Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger is back in court for pre-trial hearings ahead of his summer murder trial for the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students.

Hippler was appointed to oversee the trial, replacing Judge John Judge, when the trial moved from Latah County to Boise after the defense successfully argued that he would not have an impartial jury in the tight-knit community of Moscow because of the extensive media coverage potentially tainting the jury pool.

Bryan Kohberger was charged with four counts of murder in the first degree and felony burglary for allegedly killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022.

Judge to rule this week on DNA evidence in Bryan Kohberger case as defense challenges genetic genealogy linking him to Idaho college murders.

The suspect in the murders of four University of Idaho students will face a judge for a hearing on whether or not his hearings set for later this week will be open to the public or not.

Bryan Kohberger and his attorneys will argue at hearings this week for excluding a host of evidence in the homicide case that is heading toward a summer trial.

Bryan Kohberger's defense says Idaho prosecutors have stalled in their obligation to turn over reports from 20 of their 25 expert witnesses.