The judge overseeing the case of Bryan Kohberger, accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, issued a series of ruling on Thursday, responding to several motions, including one to disallow the death penalty in case of conviction because of Kohberger’s recent diagnosis with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Judge Steven Hippler denied the defense …
A wide-ranging pre-trial hearing got under way on Wednesday in the case of a criminology graduate student accused of stabbing to death four University of Idaho students in 2022, with both sides in the case presenting their arguments for and against the inclusion of certain evidence when the trial begins this summer. Bryan Kohberger, 30, …
Accused University of Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger returns to court on Wednesday for a hearing on multiple motions by both sides in the high profile case over what evidence will be allowed to be presented at trial when it gets under way this summer. Kohberger, a graduate student at nearby Washington State University in criminology …
Prosecutors asked the court on Wednesday to present a photo Bryan Kohberger took hours after four University of Idaho students were murdered in 2022, claiming the image matches a witness’ description of the killer. One of the surviving roommates who was home when the quadruple slayings transpired reportedly described the suspect as being, tall, slender, …
Days after transcripts were released, Idaho news agencies obtained the recording of the 911 call made by the surviving roommates of the University of Idaho murders on November 13, 2022. Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves were found stabbed to death on that morning. The two surviving roommates called friends over after …
Prosecutors in the case of the 2022 University of Idaho murders say their defense counterparts plan to argue that a knife sheath with their client’s DNA found at the scene could have been planted there. Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson made the comment this week, deep in a response to one of the defense’s many …
Newly released transcripts of text messages between the surviving roommates of the 2022 University of Idaho murders and their 911 call reveal the frantic chaos of that night as the two women gradually understand what has happened. The documents identify Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke by their initials, revealing Mortensen’s initial text to Kaylee Goncalves, …
The judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial in Idaho on Wednesday denied several defense motions aimed at hamstringing the prosecution’s case, including a critical motion that would have seen the judge toss “investigative genetic genealogy” evidence from the case. Hearings on all four motions denied by Judge Steven Hippler were held on January 23 and …
Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys cast doubt on probable cause in Kohberger’s case last month, noting that two DNA samples remain unidentified years after four University of Idaho students were murdered in 2022. The Idaho Statesman reported that two blood samples found in the Moscow home belong to two males whose identities remain a mystery. Kohberger’s attorneys …
Bryan Kohberger was investigated but found to be significantly shorter than the suspect and not in the area at the time.
On Thursday, prosecutors denied claims that evidence in the 2022 University of Idaho quadruple murder case was improperly collected and should be excluded from trial. The Idaho Statesman reported that Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson and state attorneys claimed that the trove of evidence against Bryan Kohberger should not be suppressed as it proves his guilt. …
The new judge overseeing the murder trial of Bryan Kohberger dinged his attorneys on Thursday in a ruling ordering them to resubmit a hearing request with more detail and less extraneous documentation. The new ruling came just days after Judge Steven Hippler denied 12 motions filed by Kohberger’s defense to bar the death penalty from …
