A routine status hearing for a man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students drew a small crowd on Thursday, with people beginning to line up outside the Boise courtroom five hours early in hopes of getting a seat.

The suspect in the University of Idaho murders case, Bryan Kohberger, will make his first appearance before a new judge in a Boise courtroom. It’s the first public hearing since a judge moved the trial out of Latah County where the killings took place.

Accused Idaho college killer Bryan Kohberger is due in court on Thursday. He'll appear before a new judge in a new location after he was granted a change of venue. It could mean a major shift in a case that shocked the nation and rocked a small college community to its core Kohberger's defense team was recently successful in its months-long fight for a change of venue over concerns about jury impartiality in Moscow,