Idaho student murders: Bryan Kohberger's family could be asked to testify against him, court docs reveal

Idaho prosecutors asked a justice to reject, astatine slightest partially, pupil execution fishy Bryan Kohberger’s petition to springiness his household precedence seating astatine his upcoming proceedings — arguing successful portion that relatives whitethorn beryllium called arsenic witnesses.

Deputy Latah County Prosecutor Ashley Jennings wrote successful a tribunal filing asking Judge Steven Hippler to exclude immoderate imaginable witnesses successful Kohberger's household from attending the proceedings anterior to giving their ain testimony.

"The State whitethorn telephone member(s) of the Kohberger household to attest astatine trial," she wrote. "Prior to commencement of the trial, the State anticipates it volition question the Court, oregon the Court volition connected its ain accord, mostly exclude testifying witnesses from the courtroom truthful that they cannot perceive different witnesses’ testimony."

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Idaho pupil murders fishy Bryan Kohberger and his begetter are pulled implicit successful Indiana during a drove location to Pennsylvania successful December 2022. (Indiana State Police)

While victims’ relatives person guaranteed ineligible rights, determination is thing that gives the aforesaid to an accused killer’s family, Jennings argued.

"Defendant requests that members of his household beryllium granted the aforesaid rights arsenic the victim’s families," Jennings continued. "However, the ‘immediate families of homicide victims’ person law and statutory rights to be pursuant to [the] Idaho Constitution…There is nary comparable law oregon statutory provisions affording a defendant’s household these aforesaid rights."

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Amanda Kohberger, sister of Idaho murders fishy Bryan Kohberger, is spotted exiting Monroe County Court House successful Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania connected Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)

Kohberger’s defence lawyers asked for his household to beryllium included successful a database of radical to person precedence seating earlier this month, aft prosecutors submitted a database of the victims’ relatives to the court.

Defense lawyer Elisa Massoth claimed that excluding them would interruption his Sixth Amendment rights. But Jennings changeable down that logic.

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Madison Mogen, apical left, smiles connected the shoulders of her champion friend, Kaylee Goncalves, arsenic they airs with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and 2 different housemates successful Goncalves' last Instagram post, shared the time earlier the 4 students were stabbed to death. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)

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"The Defendant has a law and statutory close to a ‘public trial,’ but that does not widen to Defendant’s choosing whom sits successful the courtroom," she wrote.

The 30-year-old erstwhile criminology Ph.D. pupil astatine Washington State University is accused of driving to the neighboring University of Idaho and sidesplitting 4 students.

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Prosecutors allege Bryan Kohberger took this selfie photograph astatine 10:31 a.m. connected Nov. 13, 2022 – astir 6 hours aft the murders of 4 University of Idaho students helium is accused of committing. (Ada County Court)

The victims were identified arsenic Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20. At slightest 2 were incapacitated and incapable to respond astatine the commencement of the 4 a.m. location penetration stabbings, according to tribunal documents.

Police recovered a Ka-Bar weapon sheath nether Mogen’s assemblage that allegedly had Kohberger’s DNA connected it. Prosecutors person besides alleged that surveillance video of a fishy conveyance and Kohberger’s telephone records assistance spot him astatine the scene.

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University of Idaho students from near to right: Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21. All 4 were stabbed to decease successful an off-campus rental location successful Moscow, Idaho, connected Nov. 13, 2022. (Jazzmin Kernodle via AP/Instagram/ @kayleegoncalves)

The defence did not entity to the beingness of the unfortunate families successful court, but Kohberger’s lawyers took a swipe astatine the Goncalves household by asking the justice to prohibition radical from wearing covering with the victims’ faces connected it successful court.

Another justice entered not blameworthy pleas connected Kohberger’s behalf astatine his arraignment successful May 2023, to 4 counts of first-degree execution and 1 of burglary.

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Trial is scheduled to statesman connected Aug. 11 successful Boise aft a alteration of venue.

Kohberger could look the decease punishment if convicted.