Former U.S. Attorney Joshua Hurwit has joined the prosecution team in the case against Bryan Kohberger, who is charged in the killings of four University of Idaho students in 2022. Hurwit will serve as a special deputy prosecuting attorney for the state in the upcoming murder trial scheduled for August. The Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson is leading the prosecution team in the case.
Kohberger, a criminal justice graduate student at Washington State University, is facing four counts of murder in the deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves, who were killed in November 2022 at a rental home near their campus in Moscow, Idaho. Autopsies revealed that the victims were likely asleep when they were attacked and each was stabbed multiple times.
Investigators matched Kohberger’s DNA to genetic material recovered from a knife sheath found at the crime scene. A not-guilty plea was entered on Kohberger’s behalf by a judge, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty if he is convicted. A hearing is scheduled for April 9 to address pretrial motions, including arguments about Kohberger’s autism spectrum disorder diagnosis affecting his eligibility for the death penalty, and whether jurors should hear audio of a 911 call made after the killings.
Kohberger’s trial is set to begin on August 11 and is expected to last for more than three months. The case has garnered significant attention and is being closely followed by the community and the wider public.
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