The charges against Bryan Kohberger are sparking disturbing rumors of a “secret trial” — the truth behind the Idaho murder suspect’s charges

Murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, accused of killing four University of Idaho students last year, has been indicted by a grand jury.

However, that doesn’t mean the suspect was convicted in a secret trial earlier this week, as some might believe.

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Kohberger, 28, is said to have murdered Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen last November.

All four victims were stabbed to death in an off-campus apartment in Moscow, Idaho, about 80 miles south of Coeur d’Alene.

Kohberger, a former graduate student at nearby Washington State University, was charged Tuesday, about six months after the massacre. CREM reported.

That means the court system has determined that there is enough evidence to bring Kohberger to justice for the four murders and a burglary.

“When a person is charged, they receive a formal notice that they are presumed to have committed a crime,” he said US Department of Justice reported.

A grand jury, an anonymous panel of about 16 to 23 people, made the decision based on evidence presented by prosecutors and their witnesses.

Unlike a trial, the grand jury did not have to reach a unanimous decision to indict Kohberger.

Only half the jury had to assume there was enough evidence to proceed with the case.

The public will never know exactly what was said or presented during these hearings because the grand jury proceedings remain classified at all times.

Kohberger is expected to appear back in court on Monday to file a lawsuit.

The suspect was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in June pending indictment.

This process is similar to a grand jury hearing, but prosecutors only have to convince a judge that there is enough evidence for a trial, rather than an entire jury panel.

Kohberger’s case will be investigated on the Friday night episode of Dateline, which airs at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.