Accused University of Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger is due in court on Thursday — nearly a year after the quadruple slayings — to ask the court to dismiss the grand jury indictment against him.
The Moscow Pullman Daily News reported that the first hearing in Latah County will be closed to the public. Kohberger’s attorneys are expected to contest how the private grand jury indictments were handled this spring and explain why they should be tossed.
In August, Kohberger’s trial was delayed indefinitely as he waived his right to a speedy trial.
The defense has claimed Kohberger was not at the crime scene and was driving around alone the night Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, and Kaylee Goncalves were fatally stabbed at the women’s off-campus home on November 13, 2022.
However, police claim he visited the area 12 times before the slayings and that he turned off his phone on the night in question.
Investigators tested DNA from a trash can outside Kohberger’s family home in Pennsylvania against DNA found on the sheath at the crime scene. Testing determined that “at least 99.9998% of the male population would be expected to be excluded from the possibility of being the suspect’s biological father.”
Prosecutors filed court documents detailing their intent to pursue the death penalty as they deemed the slayings were “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.”
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[Featured image: Kohberger via August Frank/The Lewiston Tribune; AP, Pool]
