University of Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger will appear in a new court before a new judge, nearly two years after his arrest in a quadruple homicide.
Bryan Kohberger, the 29-year-old criminology Ph.D. student accused of murdering four undergrads at the University of Idaho days before Thanksgiving in 2022 is preparing to appear in a new court for the first time after his successful push for a change of venue. The hearing Thursday is the first in Boise and is expected to be a minor event to bring the new judge up to speed on the case.
It’s just a check-in, since the case was moved, and probably just to let the parties know what he expects going forward,' said Edwina Elcox, a Boise-based defense attorney who is not involved in the proceedings. Judge Steven Hippler is the Ada County jurist now in charge after his counterpart in Latah County, Judge John Judge, agreed to a defense motion for a change of venue.
According to prosecutors, a man with a large knife entered an off-campus house around 4 a.m. Nov. 13, 2022, and killed four students inside — Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20. As investigators scoured the bloody crime scene, they found a Ka-Bar knife sheath under Mogen's remains, according to court documents. On the sheath, they say, they found a DNA sample that led them to Kohberger.
Additional evidence revealed in court includes cellphone records and video showing the movements of his car. Two additional roommates were not attacked, and prosecutors said one of them froze in place as she watched a masked man leaving out the back door. The trial has already been delayed and is expected to begin in June 2025.
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