Idaho judge rejects Bryan Kohberger’s request to delay murder trial in college student stabbings
June 26, 2025
An Idaho judge says he won’t postpone the quadruple murder trial of a man accused in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Fourth District Judge Steven Hippler made the ruling Thursday, telling Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys that jury selection will begin Aug. 4 and that opening arguments will likely be held about two weeks later. Hippler also rejected the defense team’s request to present theories of four “alternate perpetrators” to the jury, saying there was no relevant or meaningful evidence to connect any of them to the crime. The 30-year-old Kohberger is a former graduate student at Washington State University. He is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the Nov. 13, 2022 deaths.
