Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students last fall, was not at the off-campus home when the quadruple murder took place, his legal team said Tuesday.
Kohberger is facing four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 21-year-olds Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, also 20. All four students were found fatally stabbed inside a residence in Moscow, not far from the University of Idaho campus, on Nov. 14.
“Evidence corroborating Mr. Kohberger being at a location other than the King Road address will be disclosed pursuant to discovery and evidentiary rules as well as statutory requirements,” his attorney Anne Taylor wrote in a court filing obtained by CNN. “It is anticipated this evidence may be offered by way of cross-examination of witnesses produced by the State as well as calling expert witnesses.”
Taylor did not provide additional details, including where exactly Kohberger allegedly was at the time of the killings.
Prior to the gruesome murders, Kohberger was a graduate student in the criminal justice and criminology department at Washington State University in Pullman, roughly 9 miles from the border of Idaho. He was arrested at his parents’ Pennsylvania home in December, shortly after making the cross-country drive to celebrate the holidays with his family.
Authorities have previously said they recovered Kohberger’s DNA from the crime scene, which his attorney argued could have been planted.
Kohberger has pleaded not guilty to the murder charges and his trial is slated to begin in October.
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