The public defender representing a suspect accused of murdering four University of Idaho students previously represented the parent of one of the victims.
Concerns of conflicts of interest in the Idaho murders case were raised after The Idaho Statesman reported on Monday that Chief of the Kootenai County Public Defender’s Office Anne Taylor filed on 5 January to recuse herself from representing one of the slain University of Idaho students’ mother — the same day that quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger was extradited from Pennsylvania custody to Idaho.
