True crime stories you missed this week: June 26-30, 2023

Bryan Kohberger's defense team tore into prosecutors' DNA collection, use of genetic genealogy and tracking of a white sedan that allegedly linked their client to the murders of four University of Idaho students.

DNA from three other unidentified males was found at the crime scene, including on a glove found outside the Moscow, Idaho, home where Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20, were killed in November, according to the June 22 court filing. 

"It remains unclear what the police first relied on in focusing their investigation on Mr. Kohberger," his lawyers wrote in court documents that challenged law enforcement's use of genetic genealogy and questioned how police knew to look for a white Elantra. 

Jeffrey Epstein was given extra linens in a Manhattan jail cell, and authorities negligently failed to assign him a cellmate or take other precautions leading up to his death in 2019, according to a newly unveiled federal investigation.

Epstein, already a convicted sex offender in Florida, died at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York in August 2019 while awaiting federal trial for sex trafficking. While finding flaws with the Bureau of Prisons and its staff members, the report also uncovered no evidence to contradict the designation of Epstein's death as a suicide.

New charges have been filed against a New Jersey lawyer recently accused of a series of rapes in Boston between 2007 and 2008.

A Suffolk County grand jury on Tuesday afternoon indicted Matthew Nilo, a 35-year-old Boston native, on seven charges, including one count of rape, one count of aggravated rape, three counts of assault with intent to rape and two counts of indecent assault and battery.

"Mr. Nilo denies all the allegations including the latest charges," his attorney, Joseph Cataldo, told Fox News Digital. "You can expect both a legal and factual challenge to the government's case."

The suspect in a triple homicide paced around the room while the prosecutor detailed the night he allegedly killed a Massachusetts family.

Christopher Ferguson, 41, appeared via Zoom in Newton District Court for the first time since his arrest Tuesday morning in connection with the deaths of Gilda "Jill" and Bruno D'Amore, ages 73 and 74, and Jill's 97-year-old mother, Lucia Arpino, who were stabbed and beaten.

Ferguson pleaded not guilty to one count of murder, two counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon and burglary. He was ordered held without bail. More charges are expected to be added after the autopsies of Bruno and Arpino are completed, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said.

Missing Colorado woman Suzanne Morphew's body is apparently located in "a very difficult spot," prosecutors revealed this week.

Morphew, 49, disappeared during a bike ride on Mother's Day in 2020 and is now presumed dead.

"She is in a very difficult spot. We actually have more than just a feeling… and the sheriff’s office is continuing to look for Mrs. Morphew’s body," 11th Judicial Deputy District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said in court Monday, according to the Denver Gazette.

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Salt Lake City-based cat named Carrot, 'a beauty,' is looking for a calm new home

A sweet gray cat with some special health needs is in need of a new home in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area. 

The 2-year-old female named Carrot was first taken to the Best Friends Animal Society's Lifesaving Center in Salt Lake City in July 2021, the shelter told Fox News Digital. 

She was originally at a partner shelter affiliated with No Kill Utah.

Adopted as a kitten, Carrot was returned due health problems. Her previous owners suspected she had seizures, said the shelter.

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Yet Carrot is a "beauty with the softest fur," the shelter said.

And while she "prefers a calmer environment," Carrot "has an energetic and playful personality that comes out once she's comfortable." 

"Carrot may take a moment to get used to new friends, but has previously coexisted successfully with dogs, cats and older children," they said.

An "independent gal," who likes to keep herself occupied with toys, Carrot is not one to turn down some attention from her owners.

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She is "a fan of getting pets and scratches and finding a good lounging spot in the home," said the Best Friends Animal Society. 

Anyone interested in adding Carrot to their family should email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and mention Carrot by name, said the shelter.

This weekend, Best Friends Animal Society and its more than 600 shelter and rescue partners will be celebrating the fifth-annual "National Adoption Weekend." 

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Adoption fees will be waived at the Best Friends Lifesaving Centers and programs located in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Houston, Northwest Arkansas, and Kanab, Utah, for the duration of the event, the Best Friends Animal Society told Fox News Digital. 

Many partner shelters and rescues also will be offering free or reduced adoption fees from June 30 through July 2, the society added.

"By adopting a unique and lovable shelter pet, two lives are saved: that of the adopted cat or dog, and another that can now take their space in the shelter," they said. 

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All pets adopted will be spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped, said the organization.

"Right now, there’s a dog or cat perfect for your family waiting for their loving home in a shelter. [When people] adopt from a local shelter or rescue organization, we can make the entire country no-kill by 2025," Julie Castle, CEO of Best Friends Animal Society, said in a release provided to Fox News Digital. 

Want to read about other pets up for adoption? Check out this recent article from Fox News Digital: California kitty named Nova is 'incredibly affectionate' and needs a loving home

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