Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger files alibi claiming he was 'out driving to see the moon and the stars' on the night he's accused of butchering four students

Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger has offered up an alibi in a bid to prove his innocence after four students were stabbed to death in their college home. 

Kohberger, 28, has claimed through his attorneys that he was out driving on the night of the quadruple killings on November 13, 2022 - as he often did to 'see the moon and stars.' 

He is accused of massacring University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20. 

In a newly released court filing, his lawyers said that his demanding schedule lecturing at Washington State University meant he didn't have time for his normal hobbies of running and hiking. 

Instead, he claims to have taken up driving at nighttime as a pastime, and says that phone records will show he frequently drove around the countryside near Wawai County Park in Whitman County. 

Prosecutors say they tracked Kohberger's phone to near the home where he allegedly murdered the students, however his attorneys also say they plan to present an expert on cellphone information to dispute this. 

Last year, Kohberger's legal team had claimed that he was out driving alone on the night of the murders, but declined to offer specifics. 

As the victim's families spoke out over ongoing delays, a judge ordered a Wednesday deadline to provide more details, after previously saying the excuse of driving alone was insufficient - branding it a 'so-called alibi.' 

Now, Kohberger's lawyers say they have further details of the alibi, but claimed that prosecutors haven't shared more discovery information as requested.

They claim that without the discovery evidence, the cellphone expert's testimony will 'also reveal that critical exculpatory evidence, further corroborating Mr. Kohberger's alibi, was either not preserved or has been withheld.' 

Kohberger is next due in court on May 14, when a judge will decide over a change of venue motion from his attorneys, who claim the fervent attention around his case in the area would impact jury impartiality. 

When Kohberger was arrested in December 2023, over a month after the slayings, cops said a key piece of evidence was a white Hyundai seen in surveillance footage driving to and from the site of the killings that matched Kohberger's car. 

However, Kohberger's alibi filing claims that cellphone expert Sy Ray will offer testimony that shows his cellphone did not travel towards the home, and 'thus could not be the vehicle captured on video.' 

Along with the surveillance footage, another key piece of evidence put forward by prosecutors is Kohberger's DNA allegedly found on a knife sheath left behind at the massacre. 

Kohberger's legal team have come under fire from the families of his alleged victims, amid claims they are using delay tactics to help his chances at trial, which remains in its preliminary stages over two-and-a-half years after the slayings. 

Although he was initially set to stand trial in the spring of 2024, the repeat delays saw a judge in February push the court date back to at least the spring of 2025. 

'The victim families are really the sufferers with these delays,' former FBI special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer told DailyMail.com after the trial was pushed back for the third time. 

'Unfortunately, it looks like we're still years away from trial.' 

In December, after another previous delay, the mother of victim Kaylee Goncalves said the ongoing process has been 'gut wrenching.' 

'It's gut-wrenching how slow everything has to go. Why does this have to be so drawn out?' Kaylee's mother Krisi said in an interview with KHQ.

'It's important, I get it, but there are facts, we have certain facts, we have certain knowledge. I can't believe that this is how it works.'

In December, Idaho officials again came under fire after the off-campus home where the four students were stabbed to death was torn down, against the victim's families' wishes. 

Although both prosecution and defense agreed for it to be torn down, the families argued against it, with Goncalves' loved ones fearing the move would 'destroy one of the most critical pieces of evidence in the case.'