Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger’s mental health records given to prosecutors as he fights death penalty
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Medical and mental health records for Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in a quadruple murder at the University of Idaho, and his family members have been provided to prosecutors, newly unsealed court documents reveal.

Prosecutors and lawyers for Kohberger had both agreed to keep the protective order referencing the records sealed, but Ada County Judge Steven Hippler unsealed it last week, finding there was “no compelling basis” to keep the public in the dark. 

The contents of the records, however, remain confidential. 

The unsealed protective order states that “medical and mental health records of the Defendant and his family members,” which were given to prosecutors by the defense on Jan. 9, are not to be shared beyond the prosecution team.

Kohberger is accused of killing University of Idaho undergrads Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21, as well as Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, both 20, in a home invasion massacre at an off-campus rental home on Nov. 13, 2022. Police arrested him at his parents’ house in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania on Dec. 30 of that year.

He could face the death penalty if convicted, and state lawmakers are currently looking to make the firing squad the primary means of execution.

According to court documents, investigators allegedly generated a tip that led them to Kohberger’s family after recovering DNA from a knife sheath left under Mogen’s body.

Fox News’ Chris Eberhart contributed to this report.

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