An explosive development emerged Sunday morning in the Bryan Kohberger murder trial.
The 29-year-old criminology professor accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death has been flown to a new trial location.
Kohberger was transported from Latah County, where the stabbings occurred, to Ada County, according to Fox News.
The move comes after the Idaho Supreme Court ordered the case moved to a different venue.
A new photo of Kohberger was taken at the Ada County Sheriff’s Office.
A new mugshot was taken of Bryan Kohberger after he moved to a different county for his trial.
Kohberger was escorted from a small plane to a black pickup truck when he arrived in Boise on Sunday.
University of Idaho students, pictured from left, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were stabbed to death in their off-campus home.
The accused quadruple murderer appeared robust, with a scruffy beard and bloodshot eyes in his latest mugshot.
The murder suspect’s attorneys argued that his trial would be unfair if held in Latah County because of the community’s emotional ties to the case.
Ada County is about 300 miles south of Latah County and Boise, Idaho’s capital, is located there.
A new judge, Steven Hippler, has been assigned to the case, but Latah’s prosecutors are expected to remain on it, according to NBC News.
Kohberger arrived in Boise in a small plane wearing handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit. He was taken to a black van.
Kohberger was escorted through the Latah courtroom just days before he was transferred to Ada County.
The accused murderer was transported to Ada County, where his trial will be held, on Sunday morning.
Kohberger will be tried in June 2025 for the murder of four university students in September 2022
He will stand trial for the quadruple murders of students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle on November 13, 2022.
Theories revealed in journalist Howard Blum’s book, When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders, state that Mogen was his only intended target.
The trial is scheduled for June 2 to August 29, 2025.
