Bryan Kohberger—suspected of the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students—will head into trial with key DNA evidence admitted to court, a judge ruled on Feb. 19.

The judge overseeing the high-profile upcoming trial against the man charged with killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 issued a major blow to his defense on Wednesday.

An Idaho judge denied several defense motions filed by Bryan Kohberger's defense team to suppress key DNA and other evidence that named him the suspect in the 2022 murders of four students near the University of Idaho.