[1] On the morning of September 28, 2004, Nori Jones was stabbed to death inside her Pole Line Road home in Pocatello.
[2] A man by the name of Brad Compher was arrested and charged for Jones' murder upon DNA at the scene matching him.
Pocatello police officers retrieved a cigarette that had been smoked by Compher and brought it in for forensic testing.
[4] The defense was skeptical that the DNA evidence was sufficient and argued that Compher had no motive to commit the murder.
In a questionable move, Compher's defense singled out Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik, the perpetrators of the 2006 murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart as possible suspects and had them transported to Pocatello for the trial.