Bryan Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.

Judge to rule this week on DNA evidence in Bryan Kohberger case as defense challenges genetic genealogy linking him to Idaho college murders.

Attorneys for a man charged with murder in connection with the killings of four University of Idaho students are asking a judge to throw out most of the evidence in the case because they say it all hinges on an unconstitutional genetic investigation process.

BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students, is in court Thursday as a two-day hearing regarding DNA evidence gets underway. 4th District Judge Steven Hippler is hearing arguments about specific evidence – including investigative genetic genealogy – potentially being admitted at trial.

Hippler was appointed to oversee the trial, replacing Judge John Judge, when the trial moved from Latah County to Boise after the defense successfully argued that he would not have an impartial jury in the tight-knit community of Moscow because of the extensive media coverage potentially tainting the jury pool.