At an arraignment on criminal charges, a defendant typically pleads either guilty or not guilty. In many states, Idaho included, there is a third option: At Monday’s plea hearing for Bryan Kohberger, accused of murdering four University of Idaho students last fall, he and his attorney took that third route, …
Read More »Idaho Murder Suspect 'Stands Silent' During Arraignment, Judge Enters Not Guilty Plea
A judge in the Idaho Murders case has entered not guilty pleas on behalf of suspect Bryan Kohberger in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho college students. When the judge asked Kohberger’s attorney whether he was prepared to plead to the charges, the attorney said she and Kohberger …
Read More »James Patterson to Co-Author True Crime Book About Idaho Student Murders
Prolific author James Patterson will take a rare detour into true crime with a new book focusing on the brutal murder of four University of Idaho students. Patterson, along with journalist Vicky Ward, will “draw from dozens of exclusive interviews, extensive on-the-ground reporting, and copious court transcripts,” publisher Little, Brown …
Read More »Witness in University of Idaho Killings Asks Judge to Quash Subpoena
One of the roommates of the University of Idaho students killed last November is trying to quash a subpoena demanding she attend an upcoming hearing for suspect Bryan Kohberger, NBC News reports. The fight is over whether Bethany Funke should have to attend a preliminary hearing in Kohberger’s case, reportedly …
Read More »TikTok's True Crime Community Is Turning on Idaho Murder Survivors
The Nov. 13 discovery of four dead University of Idaho students shocked the community of Moscow, Idaho. But on TikTok, the murders jump-started the app’s true crime engine: a web of amateur sleuths who quickly went to work absorbing, spreading, and dissecting all available information. It was six weeks before …
Read More »Idaho Murders Suspect Went Back to the Scene of the Crime, Police Say
Authorities have finally released key details in the case of Bryan Kohberger, the primary suspect in the murders of four University of Idaho students. According to an affidavit unsealed Thursday, Kohberger, 28, allegedly left behind DNA evidence at the crime scene on a knife sheath and was caught after authorities …
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