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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE He taught him to box as a teenager. Now, in an explosive tell-all, Bryan Kohberger's coach reveals his creepy experience of the mass killer
Boxing coach Jesse Harris remembers the day a concerned father brought his shy 15-year-old son into his Pennsylvania gym. 'He was kind of quiet... I guess he was having some discipline issues, and he was overweight, so he had a lack of confidence,' Harris told the Daily Mail.
Fox News
30-06-2025
- Fox News
Former boxing coach says Kohberger never competed despite suspect's boasts
Many of Bryan Kohberger's defense witnesses don't want to go to Idaho and testify at his upcoming murder trial – including his former boxing coach, who told a Pennsylvania judge the suspected killer never competed and just came to work out. Jesse Harris, a boxing gym owner and contractor who Kohberger claimed to have studied under as a teen, asked a Pennsylvania judge to block his subpoena in the case based on undue hardship and the fact that it's been almost 15 years since he saw the 30-year-old Kohberger. Harris said his wife is fighting cancer, and he can't step away from his business for "20 minutes," let alone the time it would take to travel to and from Boise. Kohberger's father brought him to Harris' gym to build up his confidence when he was 15, the pugilist said. He described the operation as a place for kids to go when they couldn't make the cut on other sports teams. He said Kohberger never competed – he just worked out. Kohberger never even sparred there, he said, although the suspected killer wrote on a job application previously obtained by Fox News Digital that he "boxed every day after school at the Jesse Harris Boxing Gym." Judge Arthur Zulick upheld the Idaho subpoena, meaning Harris will have to testify at trial – but he said that could change if his wife's health deteriorates and leaving her would cause an undue hardship. At an hour-long hearing Monday on whether a half-dozen Pennsylvanians should be compelled to travel to Boise for the trial, only one agreed to go on his own. That was Anthony Somma, a former classmate of Kohberger's. Other defense witnesses were told to return to court next week. And hours after the hearing, the court revealed that more witnesses have been subpoenaed by the prosecution – Alison Ackerman and Lynn Courtright. Their connections to Kohberger were not immediately clear. Kohberger's defense team has already reserved a block of hotel rooms for his witnesses and is responsible for the costs of air fare and lodgings. Brandon Andreola also asked the judge to deny his subpoena. It was a losing effort. GET REAL-TIME UPDATES AT THE FOX NEWS TRUE CRIME HUB He said he is a new father and provides the sole income for his family. Reports that Kohberger's two sisters lost their jobs due to their connection to the quadruple murder suspect have him worried that he could lose his livelihood next, he said. The judge upheld the subpoena. Andreola asked if he could testify remotely, and the judge said that would be up to his counterpart overseeing the trial in Idaho, Judge Steven Hippler. Ralph Vecchio III appeared in court in response to a subpoena for "Ralph Vecchio." He said the intended recipient may have been his father, who owned the family car business back in 2019 when Kohberger's parents bought a white Hyundai Elantra. The younger Vecchio took over in 2021. th He said he never met Kohberger. The judge declared the current subpoena invalid but gave Kohberger's lawyers a chance to amend it. Vecchio is due back in court next week. He said his 88-year-old father is "homebound" and in poor health. William Searfoss, a jail guard who preserved Kohberger's records from a brief stay in Pennsylvania lockup before his extradition to Idaho, will likely not need to appear. Kohberger's attorneys need to subpoena those records themselves and not the correction officer who maintains them. He's due back in court next week, and Kohberger's lawyers will subpoena the records directly. Maggie Sanders was unavailable for Monday's hearing due to international travel. She is due in court on July 7. Her connection to Kohberger remains unclear. Ann Parham, an advisor at Kohberger's former high school, was ordered to testify before Monday's hearing and will be present at trial.
Fox News
05-06-2025
- Health
- Fox News
Key figures from Bryan Kohberger's Pennsylvania youth summoned to Idaho for student murders trial
FIRST ON FOX: Key figures from Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger's Pennsylvania past have been summoned as witnesses in his upcoming trial, according to court documents. They include Jesse Harris, whose name is on the boxing gym where Kohberger used to train, Ann Parham, an advisor at the school Kohberger attended, and Marie Bolger, a former professor who taught Kohberger at DeSales University. Kohberger wrote that he boxed daily at Harris' gym in a 2015 job application previously obtained by Fox News Digital. In a 2023 interview with the Daily Mail, Bolger said Kohberger was one of her brightest students and one of only two she had recommended for Ph.D. programs in a decade. However, she explained, she'd never met him in person and only taught him over email and Zoom during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. She helped him work on his graduate thesis, which centered on "how and why criminals commit their crime," she said. Two other witnesses are Ralph Vecchio and Maggie Sanders. Their connections to the case were not immediately clear. The documents were made public in a Pennsylvania court days after Kohberger's defense filed an amended witness list in Boise. Kohberger is accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in a 4 a.m. home invasion attack -- Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, also 20. Prosecutors allege he left his DNA on a knife sheath detectives found with Mogen's body. They also plan to introduce some of his DeSales homework as evidence he was well-versed in concepts related to crime scene handling and the transfer of evidence. He was pursuing a Ph.D. in criminology at Washington State University at the time of the murders and previously obtained a master's degree from DeSales. The trail begins in August. Kohberger could face death by firing squad if convicted.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
National EMS Week educates public, celebrates first response efforts
GREENVILLE, N.C (WNCT) — It's National EMS Week and first responders across the community are educating the public about the services they provide and the passion they have to keep people safe. Greenville Fire and Rescue crews said the week emphasizes how no matter the circumstance, crews will be there for you the moment 9-1-1 is called. Last year, Greenville Fire and Rescue crews responded to 21,000 calls and, on average, respond to 60 calls a day. Crew members like Chief Jesse Harris are proud of the work done across the board. 'It's important that we recognize that the kind of thing for this year is we care for everyone,' Harris said. 'And that's really the heart of what we do that no matter who the person is, when they call 9-1-1, we're going to answer it. We're going to respond. We're going to provide what they need regardless of things like insurance or ability to pay or anything, regardless of who you are, we're there for you.' Throughout the week, there are specific themes for specific days. Tuesday's theme reminds the public that people should steer right or left on the road if it is safe enough to do so in order for an emergency response vehicle to travel to a scene quickly and efficiently. Click the video above for more. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
