Overview
- Prosecutors played a short video of Tyler Robinson turning himself in and presented surveillance footage and testimony tying a bolt‑action rifle wrapped in a towel to the investigation.
- An FBI analyst testified that DNA testing on the towel and a screwdriver produced two contributors, with one profile attributed mainly to Robinson and the other to his roommate Lance Twiggs.
- Twiggs gave recorded interviews under use immunity and the state sought to introduce those recordings, but Judge Tony Graf ordered roughly 16 minutes removed and limited what can be publicly played.
- Defense lawyers attacked the reliability of the DNA methods and pushed to redact or close parts of Twiggs’ statements, arguing public airing could prejudice a future jury.
- Graf said he will review all evidence before deciding if there is probable cause to bind Robinson over for trial, a decision that could determine whether he faces a death‑penalty prosecution.