Prosecutors seek death penalty in Idaho murder case

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing four university students in Moscow, Idaho.

Bryan Kohberger, 28, faces four counts of first degree murder in the stabbing deaths of the students in an off-campus house last November.

He was arrested following a six-week manhunt.

A judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf last May after he chose to "stand silent" in court.

In new court filing on Monday, prosecutors wrote that "considering all evidence currently known to the State, the State is compelled to file this notice of intent to seek the death penalty".

Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen, aged 21, and Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, both 20, were killed in an off-campus apartment on 13 November.

The gruesome murder of the four college students days before Thanksgiving in 2022 shocked the nation.

At the time of his arrest, Mr Kohberger was studying to earn a PhD in criminology from Washington State University, eight miles from Moscow over the Idaho/Washington border.