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A judge in the high-profile University of Idaho quadruple homicide case seals warrants of over 60 companies, banks, and law enforcement organizations that were served in the case.

Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old criminology graduate student at Washington State University, is accused of first-degree murder in the deaths of four students who were murdered in an off-campus house. 

Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernel, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Madison Mogen, 21. The four were stabbed to death in the early morning hours of Nov. 13.

Judge seals warrants

The judge ordered that all the warrants remain "sealed and redacted" in the criminal case. But it is important to note that the names of the recipients of the warrants were included in recent court filings. 

Among the companies served with warrants were AT&T, American Express, Bank of America, Apple, Door Dash, PayPal, and Reddit. 

The Moscow Police Department Forensic Lab and Ka-Bar Knives were also served with warrants, as police search for a "Rambo"-style knife, such as a KA-BAR brand combat blade, used in the slayings. 

The judge's orders total about 750 pages and claim the warrant documents  "contain highly intimate facts or statements, which would be highly objectionable to a reasonable person," and the "documents contain facts or statements that might threaten the safety of or endanger the life or safety of individuals."

Given the high-profile nature of the case and intense scrutiny across social media, there are also concerns that releasing details would poison a potential jury pool. 

In the meantime, Kohberger has also been granted his request for a second attorney.

He is currently being held in the Latah County Jail. His next court appearance is scheduled for June.

He faces the death penalty or life in prison if convicted of the highest counts of first-degree murder (one count for each victim). And if convicted of the burglary charge could get up to 10 years in prison.