Latest News on the Murder of Cobra Video owner Bryan Kocis
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Loading ...Believing the killer or killers had a “personal association” with the victim, prosecutors will review the phone and computer records of the Back Mountain man found stabbed and slashed to death in his home last week.
Investigators hope the voice mails, text messages and e-mails will lead them to whomever set Kocis’ body ablaze in his living room on Midland Drive, according to recently filed court documents.
The Luzerne County District Attorney’s office will seek all of the electronic communication of 44-year-old Bryan Charles Kocis during the week prior to the brutal death in his Dallas Township home.
An affidavit of probable cause filed with the application for the search warrant reveals new details in the case, many of which show investigators believe Kocis knew his attacker or attackers. According to court documents:
An autopsy determined Kocis was stabbed 28 times in his torso, none of which appeared to be defensive wounds. The examination by Luzerne County Coroner Dr. Jack Consalvo also revealed a slash wound so violent it severed the victim’s left carotid artery, left jugular vein, trachea and a bone in his neck.
The victim was already dead when the living room was set on fire. The origin of the blaze was determined to be the living room couch, where investigators later found Kocis’ charred body. Officials found a “folding-style knife” nearby.
The front door of the home was left ajar while the fire raged, and investigators found no signs of forced entry or struggle.
“Due to the lack of defensive wounds to the victim, and the fact that the exterior door of the residence was open at the time of the fire,” the affidavit states, “the suggestion is present that the victim may have had a personal association with said assailant(s).”
Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. granted the search warrant Friday. Since the investigation began a week ago, investigators have said that probing Kocis’ associations would lead to an arrest.
Kocis ran a successful pornographic Web site called Cobra Video, which offers paid subscriptions and mail-order videos featuring young-looking gay men. Kocis had been in embroiled in a lengthy lawsuit with California resident Sean Lockhart over the image rights to his featured model’s stage name, Brent Corrigan.
In 2001, police charged Kocis with molesting a 15-year-old boy at the Dallas Township home. But prosecutors later determined the boy lied about his age, and Kocis’ charges were reduced to one count of corruption of minors, an offense that did not require him to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law.
Witnesses reported seeing a light-colored SUV leaving the scene of the crime at around 8 p.m. Wednesday night. State police say the driver of the vehicle is wanted for questioning.
Kocis’ charred former residence is no longer an active crime scene. The windows of the small, wood-sided, two-story home at 60 Midland Drive have been boarded up, and police caution tape still circles the perimeter of the property.
Reprinted from staff writer Wade Malcolm of The Citizens Voice: http://www.citizensvoice.com/
Note from HDK Bill: The Citizens Voice is reporting that the Cobra Video website has been taken down as of Monday. This is incorrect at of this writing, the site is still up and operational and can be seen at http:/www.CobraVideo.com
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Interesting that HDK was in Dallas for videotaping…hmmmmm…maybe I’m reading too much into it?
Wolf
Wolf I don’t recall saying that HDK was in Dallas. Where did you get that from? Bryan lived in Dallas Township, PA., like in Pennsylvania. HDK has never been there. Not even sure where the hell it is. The only Dallas we’ve been to is Dallas, Texas and I’d have to check our records to even see when that was….seems like it was three years ago.
Bill