The Idaho Supreme Court has announced that the trial of a man charged in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students will be moved to Boise, Idaho, approximately 300 miles away from the location of the crimes. The decision to transfer the trial, scheduled for June 2025, was made in response to concerns raised by 2nd District Judge John Judge regarding the potential for a fair trial in the university town of Moscow, Idaho.
The defendant, Bryan Kohberger, faces four counts of murder in the deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves. Prosecutors have indicated their intention to seek the death penalty if Kohberger is convicted. The four students were killed in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, in a rental house near the University of Idaho campus.
