Jay Logsdon, North Idaho’s state public defender and co-counsel for Kohberger’s defense, will be replaced for his capital murder trial, a Thursday court order said. Taking Logsdon’s spot is a Northern California attorney who specializes in DNA and previously testified as a paid consultant for the defense in the case.

A judge’s decision cleared the way for Bryan Kohberger’s trial in the killings of four University of Idaho students to begin in August 2025.

Just days after an Idaho judge denied motions to exclude key evidence in the trial for Bryan Kohberger, FOX 13 sat down with the mother of one of the four victims.