Kohberger is suspected of committing the murders of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, and Madison Mogen at the University of Idaho, which is located approximately 10 miles away from where he was studying.
Court documents revealed that the crime scene, spanning two floors of a six-bedroom house on King Road in Moscow, Idaho, was extremely bloody. The house has since been torn down.
The floor plan of Bryan Kohberger’s apartment in Pullman, Washington.
They recovered a knife sheath under Mogen’s remains which allegedly had Kohberger’s DNA on it. No murder weapon has been recovered.
Hippler denied all of Kohberger’s attempts to attack probable cause in the search warrants.
During proceedings, the defense came under scrutiny for their claim that critical information about the genetic genealogy techniques employed to identify Kohberger was withheld from the judge who issued the initial warrants in the case.
“The Court concludes that the search warrants are not invalid based on the omission of Defendant’s identification through IGG because that information would have only bolstered probable cause for the searches,” Hippler wrote in his decision.
Kohberger’s trial is scheduled to start in August. He could face the death penalty if convicted.
