The face of Col. Kedrick Wills, then-director of Idaho State Police, was broadcast across the country on December 30, 2022, during a news conference in which law enforcement announced the arrest of Bryan Kohberger for the fatal stabbing of four University of Idaho students in an off-campus home.

However, Idaho State Police Lt. Darren Gilbertson, who was a lead investigator on the Kohberger case, told the Idaho Statesman that "Dateline" got some of their facts wrong. "There were some gross inaccuracies and just complete falsehoods," Gilbertson said.