Overview

• Idaho Judge Steven Hippler denied defense motions to suppress DNA evidence and other materials in Bryan Kohberger's murder trial.
• The DNA evidence, found on a knife sheath at the crime scene, was linked to Kohberger through investigative genetic genealogy and confirmed via a cheek swab.
• The defense argued that law enforcement violated Kohberger's constitutional rights during the investigation, but the judge ruled no such violations occurred.
• Additional evidence, including digital records from Apple, Google, and Amazon, as well as cellphone data and surveillance footage, was also deemed admissible.
• Kohberger, charged with killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, faces a trial starting in August 2025, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty.