Bryan Kohberger is due in court Friday after learning about his ‘alibi’ on the night of the Idaho murders
- Kohberger’s lawyers say he was driving alone the night of the murders
- Prosecutors say this is not an alibi and are asking for more information
- Kohberger, 28, is due to go on trial in October in Latah County, Idaho
Bryan Kohberger will appear in court in Idaho today for a hearing after his lawyers claimed his alibi is that he was driving around the night of the murders he is accused of.
Kohberger will appear before Latah County Court, Idaho, at 10:30 a.m. PT. The hearing is the latest step in the ongoing legal preparation for Kohberger’s trial, which is scheduled for October.
Today, prosecutors are expected to demand more specificity from defense attorneys about how they plan to argue his alibi.
They say the fact that he was “driving in the area” does nothing to exonerate him, and actually puts him on the spot.
Bryan Kohberger is due back in court today in Idaho. He will be shown on June 27 in his final appearance
Kohberger is charged with the murders of students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and her friend Ethan Chapin
Kohberger is charged with the murders of college students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin.
Police say DNA found on a knife sheath left at the gruesome scene matched Kohberger and his father 99.9 percent.
He was arrested December 30 in Pennsylvania after driving back to his parents’ home in the Poconos from Idaho, where he was studying a PhD in criminology.
Today’s hearing will be streamed live over the internet.
Earlier this month, his lawyers discussed the alibi for the first time. ‘
“Mr. Kohberger has long had a habit of riding alone. He often drove at night.
Kohberger is shown driving his white Hyundai Elantra, the car he was driving on the night of the murders
“He did it as late as November 12 and until November 13, 2022,” they said.
The two main pieces of evidence linking him to the crime are the DNA on the knife sheath and the fact that his white Hyundai Elantra was seen in the area.
His lawyers are also expected to try to cast doubt on the genetic genealogical methods used to identify him.
Police had to work backwards from the DNA sample found at the scene to build a profile of hundreds if not thousands of people who could have matched it.
They then targeted Kohberger, who lived nearby and had the same car that witnesses had seen.
One of the surviving roommates who was not attacked also said she had seen the killer and that he had “bushy eyebrows” – another characteristic of Kohberger’s appearance.
According to the document, Kohberger does not claim to be at a specific location and time and may have witnesses who can confirm that he was not in the house where the students were killed.
His defense team is still reviewing transcripts of grand jury testimony and other evidence from the investigation, his attorneys wrote, so it’s too early to explain exactly who those witnesses might be and what they might be testifying about.