The parents of University of Idaho stabbing victim Kaylee Gonsalves want a judge to soon schedule a trial for the man suspected of killing her and three of her friends, according to a new interview.
Latah County District Judge John Judge previously scheduled a hearing Friday afternoon on prosecutors' request for summer proceedings.
Gonsalves and her classmates died in the early hours of November 13, 2022, after a masked man entered her off-campus rental home with a knife and brutally murdered them.
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Brian Koberger (left), pictured after his arrest in Pennsylvania on December 30th. He is accused of killing four University of Idaho students, including his best friends Madison Morgen and Kaylee Gonsalves, in a 4 a.m. attack on a University of Idaho off-campus rental home. (Fox News Digital Image Direct, Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram)
Prosecutors say the man was Brian Koberger, whose DNA was recovered from the sheath of a Carver knife found under the body of Gonsalves' best friend, Madison Morgen, 21. The two were murdered in a third-floor bedroom.
Two other victims, Zana Karnodol and Ethan Chapin, both 20, were found on the second floor and were masked before the surviving housemate left through the back door, according to court filings. He said he encountered an intruder.
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Kaylee Gonsalves and her father Steve Gonsalves. (Instagram)
Speculation is rampant about the motive, the long delay in calling 911 around noon the next day, and the relationship between the suspect and the victim, but a gag order has been put in place on the case and many court documents have been sealed. As a result, few details have been confirmed.
“He continues to be isolated from the rest of the public, encouraging an environment of speculation, rumors and conspiracies, and that's exactly what's come to light,” said Gonsalves' father, Steve Gonsalves.Good morning, America” Friday.
Brian Koberger trial: Idaho prosecutors request date and schedule
Judge John listens to oral argument from Brian Koberger's attorney Jay Logsdon in a courtroom Thursday, October 26, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Koberger appeared in an effort to overturn a grand jury indictment for the 2022 killings of four college students. students at home. (Kai Eiselein/Pool)
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Prosecutors asked the judge to set a trial date for the summer, when the university is on vacation.
There is also a high school across the street from the courthouse, and prosecutors have expressed concerns about a lack of parking and pedestrian safety issues if the trial takes place during the school year.
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Koberger could face the death penalty if convicted of any of the four first-degree murder charges he faces.
A judge entered not guilty pleas on his behalf to those charges and the felony robbery charge at his arraignment in May.
At the time of the murder, Koberger was studying for his Ph.D. He received his doctorate in criminology from Washington State University, about 16 miles from the University of Idaho.
