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.

Jay Logsdon, North Idaho’s state public defender and co-counsel for Kohberger’s defense, will be replaced for his capital murder trial, a Thursday court order said. Taking Logsdon’s spot is a Northern California attorney who specializes in DNA and previously testified as a paid consultant for the defense in the case.

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.