Bryan Kohberger moved to Boise ahead of Idaho college murder trial
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused in the murders of four University of Idaho students, was transported by plane Sunday morning to another county where his trial will be held.
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused in the murders of four University of Idaho students, was transported by plane Sunday morning from the Idaho county where he was being jailed to another county where his trial will be held.
The state Supreme Court last week ordered a change of venue and Kohberger's transfer from Latah County, where the killings took place in November 2022, to Ada County, more than 300 miles south and home to Idaho's capital, Boise.
The Ada County Sheriff's Office booked him into the local jail. Kohberger's trial is tentatively set for June in Boise.
Latah County District Judge John Judge had ruled in favor of lawyers for Kohberger, 29, who argued that a trial in Latah County would be unfair because the intense pretrial publicity would create a "mob mentality" against him.
At a hearing on the issue, defense experts provided research indicating that the most effective way to prevent jury bias was by changing the trial's location.
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