What there is to know
- Four University of Idaho students, three women and a man in his early 20s, were killed in their beds in a house across from campus on November 13; very few details had been released on the case
- Court records show a suspect, Bryan Kohberger, 28, was arrested Friday on an active first-degree murder warrant in Moscow, Idaho; he should be extradited there to face charges
- Idaho police were searching for a white Hyundai Elantra last seen in the Kings Road home area on the morning the students were killed; one was seized in connection with Friday’s arrest
A 28-year-old man has been arrested in Pennsylvania on a first-degree murder warrant issued in connection with the stabbing deaths of four people from the University of Idaho students whose bodies have been found in a rental house near campus last monthofficials said Friday.
Bryan Kohberger was taken into custody In Monroe County’s Chestnuthill Township Friday by Pennsylvania State Police, with assistance from the FBI, court records and sources confirm.
Kohberger, a Pennsylvania resident, is set to be extradited to Idaho to face charges in the case that both captivated and mystified the globe. An extradition hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. He is also charged with burglary in Idaho.
Latah County District Attorney Bill Thompson said investigators believe Kohberger broke into the student house “with intent to commit murder.”
He is the first to be named a suspect in the murders since they occurred. A possible motive is still unknown, and any hints of answers remain in a probable cause affidavit locked from the public until Kohberger returns to Idaho, officials said.
The Moscow Police Department said it received more than 19,000 tips related to the case, in addition to thousands of digital media submissions.
Little details were made public in the Horrific November 13 murders of Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, 20. The four friends, members of the university’s Greek system, were discovered across the street from campus, leaving the small town of Moscow, Idaho, deeply shaken.
A person involved in the murder of four University of Idaho students has been arrested in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Moscow police had said they were looking for a white Hyundai Elantra believed to be in the immediate vicinity of the King Road residence early in the morning where the students were believed to have been killed. A few days before Christmas, they said a white sedan found in Eugene, Oregon was not linked to the murders. Two senior law enforcement officials said a white Elantra was taken from the Pennsylvania home where Kohberger was apprehended on Friday.
“We are still looking for the gun,” said Moscow Police Chief James Fry. “I will say we found an Elantra.”
The King Street residence remains an active crime scene under police control, authorities said this week.
The murders have drawn worldwide attention, especially among true crime aficionados. That’s likely because so few facts have been released about the case, said Julie Wiest, a sociology professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania and an expert on extreme media violence.
“Usually now there are more facts that have been released by law enforcement, so I could see people digging and almost taking straws,” Wiest said. “It’s not that typical, except in high-profile cold cases, where you might see people digging that way.
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