Tyler Robinson's and Lance Twiggs' DNA both allegedly found on key evidence in Charlie Kirk's assassination

PROVO, Utah — A towel and screwdriver recovered during the probe into Charlie Kirk’s assassination allegedly had his suspected slayer Tyler Robinson’s DNA connected it — on with that of his erstwhile person and roommate, Lance Twiggs.

Robinson, 23, allegedly utilized the towel to conceal the suspected execution limb successful the woods adjacent Utah Valley University connected Sept. 10, 2025.

He is accused of fatally shooting the 31-year-old Kirk during a Turning Point USA lawsuit astatine the schoolhouse that day.

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Charlie Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10 during an outdoor lawsuit astatine Utah Valley University. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

It’s unclear what the screwdriver was for, but constabulary testified astatine Robinson’s preliminary proceeding this week that they recovered it adjacent an alleged sniper’s perch overlooking the TPUSA event.

Both Twiggs and Robinson provided buccal swabs to instrumentality enforcement that were utilized to physique their afloat DNA profiles.

Robinson's preliminary proceeding began Monday and is expected to instrumentality each week. Prosecutors indispensable found probable origin successful bid for the justice to greenish airy the way to proceedings connected a slew of charges, including aggravated murder, which carries the imaginable decease penalty.

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Tyler Robinson, accused of the execution of Charlie Kirk, appears during a proceeding successful Fourth District Court successful Provo, Utah connected Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)

David Hull, of the Utah Department of Public Safety, returned to the witnesser basal Tuesday greeting arsenic prosecutors played surveillance video they allege shows Robinson making his mode astir field earlier and aft the shooting, arsenic good arsenic coming and going successful his Dodge Challenger.

The 2nd witnesser of the day, Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina with the State Bureau of Investigations, led the grounds effect squad processing the scenes astatine UVU aft the shooting.

Faumuina testified that her squad recovered a screwdriver from the campus’ Losee Center rooftop, wherever Robinson is alleged to person fired the changeable that killed Kirk.

Charlie Kirk's parents Robert W. Kirk and Kathryn Kirk get astatine the Fourth Judicial District Courthouse to be a preliminary proceeding for Tyler Robinson, the antheral accused of sidesplitting blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk, successful Provo, Utah, U.S., July 6, 2026.  (REUTERS/Jim Urquhart)

She besides testified that her squad recovered the suspected execution weapon, a Mauser 98 bolt-action firearm wrapped successful a dark-colored towel nearby. It had been retrofitted to occurrence .30-06 rounds, accordant with the caliber of slug fragments recovered during Kirk’s autopsy. 

Faumuina testified that some the towel and the screwdriver had DNA accordant with the aforesaid 2 males — Robinson and Twiggs.

In a handwritten enactment and substance messages, Robinson is alleged to person confessed to the transgression to Twiggs, who lived with him astatine the clip and is cooperating with investigators. Twiggs has not been charged with a crime, and the alleged beingness of his DNA connected the grounds is expected to fortify the lawsuit against Robinson.

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Matt Robinson and Amber Robinson get astatine the Fourth Judicial District Courthouse to be a preliminary proceeding for their son, Tyler Robinson, the antheral accused of sidesplitting blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk, successful Provo, Utah, U.S., July 6, 2026.  (REUTERS/Jim Urquhart)

Later Tuesday, FBI forensic expert Amanda Bakker testified that Robinson is apt the bulk donor successful mixed DNA samples recovered connected some items. Twiggs is believed to beryllium the number contributor connected both.

Prosecutor Ryan McBride objected aggregate times during Bakker’s lengthy questioning from defence lawyer Michael Burt, arguing that the defence went good "beyond the scope of determining probable cause."

At 1 point, Judge Tony Graf Jr. asked however acold helium intended to spell successful a enactment of questioning, to which Burt responded helium had 1 much question earlier moving on.

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A inactive representation from video shows Tyler Robinson, accused successful the fatal shooting of blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk, attending a preliminary proceeding presided implicit by District Court Judge Tony Graf astatine the Fourth District Court successful Provo, Utah, U.S., July 6, 2026. (Reuters TV/Pool via REUTERS.)

"I’ll clasp them to that," McBride said, prompting laughter wrong the courtroom.

As the DNA questioning dragged connected for overmuch of the afternoon, Erika Kirk astatine 1 constituent shook her caput arsenic she listened to Burt grilling Bakker. 

Observers successful the gallery, including Erika Kirk, intently watched arsenic Bakker explained a graph displaying circumstantial DNA markers.

Kirk leaned guardant and tilted her caput arsenic she listened to testimony.

Robinson was besides listening and fidgeting. A subordinate of Robinson’s household yawned.

Kirk’s begetter occasionally took notes.

Robinson has not yet entered a plea.

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If prosecutors prevail successful establishing probable cause, which experts accidental is wide expected, helium would beryllium asked to bash so.

"Barring the authoritative someway forgetting however to get to the courthouse, there's nary realistic accidental the authorities fails to found probable cause," Maryland lawyer Randolph Rice, who represented the household of Rachel Morin, told Fox News Digital Tuesday.