The Face of Evil
The Face of Evil
Arrest made in the Murders of Four Idaho College Students.
More than six weeks after four Idaho College Students were brutally murdered in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho in November. Bryan Kohberger was apprehended thousands of miles away from the location of the crime scene. The 28-year-old was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant, Pennsylvania State Police announced Friday. Investigators say they were interested in speaking with the occupant or occupants of a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra spotted near the crime scene around the time of the killings. Pennsylvania State Police said they were assisting the Moscow police department, the Idaho State Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the apprehension. The suspect was taken into custody at his parents home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania.
At the time of his arrest, Kohberger was a Ph.D. criminology student and teaching assistant at Washington State University's Pullman campus, which is only about a 15-minute drive from Moscow, Idaho. Kohberger had just finished his first semester at WSU, the school said in a statement.
Bryan Kohberger now faces four counts of First-Degree Murder as well as Felony Burglary. Likely to have more charges to follow. Kohberger’s defense lawyer says his client is innocent and will voluntarily allow police to extradite him from Pennsylvania to Idaho.
Cellphone data revealed that Kohberger, 28, was often in the same location as students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, who were murdered on Nov. 13, a source close to one of the case’s investigators told The Daily Mail.
More information, including the factual basis for the charges that were filed, will be revealed when a probable cause affidavit is unsealed, which won't happen until Kohberger returns to Idaho and is served with an arrest warrant there. Kohberger is next expected to appear in court in Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon.
Investigators also declined to say if there was any connection with the four victims and Kohberger. No motive for the murders was shared or leaned towards yet as well.