A man accused of stabbing to death four university students in their beds in Idaho last year has refused to enter a plea after appearing in court.
Criminology student Bryan Kohberger, 28, appeared at Latah County courtroom on Monday.
District Judge John Judge entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf.
Last week, a grand jury formally charged Kohberger with four counts of murder and one count of burglary.
He is alleged to have killed housemates Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, in the early hours of 13 November last year.
Two other housemates were at home at the time of the attacks and were sleeping in their bedrooms.
One of them, a woman, told investigators she woke up at 4am to the sound of crying and opened her door.
She then stood in “frozen shock” as she saw a man walk past her towards a back door, court documents showed.
The housemate then locked herself in her room and went back to bed.
When the surviving housemates woke up the next morning they summoned other friends to the house and one of those friends called police believing the housemates to be unconscious.
It was only then they discovered the horrific crime scene.
