Current:Home > FinanceIdaho Murder Case: Suspect Bryan Kohberger Indicted By Grand Jury -Prime Money Path
Idaho Murder Case: Suspect Bryan Kohberger Indicted By Grand Jury
View
Date:2025-04-11 13:16:17
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! (1278)
Related
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- Germany’s economy shrank, and it’s facing a spending crisis that’s spreading more gloom
- It's the cheapest Thanksgiving Day for drivers since 2020. Here's where gas prices could go next.
- Daryl Hall is suing John Oates over plan to sell stake in joint venture. A judge has paused the sale
- Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
- Family lunch, some shopping, a Christmas tree lighting: President Joe Biden’s day out in Nantucket
- Police warn residents to stay indoors after extremely venomous green mamba snake escapes in the Netherlands
- AP Week in Pictures: North America
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- Russia launches largest drone attack on Ukraine since start of invasion, says Ukrainian military
Ranking
- The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
- UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the 1st time as country sees a record outbreak
- Fashion photographer Terry Richardson accused of sexual assault in new lawsuit
- How making jewelry got me out of my creative rut
- Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
- Memorial planned for Kansas police dog that was strangled after chasing suspect into storm drain
- Tiffany Haddish arrested on suspicion of DUI in Beverly Hills after Thanksgiving show
- An early boy band was world famous — until the Nazis took over
Recommendation
Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
Cleanup, air monitoring underway at Kentucky train derailment site
Beware! 'The Baddies' are here to scare your kids — and make them laugh
Black Friday 2023 store hours: When do Walmart, Target, Costco, Best Buy open and close?
Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
Person dead after officer-involved shooting outside Salem
It's the cheapest Thanksgiving Day for drivers since 2020. Here's where gas prices could go next.
Woman believed to be girlfriend of suspect in Colorado property shooting is also arrested