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.
