scene hours after the murders. experts say data from the warrants may help investigators piece together an even stronger digital footprint. they are going all in, gathering every single conceivable piece of evidence so if any doubt is raised, they will be ready. meanwhile, we re learning new details about what officials say kohberger was doing the moment he was arrested at his parent s house across the country in pennsylvania the 28-year-old wearing gloves while separating his trash. mr. kohberger was found awake in the kitchen area, dressed in shorts and a shirt, wearing latex medical-type gloves and apparently was taking his personal trash and putting it into separate zip lock baggy. reporter: the monroe county district attorney calling that behavior significant for the investigation. that s incredibly damning i. shows a consciousness of guilt that he was making sure his dna didn t end up in the trash.
piece of evidence so if any doubt is raised, that i will be ready. reporter: we re learning new details about what what kohberger was doing at his parent s house in pennsylvania the 28-year-old wearing gloves while separating his trash mr. kohberger was found awake in the kitchen area, dressed in shorts and a shirt and wearing latex medical type gloves. apparently was taking his personal trash and putting it into separate zip lock baggy. reporter: the monroe county district attorney calling that behavior significant for the investigation. to me that s incredibly damning. shows a consciousness of guilt that he was making sure his dna didn t end up in the trash. reporter: other search warrants show what police did seize in pennsylvania, including a gun and knife, black face masks and gloves, cell phone, multiple laptops and a book with underlining on page 118. investigators also say they found a shovel in kohberger s
from paul moore, but the scientists couldn t say it was a 100% match. and while the dna didn t match anyone else in the family, including peter, the fact that paul couldn t be excluded was nothing that would hold up in court. dave salm: it was beyond frustrating to hear that we have an almost match, but we can t say for sure. keith morrison (voiceover): still, it did give them an idea. they d get one shot at it, might work. lester holt: coming up. that got my attention right away. exciting doesn t begin to describe. elated maybe? dave salm: the most amazing thing in the world, this is the smoking gun. lester holt: a killer seemingly revealed by a blank sheet of paper. i got chills going on the back of my neck. i m like, this is not happening right now. lester holt: when dateline continues.
the dna sample was so minute that forensic scientists were unable to build a full genetic sequence. meaning the dna may have come from paul moore, but the scientists couldn t say it was a 100% match. and while the dna didn t match anyone else in the moore family, including peter, the fact that paul couldn t be excluded was nothing that would hold up in court. it was beyond frustrating. to hear that we have an almost match but we can t say for sure. still, it did give them an idea. they d get one shot at it. might work. coming up that got my attention right away. exciting doesn t begin to describe. elated maybe? most amazing thing in the world. this is the smoking gun. a killer, seemingly revealed
at his trial here in sacramento paul s defense attorney followed what was by now a familiar script. she accused peter of murdering roberto ayala. peter moore has a lifetime of making threats. paul does not make threats to roberto. paul works with roberto. which is how parisi presented paul to the jury. of course, as you know, paul had a deeply troubled history with the law. violent sexual offense in his background. but the jury didn t get to hear about that. nor were they told about the dna, quite possibly paul s, that was found on the envelope containing the bomb diagram. excluded. so would the jury see the same paul moore that prosecutors saw? he s almost like a marvel comic book archvillain. he s bright, he s clever, he s evil as can be, and he s got a flaw to him. his flaw is his arrogance. reporter: the jury retired to think about it. and they were not fooled. after just five hours of