the murders with information that was not known to the public, sources told the Idaho Statesman. An investigator with the Ada County Sheriff’s Office, the agency probing the source of the leak, asked for interviews with people who had access to digital files that appeared in a May 2025 episode about the murders, the outlet reported.

Brent Turvey, a forensic scientist who was working with Kohberger’s defense team, told Fox News Digital he has been asked twice for an interview by investigators…

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