Bryan Kohberger renounced his right to a quick preliminary hearing during a brief court appearance on Thursday with his defence team inquiring about a co-defendant
Before a judge for a few minutes on Thursday, Bryan Kohberger gave up his right to a swift preliminary hearing. It means that the PhD student from Washington State University who is accused of killing four students from the University of Idaho in the early hours of November 13 will not be back in court until June 26.
Is there a co-defendant in the Bryan Christopher Kohberger Idaho murders case and did he have an accomplice
This week, Kohberger and his legal team also made a discovery request, in which they sought, among other things, details on a “co-defendant” in the case.
Authorities have not indicated that Bryan Kohberger was aided in the murders of Madison Mogen (21), Kaylee Goncalves (21), Xana Kernodle (20), and Ethan Chapin (20), and the probable cause document does not name a co-defendant.
Following his detention last month, Kohberger reportedly asked law enforcement officials if they had apprehended anyone else in connection with the murders.
What did the document on co-defendant say?
Bryan Kohberge’s public defender Ann Taylor filed a motion asking for the following documents and information from the prosecution: “Any written or recorded statements by a co-defendant, and the substance of any relevant oral statement made by a co-defendant whether before or after arrest in response to interrogation by any person known by the co-defendant to be a peace officer or agent of the prosecuting attorney, or which are otherwise relevant to the offence charged.”
Kohberger asked the court for it and 17 other pieces of information in a total of 18 discovery requests.
Kohberger and his defense team also filed a request for discovery this week, asking among other things for information about a “co-defendant” in the case and while the probable cause affidavit does not identify a co-defendant and authorities have not suggested that Kohberger may have had an accomplice when he allegedly murdered Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20.
Kohberger did ask members of law enforcement if they had arrested another individual in connection with these murders after he was taken into custody last month.
In spite of his attorney’s insistence on his client’s innocence, he forfeited his right to a swift preliminary hearing on Thursday. The hearing, during which prosecutors will present their case for why they have probable cause to try him for murder, is scheduled for June.
New revelations in Bryan Kohberger case
Police have revealed some of the evidence that led to Mr. Kohberger’s arrest at his parents’ house in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, claiming that they relied on DNA from a knife sheath left on a bed with two of the victims, telephone records that suggest his phone had been in the region a dozen times before the killings, and security film of a white Hyundai, similar to the one Mr. Kohberger drove.
Neither the relatives of the victims nor the people who knew the suspected killer have been given a clear explanation as to why these murders were committed.
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