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Bryan Kohberger trial set to begin June 2025 in Idaho murders case
Bryan Kohberger, the 29-year-old former criminology Ph.D. student accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is one step closer to trial after a scheduling hearing Thursday, more than a year after the 2022 massacre and 13 months after Kohberger’s arraignment.
Attorneys were instructed to prepare to address several other scheduling issues, including setting a time for the defense to challenge the death penalty and pre-trial deadlines. Kohberger appeared wearing a suit and tie and did not speak in the hearing, which wrapped up in under 20 minutes.
Judge John Judge appeared ready to move things forward.
“We’re getting to a point of diminishing returns,” he said.
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Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom, looking at defense attorney Anne Taylor, for his arraignment hearing in Latah County District Court, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Kohberger is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022. (Zach Wilkinson/Pool via REUTERS)
Both sides were amicable to a trial date next summer, when the high school across the street is out of session, and Judge ordered the trial to start on June 2, 2025.
Kohberger was studying at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, at the time of the murders. The school is just a 10-mile drive across the state line from the crime scene.
A 4 a.m. home invasion stabbing left four undergrads dead on Nov. 13, 2022 – Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
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Madison Mogen, top left, smiles on the shoulders of her best friend, Kaylee Goncalves, as they pose with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and two other housemates in Goncalves’ final Instagram post, shared the day before the four students were stabbed to death. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)
Police found a Ka-Bar knife sheath under Mogen’s body that allegedly had Kohberger’s DNA on the snap.
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According to court documents, investigators also tracked Kohberger’s Hyundai Elantra on a meandering route around the area to and from the crime scene.
The trial has already been postponed for more than a year as defense attorneys accuse the prosecution of slow-walking the disclosure of evidence through discovery.
Judge John Judge speaks during a hearing Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at the Latah County Courthouse in Moscow, Idaho. (August Frank/Pool via REUTERS)
Investigators said cellphone pings placed Kohberger near the house the day of the murders, but defense lawyers have argued that he was nowhere near the house where the killings happened and was instead driving around the steep mountain roads in the dark, as he often liked to “see the moon and stars.”
Kohberger faces four charges of first-degree murder and a felony burglary count.
If he is convicted, he could face the death penalty.
He’s due back in court in August for a hearing on his defense team’s motion to change venue.
Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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MISSOULA, Mt. — Thousands of athletes, coaches and volunteers are preparing to travel to Minnesota for the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games, which begin June 20 and run through June 26. The Games will bring competitors from all 50 states to the national stage.
Montana will be represented by 25 athletes and 28 volunteers from 18 communities across the state.
Four competitors from Missoula are among those getting ready for the trip. Jared Redeen as a bowling athlete, Jeff Redeen as a Unified partner in bowling, and Coley Stensgar-Maul and Vanessa Canham as golf athletes.
Team Montana athletes will compete in several events, including bocce, golf, gymnastics and bowling. The national competition is expected to bring together thousands of athletes and Unified partners, 1,500 coaches, 10,000 volunteers and tens of thousands of fans.
For the Montana athletes, the next few weeks will be focused on final practices, travel preparations and the excitement of representing their communities on one of the biggest stages in Special Olympics sports.
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The 2026 Special Olympics USA Games are designed to celebrate athletic competition, inclusion and the achievements of people with intellectual disabilities. For Team Montana, the trip is also a chance to show the work they have put in — and to compete for medals in front of a national crowd.
HopeLink of Southern Nevada is hosting its first-ever “Dink for HopeLink” Pickleball Tournament. This is the organization’s main fundraiser of the year Join them for some friendly competition while helping raise money to PREVENT homelessness in Southern Nevada.
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New Mexico
Taos husband seeks restraining order against private investigator after wife’s remains found
A Taos man asked for a restraining order against a private investigator after his missing wife’s remains were found in Carson National Forest.
TAOS, N.M. – A Taos man asked for a restraining order against a private investigator after his missing wife’s remains were found in Carson National Forest.
Melissa Casias’ remains were found last month in Carson National Forest, about a year after she went missing.
Her husband, Amrk Casias, said in court records that private investigator Thomas McNally accused him of murdering her.
According to court documents, Casias claimed McNally launched an “escalating campaign of public harassment, defamation, and criminal threats” against him and his daughters.
Casias also claimed McNally does not hold a valid New Mexico private investigator license.
A hearing on the restraining order request is set for next week.
Police have not charged Casias with wrongdoing in the case.
An autopsy is underway to determine how Melissa Casias died. Police also said they found a gun near her remains.
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