Bryan Kohberger refuses to provide his alibi, despite court demand

July 25, 2023

Accused University of Idaho kiler Bryan Kohberger’s legal team has suggested they have evidence showing he was elsewhere at the time of four college students were murdered in their off-campus home last November, court records show.

Kohberger, through attorneys, has doubled down on his decision not to provide prosecutors with an alibi, despite their demands he do so, according to court papers released Tuesday.

Defense attorney Anne Taylor further hinted her team had evidence showing 28-year-old was somewhere else during the time when the four University of Idaho students were killed at a home near campus in the early hours of the morning.

“Evidence corroborating Mr. Kohberger being at a location other than the King Road address will be disclosed pursuant to discovery and evidentiary rules,” she wrote, citing the legal process.

Such evidence could be offered during witness cross-examination at the highly anticipated trial, Taylor wrote.

Bryan Kohberger was arrested Dec. 30, 2022, several weeks after the four University of Idaho students were killed.

Kohberger was later indicted on charges of felony burglary and four counts of first-degree murder over the killings.

Both sides are building their cases ahead of the Oct. 2, 2023, trial in Latah County Court in Moscow, Idaho, where the four students — Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin — were found slaughtered just before Thanksgiving break last year.

Three of the four victims lived at the home at 1122 King Rd., just steps from campus, at the time Kohberger is alleged to have broken in and killed them all with a knife.

Goncalves and Mogen, both 21, were found slain on the third floor of the home, while Chapin and Kernodle were discovered on the second story.

The four University of Idaho students who were found dead in off-campus housing were identified on Monday as Madison Mogen, 21, top left, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, bottom left, Ethan Chapin, 20, center, and Xana Kernodle, 20, right.

Three of the four victims lived at the home at 1122 King Rd., just steps from campus, at the time Kohberger allegedly broke in and attacked.

The victims were stabbed multiple times between 3 and 4 a.m., and some showed signs of having tried to fight back, police said.

Two roommates on the bottom floor of the home survived unharmed.

Kohberger had allegedly remained on campus for weeks after the murders, before making a cross-country drive with his father to his home state of Pennsylvania for Christmas.

Bryan Kohberger was a criminology student at Washington State University at the time of the killings.

Defense attorney Anne Taylor, pictured, has hinted her team has evidence showing Kohberger was elsewhere at the time of the killings.

Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson, pictured, is leading the state's case against Kohberger. — Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson, pictured, is leading the state’s case against Kohberger.

Kohberger has remained in a Latah County Jail cell since he was extradited from Pennsylvania.

The former Washington criminology student was arrested Dec. 30, 2022, and later indicted on charges of felony burglary and four counts of first-degree murder over the killings.

Taylor previously argued one of the surviving roommates, Bethany Funke, has “exculpatory” evidence which woudl clear her client of guilt. However, the grand jury indictment meant Funke was spared from testifying at a preliminary hearing.

A plea of not guilty was entered on Kohberger’s behalf at his May arraignment, after Taylor announced he was ‘standing silent’ and refusing to enter a plea.

Prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty.

Kohberger has remained in a Latah County Jail cell since he was extradited from Pennsylvania.