The trial won’t be for a few months, but many following the case are already asking the question… will Bryan Kohberger face the death penalty for the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students??
The 28-year-old was arrested in a surprise raid at his parents’ Pennsylvania home last month. We subsequently learned the police had actually gathered an astounding amount of evidence against Kohberger in the killings of Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. The Washington State University criminology grad student’s car was caught on camera, his phone data put him near the students, there was blood at his apartment, and his own DNA was left at the crime scene — on a knife sheath. That’s all in addition to the shocking fact that one of the surviving roommates saw a masked man walk by her whose “bushy” eyebrow description matches his. And something tells us she might be able to pick those eyes out of a lineup.
So we have a crime that shocked not just the small Moscow college community but also the entire nation. Prosecutors have a ton of evidence against their suspect. Will they seek the death penalty??
Related: Kohberger Followed All 3 Female Murder Victims On Instagram
The death penalty is legal in Idaho, if not as commonly employed as, say, Texas. Only 29 executions have been carried out since 1864, and just three since 1976. The last was over a decade ago in 2012. But considering this crime… it definitely seems like a possibility, right?
Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani thinks so! He told People it’s extremely likely the DA will go for the death penalty for Kohberger:
Kaylee Goncalves’ parents have indeed openly called for the death penalty. Steve Goncalves, the 21-year-old’s father,
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