Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger will make a plea today

Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger is expected to appear in court Monday for his arraignment and plead guilty to first-degree murder charges.

The 28-year-old graduate student is scheduled to appear in a Latah County courtroom for an arraignment hearing before District Judge John Judge. The parents of his alleged victims have promised to be present.

Last week, a grand jury indicted him on four counts of murder and one count of burglary. That meant a preliminary hearing previously scheduled for June has been cancelled. If he enters a not guilty plea on Monday, a proper trial date will be set.

The alleged killer’s lawyers are currently unable to comment on the case because a gag order is in place – a motion to lift that order will be heard later on Monday.

Kohberger is accused of fatally stabbing three women — Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21 — and one man — Ethan Chapin, 20 — in the early morning of Nov. 13 at their college home in Moscow, Idaho .

Maddie Mogen (above) Kaylee Goncalves (second from left) Xana Kernodle (second from right) and Ethan Chapin (center) – all students at the University of Idaho – were stabbed to death on November 13 in the quiet college town of Moscow

Kaylee Goncalves’ father, Steve (pictured in court last November), said last week he would carefully review all evidence and looked forward to meeting Kohberger in court

Two other female housemates who were in the house at the time of the murders were unharmed.

One of those women told investigators she heard someone crying in one of the victim’s bedrooms at 4 a.m. She then saw a masked man, dressed in black, walk past her out of the house, according to a court document.

Those two witnesses will now only be heard in court if Kohberger pleads not guilty and the trial goes ahead.

In a recent interview with GMA, Goncalves’ father said that despite the family’s grief, they would be present in court for the hearing and would examine every piece of evidence.

‘I can’t wait to see the evidence… and then I’m going to bring it. And he’ll realize that this… is the family that’s going to make sure he doesn’t get away with it,” Steve Goncalves said.

In another interview, he said he wants to make sure his daughter’s killer is held accountable.

“We will be there at any time and analyze every piece of data… to make sure it is the right person and we hold them accountable,” Steve Goncalves told NewsNation last week.

Goncalves’ mother, Kristi, said it was “great” for the family to go “strong” and “united.”

“I have no idea what to expect, I have no idea what we’re going to hear… But I know I have my son, and my daughter will be there, and my sister, and my husband,” Kristi added.

Kaylee Goncalves’ family leaves Latah County Court after Bryan Kohberger first appeared in court last November

In a new interview with Good Morning America, Kaylee Goncalves’ father, Steve, said he is looking forward to the evidence against the man accused of murdering his daughter.

The crime shook the small college town of Moscow, home to the University of Idaho, and drew national attention.

Kohberger was eventually arrested in Pennsylvania six weeks after the crime while visiting his family. He was then flown to Idaho to face charges.

He was working on a doctorate in criminal justice at Washington State University, about 10 miles from the University of Idaho campus.

It was revealed last week that he broke into a female colleague’s apartment and then installed security cameras to spy on her when she called for help.

The alleged incident took place months before the murders. Kohberger is suspected of breaking into the property and moving things around, but he didn’t steal anything, leading his colleague to contact him instead of the police.

The woman, who has not been identified, asked the suspected killer to come over and help her, to which he reportedly suggested installing a surveillance system in the property.

Authorities have said what may have motivated Kohberger, but have said they are confident he was responsible for all four murders.

Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall issued a gag order on Jan. 4 barring detectives, law enforcement officers and lawyers from speaking to the media or the public about the Moscow killings.

Kohberger’s apartment in Pullman, Washington, was combed by police for evidence in the ongoing investigation

It was subsequently amended on January 18 to include the lawyers representing the victims’ families.

A suit was filed on behalf of the Associated Press and the Goncalves family to have the injunction lifted. That hearing will take place via Zoom after Kohberger’s arraignment.

Kohberger’s legal team filed a motion to compel discovery in Latah County Court on May 4. It repeated earlier requests from February 3 and March 24.

It seeks all body and dash cam footage of officers involved in his arrest in Pennsylvania; any audio or video evidence of his time in prison, including police interrogations; lab reports of the forensic evidence seized from his parents’ home and his Hyundai Elantra; and the training records of officers involved in the case.

His latest legal filing comes after it was revealed that police found traces of blood and a secret storage closet in his apartment in Pullman, Washington – a 15-minute drive from where the alleged murders took place.