Live: Bryan Kohberger has final court appearance before Idaho trial

(NewsNation) — Bryan Kohberger, charged with sidesplitting 4 University of Idaho students successful 2022, volition be a final pretrial proceeding Thursday earlier his August trial.

Prosecutors could uncover the alleged motive successful the killings, a question that has loomed ample implicit the case.

NewsNation volition watercourse the proceedings from this communicative astatine 11 a.m. ET.

Kohberger is facing the death penalty successful the killings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle successful an off-campus location successful Moscow, Idaho.

All 4 students were stabbed to death, mounting disconnected a hunt for a fishy successful the weeks pursuing the crime. Eventually, Kohberger, a criminal justness postgraduate student astatine adjacent Washington State University, was arrested.

Investigators said they utilized familial genealogy to place Kohberger, grounds that has proven controversial. The defence suggests it was obtained illegally.

The August proceedings volition instrumentality spot successful Boise aft it was moved from Latah County, wherever the killings took place.

Judge Steven Hippler has already ruled connected what evidence volition beryllium allowed astatine trial. Hippler has besides rejected arguments from the defence astir wherefore Kohberger shouldn't beryllium taxable to the decease penalty.

Both sides person besides presented projected assemblage questions, but those documents stay nether seal.