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ARTICLE VIEW:
Witnesses sought by Bryan Kohberger’s defense must testify in trial
over Idaho students’ stabbings, judge says
By Associated Press
Updated:
8:09 PM EDT, Mon June 30, 2025
Editor’s note: Bryan Kohberger has agreed to a plea deal to avoid the
death penalty in his quadruple murder case. Find the latest here.
Source: AP
A Pennsylvania judge on Monday ordered that three people whose
testimony has been requested by defense attorneys will have to travel
to Idaho to appear at the trial of , a man accused in the fatal
stabbings of four college students in 2022.
The defense subpoenas were granted regarding a boxing trainer who knew
Kohberger as a teenager, a childhood acquaintance of Kohberger’s and
a third man whose significance was not explained.
The 30-year-old Kohberger, who was arrested at his parents’ home in
Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, weeks after the , is accused of sneaking
into a rental home in Moscow, Idaho, not far from the University of
Idaho campus, and attacking
The deaths shocked the rural Idaho community and neighboring Pullman,
Washington, where Kohberger was a graduate student studying criminology
at Washington State University.
A prison official came to court with records from Kohberger’s stay in
the Monroe County Correctional Facility after he was arrested, although
the subpoena hearing was continued because he must still provide a
statement attesting to their authenticity.
Common Pleas Judge Arthur Zulick also continued for a week the hearing
regarding a subpoena for Ralph Vecchio, who owns a car dealership where
Kohberger’s parents purchased a Hyundai Elantra in 2019.
There was uncertainty about whether the subpoena was directed at
Vecchio or at his father, who owned the business at the time of the
purchase. The judge said prosecution witness subpoenas will also be at
issue next week.
A sixth witness’ hearing had previously been rescheduled for next
week because of a travel conflict, and the seventh person sought by the
defense consented last week to travel to Idaho for the trial expected
to begin in August.
One of the witnesses, Brandon Andreola, argued unsuccessfully that his
subpoena should be canceled, saying he is his family’s sole
breadwinner and is worried publicity might lead to him losing his job.
Andreola said his “relationship with Bryan Kohberger has been minimal
and distant since high school,” with their last “significant
interaction” taking place in 2020, two years before the stabbings.
“If I’m brought out there, I believe the attention will be multiple
times greater than the attention that I’ve received already,”
Andreola argued.
Jesse Harris said he trained Kohberger as a 15- or 16-year-old at a
boxing gym but does not think he has testimony that will help the case.
Harris also said a relative’s health problems were an issue and he is
needed to run a small construction company.
Zulick approved the summonses for Andreola and Harris, along with a
third one for witness Anthony Somma, who did not oppose it. Zulick said
Harris can return to his courtroom if his family member’s health
issues become a barrier to Harris’ ability to travel to Idaho.
Kohberger’s trial on four counts of murder and one count of burglary
is on track to begin August 11 in Boise, Idaho, after a judge declined
his lawyer’s request for a delay last week.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
In a court filing, his lawyers said Kohberger was on a long drive by
himself around the time the four students were killed.
Kohberger was silent during his arraignment, prompting a judge to enter
a not guilty plea on his behalf.
A gag order has largely kept attorneys, investigators and others from
speaking publicly about the investigation or trial. The defense
team’s lawyer in the Monroe County Courthouse on Monday, Abigail
Parnell, declined to comment.
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