Idaho college murder suspect Bryan Kohberger to make first appearance in Boise courtroom

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Bryan Kohberger, nan man charged pinch nan stabbing deaths of 4 University of Idaho students, will make his first quality successful an Ada County courtroom adjacent week.

Idaho 4th District Judge Steven Hippler, who was precocious assigned to nan high-profile case, scheduled a position convention for Kohberger connected Thursday, Sept. 26, astatine 2 p.m. The Idaho Supreme Court moved Kohberger’s execution proceedings from Moscow to Boise and Kohberger was transferred by level to Ada County this past Sunday.

Kohberger, 29, is accused of sidesplitting nan 4 U of I students astatine an off-campus location successful Moscow successful November 2022. The victims were Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, some 20, and Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, some 21.

Kohberger faces 4 counts of first-degree execution and 1 count of felony burglary. Prosecutors intend to activity nan decease punishment for Kohberger if a assemblage convicts him. Kohberger’s defense attorneys person revenge motions to person superior reward struck arsenic a imaginable sentence.

Kohberger’s execution proceedings was scheduled to commencement successful June 2025 by nan anterior judge connected nan case. But nan venue alteration to Boise and move successful judges led to nan proceedings day and location, and each of nan proceedings starring up to it, being vacated — and perchance delayed.

Hippler is expected to group a caller tribunal schedule astatine adjacent Thursday’s position convention astatine nan Ada County Courthouse. The proceeding will beryllium first-come, first-served for seating.

EastIdahoNews.com will livestream nan hearing.