As Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger's trial approaches, his defense is drawing comparisons to another high-profile case that rocked the state.

Jaia Cruz, 24, indicted in stabbing murder of US mailman Ray Hodge III on his lunch break at a Manhattan deli earlier this month.

Adrian Peeler convicted of conspiracy to murder in case that left a mother and her son dead before they could testify against his brother, another killer.

Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger will return to court for the first time in more than two months to argue for excluding nearly all evidence collected by police.