Bryan Kohberger Trial Date Set June 2025

(FeaturedHeadlines.com) Bryan Kohberger, the alleged killer of four University of Idaho students, is scheduled to stand trial in June 2025. The case against Kohberger has proceeded slowly, after he was charged with the quadruple murder in January 2023.

Prosecutors accuse Kohberger of killing the four students—Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, and Ethan Chapin—at an off-campus house in November 2022. Investigators claim to have connected Kohberger to the crime scene with digital forensics and DNA evidence.

Kohberger, 29, had a not-guilty plea entered on his behalf. Kohberger was pursuing a Ph.D. in criminology at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington prior to his arrest; Pullman is a short drive away from the scene of the murders in Moscow, Idaho.

The court scheduled Kohberger’s jury trial to begin on June 2, 2025. The court will also hear a motion from Kohberger’s defense team to change venue on August 29, 2024. A change in venue would not impact the trial’s start date.

Prosecutors intended for the trial to begin in summer 2024, although the defense team contended that it would be impossible due to the complex nature of the case. Kohberger’s attorneys have disputed claims that he was at the scene of the murders, instead claiming that he was taking a late-night drive when the students were slain.

The defense team has also accused prosecutors of holding back evidence used to justify Kohberger’s arrest and pushed for its release through discovery. Prosecutors have until September 6, 2024 to finish their discovery process and the defense team has until January 9, 2025. The court will hold a hearing on motions to suppress evidence on February 6, 2025.

Kohberger is being held without bail ahead of the trial, which is expected to last approximately three months. Prosecutors have said that they intend to pursue the death penalty if Kohberger is convicted of the murders. The defense team has until September 5 to challenge the use of the death penalty, to which prosecutors will have until October 10 to respond.

Pursuing justice for the four victims appears to be a slow process, likely because prosecutors only have one chance to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Kohberger killed them.

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