{"id":106168,"date":"2024-06-28T00:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T00:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/university-of-idaho-murder-suspect-bryan-kohberger-to-stand-trial-on-june-2-2025\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T00:03:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T00:03:38","slug":"university-of-idaho-murder-suspect-bryan-kohberger-to-stand-trial-on-june-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/university-of-idaho-murder-suspect-bryan-kohberger-to-stand-trial-on-june-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger to stand trial on June 2, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(MOSCOW, Idaho.) — A trial date of June 2, 2025, has been set for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in an off-campus house.<\/p>\n

The trial is expected to run until Aug. 29, 2025, precluding Juneteenth and the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n

The defense still wants a change of venue, which has not yet been determined. If the venue changes, the trial date should still hold, Judge John Judge said.<\/p>\n

The parents of 21-year-old victim Kaylee Goncalves had been desperate for a date to be set, telling ABC News in January their family is “in limbo” until trial begins.<\/p>\n

“We got to get this case over,” Steve Goncalves said. “Let’s do it. Let’s stop playing these delay tactics, let’s just get it done.”<\/p>\n

The Goncalves family said in a statement Thursday, “We are hopeful the trial stays in Latah County so as not to disrupt the scheduling order and we are praying for no more delays. We moved a little closer to justice today for Kaylee, Maddie, Xana and Ethan.”<\/p>\n

Roommates Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle, as well as Kernodle’s boyfriend Ethan Chapin, were stabbed to death in the girls’ off-campus home in the early hours of Nov. 13, 2022. Two other roommates survived.<\/p>\n

Kohberger, who was a criminology Ph.D. student at nearby Washington State University at the time of the gruesome crime, was arrested weeks later.<\/p>\n

A not guilty plea was entered on Kohberger’s behalf for four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.<\/p>\n

The prosecution and defense have gone back-and-forth proposing potential trial dates at hearings this year.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 26, the prosecution told the judge it was ready to go to trial in summer 2024. Prosecutors said summer is best because there will be out-of-state witnesses who need accommodations in Moscow, which they said is difficult while local schools are in session.<\/p>\n

The defense argued a summer 2024 trial is not realistic for this complex case. The defense said it still had a lot of digital evidence to go through, more potential witnesses to speak with and more documents to collect from Kohberger’s past and his family.<\/p>\n

The prosecution agreed that there was a large amount of information to sift through.<\/p>\n

The defense recommended a summer 2025 trial if the case moved forward in Latah County, but days after the Jan. 26 hearing, Kohberger’s defense filed a motion for a change of venue.<\/p>\n

The prosecution said the case has national and international interest, so a change of venue would not solve any problem.<\/p>\n

At a Feb. 28 hearing, the judge and prosecution proposed a trial date of March 3, 2025, while the defense asked for a June 2025 trial.<\/p>\n

The next hearing to discuss a change of venue will be on Aug. 29.<\/p>\n

ABC News’ Julie Scott and Sasha Pezenik contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n

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