Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four Idaho college students last year, are leaving the door open regarding whether they will offer an alibi defense at his upcoming capital murder trial.
In a new court filing, the one-time Ph.D. student's attorney suggests Kohberger, 28, may not have been at the home where Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, both 20, and 21-year-olds Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves were stabbed to death in the early-morning hours of November 13. The filing offered no additional details as to what Kohberger’s alternative whereabouts might have been.
The filing came just before the Monday, July 24 deadline for Kohberger to decide whether to offer an alibi defense, and to inform the prosecution. That deadline was already an extension, following aLate Monday evening, the court received that filing, which was forwarded on Tuesday morning for public posting.
"They may not have all the answers yet. It remains to be seen. And for now, the defense has a right to keep investigating their case, and [Kohberger] has a constitutional right to remain silent," Calviello added. "They're showing good faith to the court by meeting the deadline while protecting their client's case as they choose their best defense."
After a six-week hunt, police zeroed in on Kohberger as a suspect, saying they tracked his white Hyundai Elantra and cellphone signal data, and recovered what authorities said was his DNA on a knife sheath found next to one of the victims' bodies.
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