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Idaho Murders Case Update: Bryan Kohberger Plans to Call 400 Witnesses successful Trial
Bryan Kohberger's alibi allegedly hinges connected his involvement successful stargazing.
Attorneys for the 29-year-old—who has been charged with 4 counts of first-degree execution and 1 number of felony burglary aft 4 University of Idaho students were killed successful November 2022—submitted ineligible documents connected April 17 detailing his alleged alibi for the nighttime of their deaths.
Kohberger's legal team—who entered his plea arsenic not blameworthy past year—stated that successful the months starring up to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, Kohberger often went connected runs and hikes successful the outdoors successful and astir Pullman, Wash., according to the papers obtained by E! News.
In the autumn of 2022, however, erstwhile Kohberger became busier with classes and enactment astatine Washington State University, fitting successful those outdoor activities often meant nighttime drives—which is what his ineligible squad said helium was doing astir the clip the students were killed successful their apartment.
"Mr. Kohberger was retired driving successful the aboriginal greeting hours of November 13, 2022; arsenic helium often did to hike and tally and/or spot the satellite and stars," the filing read. "He drove passim the country southbound of Pullman, Washington, westbound of Moscow, Idaho including Wawawai Park."
The papers further alleges that Kohberger's hobby volition beryllium proved with information from his phone, which shows "him successful the countryside precocious astatine nighttime and/or successful the aboriginal greeting connected respective occasions." The filing stated the information includes "numerous photographs taken connected respective antithetic precocious evenings and aboriginal mornings, including successful November, depicting the nighttime sky."
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The papers besides noted that to assistance corroborate this information, the defense intends to connection grounds from Sy Ray, a cell tract determination accusation (CSLI) expert.
According to the filing, Ray's grounds volition "show that Bryan Kohberger's mobile instrumentality was southbound of Pullman, Washington and westbound of Moscow, Idaho connected November 13, 2022; that Bryan Kohberger's mobile instrumentality did not question eastbound connected the Moscow-Pullman Highway successful the aboriginal greeting hours of November 13th, and frankincense could not beryllium the conveyance captured connected video on the Moscow-Pullman road adjacent Floyd's Cannabis shop."
Kohberger's squad suggested much accusation astir his whereabouts could beryllium provided successful the aboriginal based connected further discovery.
During a court quality backmost successful February, his lawyers requested a compartment operation probe to assistance physique an alibi—a petition that could further hold his proceedings aft helium waived the close to a speedy trial successful August.
It was there, too, that Kohberger's team shared their tendency to alteration the determination of the upcoming trial—due to concerns that the media attraction could impact the jurors—as good arsenic their plans to telephone 400 witnesses during his ineligible proceedings.
The prosecution, however, aired their objections to the requests.
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"The authorities does not judge it is due to necktie the alibi to the assemblage proceedings day successful the case," a lawman authoritative told presiding Judge John Judge, per Fox News. "It frankly causes the authorities large alarm that the defence is discussing calling upwards of 400 witnesses during the innocence signifier erstwhile we perchance don't person a afloat alibi disclosure."
The judge allowed the defence until April 17 to provide much details astir Kohberger's alibi, which person present been revealed.
"I'm listening cautiously to some sides, and it's a analyzable case," the justice said astatine the time, per Fox. "It's a decease punishment case."
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