A judge has agreed to move the trial of man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students to a different city.
In an order dated Friday, Idaho Second District Judge John C. Judge said he was concerned about defendant Bryan Kohberger’s ability to receive a fair trial at the Latah County courthouse in Moscow, given extensive media coverage of the case as well as statements by public officials suggesting Kohberger’s guilt.He also noted that the courthouse isn’t big enough to accommodate the case and that the county sheriff’s office doesn’t have enough deputies to handle security.
Kohberger, a former criminal justice student at Washington State University, which is across the state line in Pullman, faces four counts of murder in the deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.The four University of Idaho students were killed sometime in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022, in a rental house near the campus.Police arrested Kohberger six weeks later at his parents’ home in Pennsylvania, where he was spending winter break.
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