A bombshell update in the Bryan Kohberger murder trial emerged on Sunday morning.
The 29-year-old criminology lecturer accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death was flown to a new location where the trial will be held.
Kohberger was transported from Latah County, where the stabbings occurred, to Ada County, according to Fox News.
This move comes after the Idaho Supreme Court ordered that the case be moved to a different venue.
A new mugshot of Kohberger was taken at the Ada County Sheriff’s Office.
A new mugshot of Bryan Kohberger was taken after he moved to a different county for his trial
Kohberger was escorted out of a small plane to a black suv when he arrived in Boise on Sunday
University of Idaho students, pictured from left to right, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were stabbed to death in their off-campus home
The accused quadrupled murder looked rugged with an unkempt beard and bloodshot eyes in his latest mugshot.
The murder suspect’s attorneys argued that his trial would be unfair if it was held in Latah County because of the community’s emotional ties to the case.
Ada County is about 300 miles south of Latah County and Boise, the capital of Idaho, is located there.
A new judge, Steven Hippler, has been assigned to this case, but Latah prosecutors are expected to stay on it, according to NBC News.
Kohberger was handcuffed and in an orange jumpsuit when he arrived in Boise in a small plane. He was moved to a black SUV.
Kohberger was escorted through the Latah Court Room just days before he was moved to Ada county
The accused killer was moved to Ada County, where his trial will be held, on Sunday morning
Kohberger will go on trial in June 2025 for the killing of four college students in September 2022
He is going on trial for the quadruple killings of students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle on November 13, 2022.
Theories revealed in journalist Howard Blum’s book When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders state that Mogen was his only intended target.
The trial is scheduled from June 2 to August 29, 2025.