Bryan Kohberger back in court for pretrial hearing in Idaho students murder case
BOISE, Idaho - After more than two years of hearings and motions, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students is expected in court Thursday for the final hearing before his trial begins this summer.
Attorneys on both sides will discuss what evidence can be used in Bryan Kohberger’s trial, including phone logs, purchase histories, and surveillance footage from near the crime scene.
Bryan Kohberger: Inside the Idaho Murders – Episode 4
It's been more than 900 days since four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death. For their families, it's an agonizing wait for justice. The trial of suspect Bryan Kohberger approaches, with defense motions coming fast and furious. It is a death penalty case that could land before the Supreme Court.
Kohberger, 30, is charged in the stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves at a rental home near campus in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, 2022.
He was also charged with one felony count of burglary.
A split photo showing the crime scene and the victims, including University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21. (Angela Palermo/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images/Inst
Kohberger was a criminal justice graduate student at Washington State University, in Pullman, about 10 miles (16.1 kilometers) from Moscow, at the time of the killings. He was arrested in Pennsylvania weeks later. Investigators said they matched his DNA to genetic material recovered from a knife sheath found at the crime scene.
Autopsies showed the four were all likely asleep when they were attacked, some had defensive wounds and each was stabbed multiple times.
Prosecutors have said they intended to seek the death penalty if Kohberger is convicted at his trial. Jury selection is expected to begin in July, with the trial set to start in August.
The Source: Information in this story came from original FOX 13 Seattle reporting and interviews, the Associated Press and FOX News.
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