In a new court filing, Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys shared their client’s alibi defense in the murder case where he stands accused of killing four University of Idaho students.
Kohberger’s lead attorney, Anne Taylor, submitted the 10-page filing on Wednesday, which includes new information about the defendant’s whereabouts the morning of the deadly knife attack in November 2022.
“Mr. Kohberger was out driving in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022; as he often did to hike and run and/or see the moon and stars,” the alibi defense filing reads. “He drove throughout the area south of Pullman, Washington, west of Moscow, Idaho including Wawawai Park.”
The document states that Kohberger’s defense team plans to call an expert witness specializing in cell tower data to partially corroborate the alibi. The filing shed new light on Kohberger’s alibi, which his attorneys initially filed last year. His defense team had previously said that Kohberger was on an overnight drive alone – something the defense stated that he often did – the morning of the students’ deaths.
Kohberger, 29, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary in connection with the fatal stabbings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20. The four University of Idaho students were found dead in an off-campus home on November 13, 2022.
Kohberger has maintained his innocence in the case.
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Newsweek reached out via email on Wednesday night to Taylor for comment on Kohberger’s behalf.
This is a developing news story and will be updated.
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