Idaho student murders: Bryan Kohberger preliminary hearing set for June
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The suspect in the quadruple homicide of four University of Idaho students will have a preliminary hearing in June, almost seven months after the killings.
Bryan Kohberger, 28, was arrested on Dec. 30 and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary in connection to the deaths of Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21.
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Each victim was stabbed multiple times in the chest and upper body with a large knife on Nov. 13.
During Kohberger’s court appearance on Thursday morning, a judge set his preliminary hearing for June 26 at 9 a.m. PST.
The hearing could last anywhere from three to five days. During this time, more evidence could be presented, and both sides can question witnesses testimony, per Idaho law.
Reports from inside the courtroom stated that he waived his right to a speedy preliminary hearing, and there will be no bail.
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Police have been gathering several pieces of evidence to build their case against Kohberger.
The make and model of his car, a white Hyundai Elantra, was a focal point for Idaho investigators, as a similar vehicle was seen in the area near the victims’ homes prior to the murders and during the window of time of death, between 3 and 4 a.m.
After local and state police put out a call for white Hyundai Elantras, one was found registered to Kohberger at the Washington State University campus, just a 15-minute drive from the University of Idaho. Kohberger, at the time, was a criminology graduate student at WSU.
He was pulled over twice in a nine-minute period while traveling through Indiana on Dec. 15, on his way to Pennsylvania, and it was revealed that one of the stops was intentional so officers could obtain footage of his face and hands.
Cellphone data from Kohberger’s phone indicated that his phone’s movement and location was consistent with the path of the vehicle of interest on Nov. 13. It also showed his phone near the victims’ home at least a dozen times between June 2022 and the day of the murder.
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DNA from Kohberger’s trash is a match to DNA found at the crime scene, police determined.