Accused Idaho student killer Bryan Kohberger’s defense lawyer filed to dismiss the indictment against him Wednesday, alleging “inadmissible” evidence and prosecutorial misconduct.
In the court filing, attorney Jay Logsdon revealed Kohberger’s team raised 24 issues to support these claims. Prosecutors, who are accused of withholding exculpatory evidence, according to Fox News Digital, must respond by Wednesday.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors provided evidence earlier this year that helped secure a warrant for Kohberger’s arrest. A subsequent superseding indictment, however, presented evidence privately to grand jurors, reportedly before agreeing to the indictment.
Bryan Kohberger Motion to D… by Leigh Egan
Kohberger, a Ph.D. criminal justice student at Washington State University, was arrested in December in Pennsylvania for fatally stabbing Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, and Kaylee Goncalves at the women’s off-campus home on November 13, 2022.
He is believed to have turned off his phone during the murders. However, police claim he visited the area 12 times before the slayings.
Police arrested the defendant after a cross-country trip with his father from Idaho to Pennsylvania. During their trip, Indiana police pulled over the pair twice.
Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary. Prosecutors filed court documents detailing their intent to pursue the death penalty as they deemed the four slayings were “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.”
Kohberger remains jailed without bail. His trial is scheduled to begin in October.
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[Featured image: Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a motion hearing regarding a gag order, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Kohberger is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022. (Zach Wilkinson/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP, Pool)]
*Additional reporting by Jacquelyn Gray*
