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.

BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students, is scheduled to have a court hearing on Thursday. According to court documents, the defendant, Kohberger, had a series of hearings this week to discuss 'IGG' or Investigative Genetic Geneology - a method of identifying suspects in criminal cases.