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

Bryan Kohberger, center, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, listens during a hearing in Latah County District Court on Sept. 13, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho, as he sits with Anne Taylor, left, one of his attorneys, near a video display showing 2nd District Judge John C. Judge. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press/Pool)
By Kevin Fixler Idaho Statesman

BOISE – Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, will make his first appearance in an Ada County courtroom next week.

Idaho 4th District Judge Steven Hippler, who was recently assigned to the high-profile case, scheduled a status conference for Kohberger on Thursday at 2 p.m.

The Idaho Supreme Court moved Kohberger’s murder trial from Moscow to Boise and Kohberger was transferred by plane to Ada County this past Sunday.

Kohberger, 29, is accused of killing the four UI students at an off-campus home in Moscow in November 2022. The victims were Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, both 20, and Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21.

Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for Kohberger if a jury convicts him. Kohberger’s defense attorneys have filed motions to have capital punishment struck as a possible sentence.

Kohberger’s murder trial was scheduled to start in June by the prior judge on the case. But the venue change to Boise and switch in judges led to the trial date and location, and each of the proceedings leading up to it, being vacated – and possibly delayed.

Hippler is expected to set a new court schedule at Thursday’s status conference at the Ada County Courthouse.

The hearing will be first-come, first-served for seating. A livestream also will be available via the court’s YouTube page: youtube.com/@idahofourthdistrictcourt.