Prosecutors have so far shared few details, including a possible motive, about the case, which has prompted intense speculation on social media.
A trial date has been set for Oct. 2. The defense said they expect the trial to last four to six weeks.John Judge, the new judge assigned to the case, read all five charges against Kohberger aloud in the courtroom, specifying the names of the victims while“Dateline” reported Friday that according to an unnamed source with “inside knowledge of the investigation,” detectives found evidence that Kohberger had purchased a Ka-Bar knife and sheath on Amazon several months before the stabbings.
Two additional hearings were scheduled to follow the arraignment. The first concerned a media coalition’simposed in January that barred attorneys, police and family members, among others, from speaking publicly about the case. The state Supreme Court had previously rejected the request, saying the news organizations should have first made the request to the judge who issued the gag order.
The second hearing concerned Kohberger’s request for discovery, or access to all of the evidence compiled in the case., to get the biggest unsolved mysteries, white collar scandals, and grim cases delivered straight to your inbox every week.
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