Attorneys for accused University of Idaho quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger asked the court last week to unseal documents they claim prosecutors do not want public.
Twice, Kohberger has sought to have his grand jury indictment dismissed. ABC News reported that defense attorneys have argued that the grand jury used the wrong standard of proof because they were given incorrect instructions, and the grand jury was biased because prosecutors withheld evidence that would have supported Kohberger’s case.
Both of those motions were denied and Kohberger is awaiting trial. A pretrial hearing — in which Kohberger will again argue to toss the grand jury indictment — is scheduled for January 26.
“Mr. Kohberger acknowledges the right of the public to be fully informed of the issues,” his lawyer wrote in the motion which was filed on Friday, according to ABC.
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.”
KNIX reported that prosecutors want Kohberger’s trial to begin in June.
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[Featured image: Bryan Kohberger/August Frank/The Lewiston Tribune via AP, Pool]
