Idaho Judge Suggests Murder Trial Will Indeed Begin in August

Tragedy struck and the world couldn't believe their eyes when headlines printed. Four University of Idaho students murdered in the quiet of night -- all stabbed to death -- and not a witness or clue in sight.

The entire globe followed the investigation and it was the story around the world. A house just steps away from the campus of the University of Idaho became a fixture on the nightly news and after weeks of investigation, an arrest was made across the country, in Pennsylvania.

Brian Kohberger has been in custody, accused of these murders, ever since.

Last year, nearly to the date on June 27th, in Moscow, Idaho, a hearing was held to set a date for the trial--nearly 2 years after the crime.

Deadlines were set for many different pieces of the trial--including hearings and different types of evidence and discovery reviews.

The quick hearing resulted in a target date of June, 2025, to begin Kohberger's trial.

Those following the case know that there have been no shortage of changes since then.  Everything fro a change of venue to Ada County, a new judge, new rulings and so on.

The new Judge in the case, Steven Hippler, set a start date for this trial as August 11th, 2025 in Ada County.

Kohberger's defense team just recently asked for a delay in the trial (again) -- this time, because of a Dateline NBC episode that released new information which many suggest could have been from leaked evidence.

In a hearing about the delay, however, Judge Hippler said quite frankly that while he's reviewing the request for delay "I would tell you that it is likely you're going to trial on the date indicated'.

So, a delay? Possible--but not likely.