Bryan Kohberger’s defense doubles down on moving Moscow murder trial to Boise
Bryan Kohberger, 29, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. AUGUST FRANK August Frank / Lewiston Tribune
The defense for Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of the University of Idaho student homicides, rejected arguments from prosecutors that Moscow remains an acceptable place for the suspect to receive a fair trial next summer.
Elisa Massoth, one of Kohberger’s attorneys, continued the push to move their client’s capital murder trial 300 miles south to Boise. The North Idaho region has been tainted by intense media coverage of the case, she wrote, which has created a “mob mentality within the community” about Kohberger’s possible culpability.
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