A not guilty plea has been entered by a judge in the Idaho Murders case on behalf of Bryan Kohberger.
During his arraignment on May 22nd, Bryan who was accused of killing four Idaho college students last November, remained silent after being asked to enter a plea.
His lawyers stood up and declined on his behalf, prompting the judge to enter a not guilty plea on all murder charges.
This arraignment comes just five days after he was indicted on four counts of first-degree murder, and one count of burglary.
Court documents state a grand jury determined he "did unlawfully enter a residence" and "wilfully, unlawfully, deliberately, with premeditation and with malice aforethought, kill and murder" four college students.
These students were Maddie Mogen (21), Kaylee Goncalves (21), Xana Kernodle (20), and Ethan Chapin (20).
Bryan has denied any wrongdoing in the case.
"It is a little out of character," his public defender said. "This is not him. He believes he's going to be exonerated. That's what he believes, those were his words."
One month after the murders, he was arrested at his family's Pennsylvania home on December 30th, 2022.
A probable cause affidavit states investigators linked him to the crime scene through security camera footage, information provided by one of the survivors, and a knife sheath.
A knife sheath bearing male DNA was found at the scene. Lab tests were later gathered and from garbage outside his family's home.
The affidavit claims the DNA "identified a male as not being excluded as the biological father" of the suspect.
The four charges of first-degree murder carry sentences including life in prison and the death penalty.
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