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Bryan Kohberger, the criminology Ph.D. student accused of the home invasion murders of four University of Idaho undergrads, has been indicted by a grand jury in Latah County, authorities have confirmed.
The superseding indictment means the accused quadruple murderer will not have a chance to attack the evidence used to arrest him at a preliminary hearing that had been scheduled for the week of June 26. A new arraignment has been scheduled for Monday, May 22, at 9 a.m.
It also spares the two surviving housemates and other potential witnesses from having to testify under cross-examination prior to trial.
The move was not unexpected. Prominent Boise defense attorney Edwina Elcox said in January that it could be announced at any moment once a grand jury had been empaneled behind closed doors and convinced that the charges should stand.
IDAHO MURDERS SUSPECT BRYAN KOHBERGER WILL CHALLENGE EVIDENCE, LAWYER SAYS
University of Idaho students from left to right: Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21. All four were stabbed to death in an off-campus rental home in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, 2022. (Jazzmin Kernodle via AP/Instagram/@kayleegoncalves)
“I was about confident as I could be that there would be an indictment in this case,” she told Fox News Digital Wednesday.
Kohberger is accused of sneaking into a college town rental home around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13 and butchering four students inside.
At least some of them were sleeping at the start of the ambush, according to Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt.
Bryan Kohberger, left, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, looks toward his attorney, public defender Anne Taylor, right, during a hearing in Latah County District Court, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)
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Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin all received posthumous…
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