MOSCOW, Idaho — Bryan Christopher Kohberger, who was arrested last week for the murder of four University of Idaho students, was expected to to make his first appearance in an Idaho court on Thursday.
Kohberger is scheduled to appear before Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall at 9:30 am PT/12:30 pm ET.
Earlier this week, marshall ordered Police, attorneys and officials involved with the case are not to speak publicly or share any information about Kohberger’s prosecution outside the courtroom walls.
The parties, «investigators, law enforcement personnel, attorneys, and agents of the prosecutor or defense attorney» are «prohibited from making extrajudicial comments, written or oral, on this case,» Marshall ordered.
Kohberger arrived in Latah County Wednesday after a cross-country trip from northeastern Pennsylvania, where the Washington State University graduate student was arrested Friday.
Kohberger will be charged with four counts of first-degree murder and robbery, accused of breaking into a home in this small college town with the intent to commit a felony on November 13, Latah County Attorney Bill Thompson said.
the suspect is accused of killing Ethan Chapin, 20, of Conway, Wash.; Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20, of Avondale, Ariz.; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho.
At the time of the murders, Kohberger was a doctoral student studying criminal justice and criminology in Washington state, a short drive from Moscow along the Washington-Idaho state line. A WSU official has said that Kohberger is no longer enrolled at the Pullman school.
Deon Hampton reported from Moscow, Idaho, and David K. Li from New York City.
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