The man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 is due in court on Friday.
Suspected quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger has two court hearings, the first which is closed to the public and media and the second which will be streamed on the judge’s YouTube channel. KLEW reported the closed hearing is about Kohberger’s failed motion to dismiss the grand jury indictment due to prosecutorial misconduct and inadmissible evidence, while the public hearing pertains to claims that the grand jury was given inaccurate instructions.
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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.
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.”
Prosecutors want Kohberger’s trial to begin in June.
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[Feature Photo: Bryan Kohberger/August Frank/The Lewiston Tribune via AP, Pool]
