Judge enters not guilty plea for Idaho murder suspect

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Latah County Judge John C. Judge presides over an arraignment hearing for Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Latah County District Court in Moscow, Idaho. Associated Press/Photo by Zach Wilkinson, The Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Judge enters not guilty plea for Idaho murder suspect

Bryan Kohberger on Monday declined to enter a guilty or not-guilty plea during an arraignment in a Latah County, Idaho, court. His attorney, Anne Taylor, said he would “stand silent,” and the judge entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. An Idaho grand jury last week indicted him on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary for the November killings of four University of Idaho students. The Idaho judge set the trial for Oct. 2.

What crime is he accused of? He is charged with killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. Pennsylvania State Police arrested him in December and extradited him to Idaho in January.

Dig deeper: Listen to Lauren Dunn’s report on The World and Everything in It podcast about the aftermath of the killings.

Lauren Canterberry

Lauren Canterberry is a reporter for WORLD. She graduated from the World Journalism Institute and the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism, both in 2017. She worked as a local reporter in Texas and now lives in Georgia with her husband.