Current:Home > FinanceIdaho Murder Case: Suspect Bryan Kohberger Indicted By Grand Jury -Achieve Wealth Network
Idaho Murder Case: Suspect Bryan Kohberger Indicted By Grand Jury
View
Date:2025-04-18 04:02:52
Bryan Kohberger has been indicted for the quadruple homicide of four University of Idaho students.
According to court documents obtained by E! News, an Idaho grand jury determined the 28-year-old "did unlawfully enter a residence" in the town of Moscow last November and "wilfully, unlawfully, deliberately, with premeditation and with malice aforethought, kill and murder" Maddie Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
Kohberger was indicted on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.
The suspect, a criminology graduate student at Washington State University at the time of the killings, has denied any wrongdoing in the case.
"It is a little out of character, he said. This is not him," his public defender, Jason LaBar, told Today in January. "He believes he's going to be exonerated. That's what he believes, those were his words."
Back in November, police found roommates Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle and the latter's boyfriend Chapin stabbed to death inside the Moscow home. Two additional women were home at the time of the killings and were uninjured.
Kohberger was arrested at his parent's home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania in late December and charged with murder.
In a probable cause affidavit released at the time of the arrest, Moscow investigators noted that a white Hyundai Elantra was seen on surveillance footage near the home before and after the killings and, that a couple of weeks later, Washington State University police discovered the model was registered to Kohberger.
Authorities also determined that the physical description of him on his driver's license matched the info one of the surviving roommates provided investigators.
Surveillance footage also showed the Elantra at his family's hometown, the affidavit stated. Authorities found the vehicle at the house at the time of Kohberger's arrest, his public defender told CNN in January, adding that this client had gone home for the holidays.
Though a murder weapon has not be located, police did find a knife sheath bearing male DNA at the scene of the crime, per the affidavit. Lab tests were later gathered from that as well as a garbage from outside of the suspect's family home.
"DNA profile obtained from the trash and the DNA profile obtained from the sheath," the affidavit noted, "identified a male as not being excluded as the biological father" of Kohberger.
He is due to be arraigned May 22, court documents show. According to NBC News, his four charges of first-degree murder carry sentences that could include life in prison to the death penalty.
(E!, Today and NBC News are part of the NBCUniversal family.)
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (211)
Related
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- Orcas are hunting whale sharks. Is there anything they can't take down?
- How Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen Navigate Their Private Romance on Their Turf
- Joe Burrow’s home broken into during Monday Night Football in latest pro
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- OCBC chief Helen Wong joins Ho Ching, Jenny Lee on Forbes' 100 most powerful women list
- Social media platform Bluesky nearing 25 million users in continued post
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Social media platform Bluesky nearing 25 million users in continued post
Ranking
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- Michael Cole, 'The Mod Squad' and 'General Hospital' actor, dies at 84
- Deadly chocolate factory caused by faulty gas fitting, safety board finds
- Biden says he was ‘stupid’ not to put his name on pandemic relief checks like Trump did
- The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
- Timothée Chalamet makes an electric Bob Dylan: 'A Complete Unknown' review
- Rebecca Minkoff says Danny Masterson was 'incredibly supportive to me' at start of career
- OCBC chief Helen Wong joins Ho Ching, Jenny Lee on Forbes' 100 most powerful women list
Recommendation
'Vanderpump Rules' star DJ James Kennedy arrested on domestic violence charges
Friend for life: Mourning dog in Thailand dies at owner's funeral
Federal appeals court takes step closer to banning TikTok in US: Here's what to know
'The Later Daters': Cast, how to stream new Michelle Obama
Grammy nominee Teddy Swims on love, growth and embracing change
Finally, good retirement news! Southwest pilots' plan is a bright spot, experts say
Man on trial in Ole Miss student’s death lied to investigators, police chief says
Not sure what to write in your holiday card? These tips can help: Video tutorial