Murder In Moscow: Bryan Kohberger And The Death Penalty That Loomed Over His Case

Beyond The Horizon · Sep 22, 2026 · 12m · transcript

In January 2023, former Florida judge Belvin Perry, who had presided over the Casey Anthony murder trial, said he believed Idaho prosecutors were likely to seek the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger if the case reached trial. Perry based that assessment on Idaho’s capital-punishment statute and the allegations that Kohberger had murdered four University of Idaho students, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, during the same attack. He said Idaho law contained 11 statutory aggravating factors and that, based on the accusations then known publicly, he believed…