MOSCOW, ID — A dedication ceremony to officially open the Vandal Healing Garden and Memorial was held on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, on the University of Idaho campus in Moscow.
Students from the College of Art and Architecture designed and built the garden as a place of healing and reflection and to honor the memories of all Vandals who have died while enrolled at the university.
A memorial sculpture within the garden will specifically memorialize Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves and Maddie Mogen, the victims of homicide in November 2022.
Meantime, attorneys for the man accused of killing are asking for his trial to be moved, citing a "mob mentality" in Moscow.
Brian Kohberger's defense team requested to move the case out of town, claiming he can't receive a fair trial in Latah County because of "inflammatory" publicity.
