Charlie Kirk’s on-camera assassination ten months ago sparked a wave of conspiracy theories and social media frenzy immediately after the conservative firebrand’s death.

But at the pre-trial hearings for suspected killer Tyler Robinson, 23, in Provo, Utah, this week, several theories peddled by popular streamers quickly fell apart.

Candace Owens, a commentator whose shows routinely attract millions of views, has frequently claimed that she does not believe Robinson was even at the Utah Valley University campus when Kirk was shot.

This theory appeared to fall apart early in Robinson’s pre-trial hearings, however, as prosecutors presented a number of pieces of surveillance footage of Robinson allegedly stalking the campus that day.

Owens, a former Turning Point USA organizer and once-close friend of Kirk’s, has also said she believes Kirk was never shot at all, but was hit by an exploding microphone.

But prosecutors presented autopsy reports that showed Kirk was killed by a single bullet to the neck. He was hit with .30-06 caliber ammunition fired from a Mauser Model 98 bolt-action rifle, the report said.

Yet, like many conspiracies surrounding the case – also including that Kirk was set up by his own security team, or a foreign government played a role – prosecutors’ statements have done little to calm theories around the shooting.

And while some theories fell apart in the early hearings, other possibilities that have been peddled – such as Owens’ implication that either Kirk’s widow Erika or the Israeli government were involved – are too outlandish to even be addressed in the evidence hearings.