Suspected Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger's request to dismiss his quadruple murder charge has been denied.
Kohberger appeared emotionless as Judge John Judge announced the decision on Friday. The application was rejected due to concerns about delays in processing the case.
Additionally, the judge declined to grant a permissible appeal that would allow Kohberger's team to appeal to the Supreme Court.
A trial date has not yet been set, but lawyers warned that the hearing could take up to 15 weeks due to the enormous amount of evidence.
Kohberger is accused of murdering students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on November 13, 2022.
Bryan Kohberger (far right) appeared emotionless in court, where he reappeared in connection with charges in his quadruple murder case
Judge John (above right) The judge denied the request and said he was willing to set a trial date
The former criminology graduate student is accused of fatally stabbing Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Maddie Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, on Nov. 13. Victims (left to right) Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen (on Kaylee's shoulders) Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle
The murders shocked America and the world. All four students had been brutally stabbed to death in their rented student house by a mysterious murderer who broke in in the middle of the night.
Because the case attracted much attention, Kohberger's defense also raised the possibility of changing the venue, which was rejected by prosecutors who want the trial to remain in Latah County.
Ann Taylor of Kohberger told Judge Judge that a trial date of summer 2025 is realistic.
He decided to reconsider when to set the date and apologized to the victims' families for the delay, but said he wanted to ensure the trial would only take place “once” and there would be no room for retrials would exist.
“My heart goes out to the victims.” “I can't even imagine the pain and sadness because they can't really move on with this hanging on their head, so I'm sorry,” he said.
Kohberger was arrested in December 2022 after police matched a DNA sample left at the crime scene to his father.
They were alerted to him by his car – a white Hyundai Elantra, similar to the one seen in the area on the night of the murder.
He denies the murders but has not yet commented publicly.
Kohberger was a graduate student in criminology in the area at the time.
His team previously filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, alleging, among other things, that the jury was biased, that the jury was presented with inadmissible evidence and that they did not apply proper legal standards in their decision to file charges .
The defense also previously said it would dispute the idea that Kohberger's DNA was left on the knife sheath at the crime scene, and also argued that DNA from three other unidentified men was also found at the crime scene in Idaho.
They are also demanding more information about how the FBI used the DNA to create family trees that led them to Kohberger and his father, who were arrested early this morning in Pennsylvania nearly a year ago.
It has been over a year since college students Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were brutally murdered in their off-campus home.
The home where four University of Idaho students were killed last year was demolished Thursday despite protests from some of the victims' families
Kohberger, a former criminology graduate student at nearby Washington State University, was arrested on Dec. 30 during a raid on his parents' home in Poconos Mountains, Pennsylvania.
Investigators relied on genetic genealogy to make their case against him, using genetic genealogy to create a DNA profile from DNA left on a knife sheath at the crime scene.
The FBI tracked down Kohberger by tracking down his distant relatives using genetic genealogy databases – and then secretly collected a DNA sample from his father to confirm his identity.
Police say they also matched Kohberger's DNA to the knife sheath after his arrest.
Investigators also compiled cellphone data and surveillance video that allegedly linked Kohberger to the murders.