A woman is expected to testify about delivering an order to one of the slain University of Idaho students shortly before the 2022 quadruple homicide.

The Idaho Statesman reported that the 44-year-old DoorDash driver, who has not been publicly identified, told Pullman, Washington, police that she delivered food to the Moscow home minutes before the deadly stabbings. A probable cause affidavit stated that Xana Kernodle’s order from a local Jack in the Box arrived at 3:59 a.m. — minutes before the slayings began, according to prosecutors.

The woman talked to Pullman police last year after being pulled over during a traffic stop. She was filmed saying that she had taken a prescription painkiller, and she was stressed due to the murder case. She then revealed that she may have to testify at Bryan Kohberger’s trial.

“I’m the DoorDash driver. I saw Bryan…I parked right next to him,” she said, according to the Idaho Statesman.

The woman was eventually released and given a court date.

On Wednesday, Kohberger’s lawyers sought to delay his trial again, claiming a “Dateline” episode about the case proved evidence was being leaked to the public. The “Dateline” episode, which aired in May, reportedly showed a car circling the same block as the off-campus Moscow home during the early hours of November 13, 2022. The same car was reportedly seen approaching the residence and speeding away 13 minutes later.

Kohberger’s trial is set to begin on August 11. His lawyers also claimed they need more time to prepare, hence the delay.

Kohberger is accused of killing University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves on November 13, 2022, at the women’s off-campus home. Kohberger’s attorneys have claimed Kohberger was not at the crime scene and was driving around alone the night the four students were fatally stabbed.

Mogen was found dead in bed next to Goncalves, and a knife sheath was reportedly discovered near their bodies.  Downstairs, on the second floor, Kernodle was found slain next to Chapin, her boyfriend. Two surviving roommates discovered the bodies and called the cops.

Police claimed Kohberger visited the area 12 times before the slayings and that he turned off his phone on the night in question.

Prosecutors said Kohberger’s DNA was found on a knife sheath located near Mogen and Goncalves’ bodies. The murder weapon has not been found.

Defense attorneys claimed that prosecutors withheld evidence about unidentified DNA samples — including DNA on a glove outside the home which also remains unidentified.

Investigators tested DNA from a trash can outside Kohberger’s family home in Pennsylvania against DNA found on the sheath at the crime scene. Testing determined that “at least 99.9998% of the male population would be expected to be excluded from the possibility of being the suspect’s biological father.”

At the time of the slayings, Kohberger was working on his Ph.D. in criminology from Washington State University, which is located 10 miles from the crime scene. He was arrested in Pennsylvania in December 2022, after taking a cross-country road trip with his father from Washington to Pennsylvania for the holidays.

In September, Kohberger’s trial was moved from Latah County to Boise, in Ada County. The trial’s venue was changed after the state supreme court upheld a ruling identifying publicity and media attention concerns that could jeopardize Kohberger’s right to a fair trial. Further, the courts noted that the Latah County courthouse lacked space and local police did not have enough deputies to provide adequate security.

Latah County will cover financial costs related to the high-profile trial even though it will take place in Ada County.

[Feature Photo: August Frank/The Lewiston Tribune via AP, Pool]