Suspect in Idaho Student Stabbings Says He Was Out for a Solo Drive Around the Time of the Slayings

Suspect in Idaho Student Stabbings Says He Was Out for a Solo Drive Around the Time of the Slayings
Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for his arraignment hearing in Latah County District Court in Moscow, Idaho, on May 22, 2023. Zach Wilkinson/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP, Pool
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BOISE, Idaho—The man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year was on a long drive by himself around the time of the deaths, his defense attorneys wrote in new court documents filed this week.

Bryan Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho, university campus last November. He has exercised his right to remain silent during the court case, so a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf earlier this year. Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson has said he intends to seek the death penalty, and the case is scheduled for trial this fall, though it could be postponed.