Bryan Kohberger Idaho Trial to Be Livestreamed August

Bryan Kohberger, accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, is set to stand trial starting August 11, 2025, with jury selection beginning July 30. The victims—Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin—were reportedly asleep when attacked, a crime that shocked the Moscow, Idaho community. Kohberger, a criminology graduate student at Washington State University, was arrested after a six-week manhunt, with authorities using genetic genealogy to identify him, a point contested by the defense. The trial, moved to Boise from Latah County, will be livestreamed except for jury selection, and the jury will initially not be sequestered. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty, with Idaho allowing death by firing squad, though the state has not executed anyone since 2012. Judge Steven Hippler has ruled on evidence admissibility and rejected defense arguments against the death penalty, and a hearing is scheduled to assess claims of an alternate suspect raised by Kohberger's lawyers.