Bryan Kohberger arrives in Boise, Idaho after judge approves change of venue

Bryan Kohberger, the man accused in the fatal stabbing attacks of four University of Idaho students, was moved Sunday from rural Latah County to Ada County, where his upcoming trial will take place, after a judge granted his defense attorney a change of venue.

Kohberger was seen arriving in Boise on a small plane and being taken into a black SUV wearing an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs. Boise, where the new murder trial will take place, is about 300 miles from the crime scene.

According to online jail records, Kohberger is currently in the custody of the Ada County Sheriff's Office after being held at a Moscow, Idaho, jail since January 2023.

Latah County District Judge John Judge granted the defense's request to change the venue earlier this month, citing a number of factors that collectively favor moving the trial to a larger courthouse farther from the crime scene.

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Kohberger is accused of entering an off-campus rental home around 4 a.m. that day and stabbing 21-year-olds Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves and 20-year-olds Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin to death.

The trial of Kohberger, who is accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022, has been moved from Latah County to Ada County. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Police arrested Kohberger six weeks after the murders at his parents' home in Pennsylvania, where he was spending the winter holidays.

According to online jail records, Bryan Kohberger is currently in the custody of the Ada County Sheriff's Office. (Ada County Sheriff's Office)

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Authorities said cell phone data and surveillance video showed Kohberger visited the victims' neighborhood at least a dozen times before the murders. He also traveled through the area that night, taking a detour back to Pullman, Washington. His DNA was also found at the crime scene.

Madison Mogen, top left, smiles on the shoulders of her best friend Kaylee Goncalves as they pose with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and two other roommates in Goncalves' final Instagram post, shared a day before the stabbing of the four students. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)

His lawyers stated in a court document that he was simply out for a drive that evening, “as he often did to hike or run and/or look at the moon and stars.”

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Kohberger was a criminology graduate student at Washington State University, just 10 miles across the state line, at the time of the murders. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.

Michael Ruiz of Fox News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.