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Idaho murders: Bryan Kohberger defense receives hundreds of documents from prosecutors
Latah County prosecutors turned over a whole lot of information to Idaho pupil murders suspect Bryan Kohberger’s protection this week, court docket data present.
The invention disclosures embrace practically a thousand pages of paperwork, virtually twice as many photos and a video.
The proof has not but been made public, and the court docket has issued a gag order on the case barring attorneys from each side, investigators, and attorneys for witnesses, victims and their households from discussing the case.
Kohberger is being held with out bail on 4 counts of first-degree homicide and a felony housebreaking cost after allegedly getting into an off-campus home round 4 a.m. on Nov. 13 and attacking 4 College of Idaho college students inside.
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Bryan Kohberger escorted to court docket in Pennsylvania previous to his extradition again to Idaho to face fees within the deaths of Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. Inset: Kohberger’s WSU portrait and the final recognized picture of the victims collectively
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He might face the demise penalty if convicted.
Kohberger’s legal professional, Kootenai County Public Defender Anne Taylor, filed for discovery on Jan. 10. Latah County Prosecuting Legal professional Invoice Thompson notified the court docket of his response 13 days later.
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The ambush killed Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, each 21, their 20-year-old housemate Xana Kernodle, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, additionally 20, who lived close by and was spending the night time.
All 4 suffered a number of stab wounds, based on Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt, who stated at the very least among the victims might have been sleeping at first of the assault.
Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, together with the ladies’s two different roommates in Kaylee Goncalves’ closing Instagram put up, shared the day earlier than the slayings.
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Police discovered a Ka-Bar sheath on the scene and allege that DNA discovered on the thumb snap helped make them Kohberger, who allegedly stalked the home at the very least 12 occasions earlier than the slayings and returned to the house the morning after, based on a possible trigger affidavit.
The suspect was a Ph.D. criminology pupil at Washington State College, about 10 miles away from the College of Idaho.
Wilson-Quick Corridor on the Washington State College campus in Pullman, Washington, which homes the varsity’s Division of Prison Justice and Criminology.
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He was arrested on Dec. 30, when Pennsylvania police and the FBI raided his mother and father’ home within the Poconos Mountains.
He waived extradition and is awaiting his subsequent court docket date, set for June 26, in Moscow, Idaho.
Prosecutors might pace up the timeline by looking for a grand jury indictment as an alternative of ready till the preliminary listening to to show possible trigger, specialists have informed Fox Information Digital.