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Kohberger defense files objection to text message evidence, says roommates were awake hours before calling 911

by EMMALEE APPEL/KREM2
| March 19, 2025 5:00 PM

BOISE — The defense team for the man accused in the murders of four University of Idaho students in November 2022 is arguing that text messages between the surviving roommates should not be admitted as evidence, because phone records show the roommates were awake for several hours before calling 911 on the morning of the killings.

Bryan Kohberger is facing four counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, who were killed in the early morning of Nov. 13, 2022.

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