Kohberger’s attorneys have already informed the judge that they believe someone else is responsible for the pre-dawn stabbings at a student house in Moscow, Idaho — the “alternative perpetrator” theory, Judge Steven Hippler revealed. Now the judge is telling lawyers to name the suspect and offer up “any actual evidence” they have against him.

It’s not the first time Bryan Kohberger’s defense has raised the possibility of an alternative perpetrator or perpetrators in the deaths of four Idaho students.

The judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger's upcoming quadruple-murder trial says he wants to identify anyone who may have violated a gag order by leaking information from the investigation to news organizations or anyone else not directly involved with the case.