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An Idaho judge has amended the gag order in the Moscow student murders case, which now restricts the remarks of attorneys for the victims, their families and witnesses – in addition to investigators, the prosecution and defense.
The case against Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student at Washington State University, has drawn national attention for more than two months.
He allegedly entered a home just steps off the neighboring University of Idaho campus and attacked four undergrads with a knife around 4 a.m. on Nov. 13. For almost seven weeks, police did not publicly name a suspect.
With help from the FBI, they arrested him in Pennsylvania on Dec. 30. He is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, along with Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, also 20. He faces an additional charge of felony burglary.
IDAHO MURDERS SUSPECT BRYAN KOHBERGER FOLLOWED 3 FEMALE VICTIMS ON INSTAGRAM BEFORE STABBINGS, REPORT CLAIMS
Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall speaks during a January 2023 hearing for Bryan Kohberger, inset, the suspect in the stabbing deaths of four students near the University of Idaho.
(Kai Eiselein/Pool)
Bill Thompson, the Latah County prosecuting attorney, told reports at a news briefing on the day of the arrest to expect most information to come out in court.
Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall doubled down on that with the new order this week, expanding the scope of the order.
“The attorneys for any interested party in this case, including the prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, and any attorney representing a witness, victim, or victim‘s family, as well as the parties to the above entitled action, including but not limited to investigators, law enforcement personal (sic), and agents for the prosecuting attorney or defense attorney, are prohibited from making extra judicial statements (written or oral) concerning this case, except,…
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