SKAGIT COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – It could be another year or more before a man accused in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students goes to trial.

A judge and attorneys discussed starting Bryan Kohberger’s trial sometime in June 2025, nearly three years after the killings.

Judge John Judge said he wants to set aside two weeks for jury selection, two months for the trial and two weeks at the end for sentencing and other matters if Kohberger is convicted. Lawyers for both sides generally agreed with the schedule, but a motion to move the trial from Moscow, Idaho was tabled until August.

Kohberger’s attorneys fear publicity would prevent a fair trial in Latah County.

Kohberger, a former criminal justice student at Washington State University, faces four counts of murder in the deaths of Ethan Chapin of Skagit County and three Idaho women on November 13, 2022.

Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty if Kohberger is convicted.