Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused in the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, are challenging an array of evidence in an effort to prevent prosecutors from presenting it at trial. 

A filing posted Friday totaled more than 160 pages and included the legal justification for blocking a variety of materials that Kohberger’s lawyers say were improperly obtained, the Idaho Statesman reported. 

Some of the evidence defense lawyers want suppressed is Kohberger’s genetic information, which they argue was “illegally gathered by law enforcement,” citing the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, according to the newspaper. 

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Kohberger is accused of killing Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20, in a 4 a.m. attack on Nov. 13, 2022. All four were staying in a six-bedroom home just steps from the university campus. 

At the time of the slayings, Kohberger was studying for a Ph.D. in criminology at neighboring Washington State University, less than 10 miles from the site of the killings. 

He claimed he was taking one of many solo, nighttime drives at the time of the murders. 

Bryan Kohberger, left, listens as defense attorney Jay Logsdon, standing, presents oral arguments in favor of overturning Kohberger’s grand jury indictment in Moscow, Idaho, on Oct. 26, 2023. (Kai Eiselein-Pool/Getty Images)

Authorities said Kohberger’s DNA was found on a Ka-Bar knife sheath under Mogen’s body. DNA was later matched to Kohberger through a cheek swab. 

Other evidence being challenged by the defense includes the contents of Kohberger’s digital history on his Amazon, Google, Apple iCloud and AT&T phone accounts, citing privacy law violations, as well as evidence obtained from his apartment in Pullman, Washington, with a search warrant. 

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Bryan Kohberger listens to arguments during a hearing in Moscow, Idaho, on Oct. 26, 2023. (Kai Eiselein/New York Post via AP, Pool)

Prosecutors have until Dec. 6 to respond to the defense’s 14 evidence suppression filings. A public hearing on the matter is scheduled for Jan. 23. 

The venue for the murder trial was moved from the college town of Moscow to Boise after defense lawyers argued the extensive media coverage would make it difficult to find impartial jurors. 

The change also resulted in Judge Steven Hippler being assigned to preside over the proceedings, replacing Latah County District Judge John Judge, who agreed to the change of venue. 

Bryan Kohberger arrives at Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 3, 2023, before waiving extradition to Idaho to face murder charges in the stabbing deaths of four university students. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)

Hippler, who is no stranger to murder cases, denied Kohberger’s request to extend deadlines for filing motions for discovery material. 

“Motions to enlarge a deadline filed on the eve of the deadline are not well taken,” the judge wrote in a Friday ruling. “The State’s discovery deadline was September 6, 2024. Defendant could have ascertained far sooner whether the discovery motions deadline would pose a difficulty and brought it to the Court’s attention.”

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)

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“Furthermore, and importantly, Defendant has not demonstrated with his filing good cause to enlarge the deadline,” he added. “He has not set forth what efforts have been made to review the discovery, what portion of discovery has not yet been reviewed, why it has not been reviewed or how long it will take to complete such review.”

Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report. 

Ali Larter never imagined she would settle down in Idaho after spending most of her life in Hollywood.

“It unfolded in the most incredible way for us,” the Landman star, 48, reveals about her and husband Hayes MacArthur’s new life in Idaho in the latest issue of Us Weekly. “If you had told me this 20 years ago, even five years ago, I would have never believed that I’d be living in a very small town in the mountains.”

She continues: “We absolutely adore it, and we are so grateful to get to raise our family here. It’s really, really beautiful to live a smaller life with our children during this chapter.”

Larter explains that the idea came about during the COVID-19 pandemic when her and MacArthur’s children’s schools were shut down. (The couple, who wed in 2009, are parents to son Theodore, 13, and daughter Vivienne, 9.)

“It was just kind of a mess. And Hayes and I decided to just go on a road trip and see where it led us,” she recalls. “We drove into the mountains thinking that we could see with the kids [while they continued] Zoom school.”

As the family explored the area, they fell in love with what the local nature had to offer.

“We love being here and being back in the seasons,” she says, “The Aspen [trees] are bright and yellow right now, and to watch that is my favorite time of the year.”

Before relocating to Idaho, Larter grew up in New Jersey and lived in New York City for a decade before calling Hollywood home for more than 20 years. She always considered herself to be a city girl, she says, but after seeing what small-town life could offer her and her family, she decided to “pivot.”

“I always thought I would live in one of those big cities. I loved my time in those places, but I also feel like we didn’t know that life was available to us,” she confesses. “Even if you talked five years ago, Hayes and I thought we had to be in Los Angeles to be an actor. We weren’t at this place where we were like movie stars, and we could just go live anywhere.”

Larter was ultimately proven right as she continues to act while also putting down family roots in Idaho. She is currently starring in Taylor Sheridan’s new series Landman, which premieres on Paramount+ on Sunday, November 17. In addition to Larter playing Angela, the cast also includes Billy Bob Thorton, Demi Moore and Jon Hamm.

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“This was actually an arduous casting process for me. I had to audition three times and then screen test,” Larter shares of the process to get the role. “So I really had to fight to get to have Angela.”

Larter adds that while she was trying to find the best way to embody her character, Sheridan would make changes to the scripts as he developed Angela’s personality.

“From the very first bit that I saw that he wrote about this woman, I knew she was just a complete firecracker and an emotional tornado,” she teases. “And then I had to embody her.”

Landman premieres on Paramount+ on Sunday, November 17.

For more on Larter, pick up the latest issue of Us Weekly, on stands now.

With reporting by Amanda Williams

LEWISTON, Idaho — Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if an Idaho white supremacist gang member is convicted of killing a man while he was on the run after shooting officers in a plot to help a fellow gang member escape from prison.

Nez Perce County Prosecutor Justin Coleman announced Thursday that the death penalty would be sought if Nicholas Umphenour is convicted of a murder charge in the March death of James Mauney, 83, of Juliaetta, KHQ-TV reported.

Umphenour appeared in Nez Perce County Court on Thursday via video from the county jail and is scheduled for an arraignment Dec. 12. He’s being held without bond, news outlets reported. Umphenour’s attorney, Brian Marx, did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment.

Umphenour was sentenced to life in prison last month in a separate court case in which he helped inmate Skylar Meade escape from a Boise hospital where Meade had been taken for treatment of self-inflicted injuries. Early on March 20, Umphenour began shooting as corrections officers and Meade were leaving the hospital.

Umphenour shot two of the officers, and a third was shot when another officer mistook him for the shooter and opened fire, police said. All three survived.

Umphenour pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting escape and aggravated assault and battery on law enforcement officers in that case.

Meade and Umphenour then fled, investigators said, driving several hours to north-central Idaho.

Mauney had taken his dogs for a walk on a local trail later that morning and never returned. His body was found miles away near Leland, Idaho.

Police said that soon after, the two men headed back to southern Idaho. Mauney’s stolen minivan was found in Twin Falls, where the men were arrested, police have said.

“Seeking the death penalty is appropriate in this case considering the defendant’s complete lack of regard for the life of Mr. Mauney,” Coleman said in a statement. “We’ll continue to fight in both this case and the co-defendant’s case to get justice for the victim.”

Meade also has been sentenced to life in prison in the March 20 escape. He is facing the same murder charge in Nez Perce County and possible death penalty if convicted. He has had a not guilty plea entered for him while his case continues.