Idaho murder suspect, Bryan Kohberger arrested and charged with four counts of murder
Moscow police are still searching for the murder weapon used by Idaho suspect as he is charged with four counts of murder – as law enforcement again call for anyone with information to come forward.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary – which he committed ‘with the intention to kill’ the University of Idaho students.
Moscow Chief of Police James Fry added that Kohberger was taken into custody by a SWAT team at a property in Albrighton, Pennsylvania at 3am on Friday morning.
During a press conference on Friday authorities confirmed that a white Hyundai Elantra was discovered in the search – with sources saying it was towed from outside Kohberger’s home.
Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, and Xana Kernodle, 20, were stabbed to death in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13 – with Xana’s freshman boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, also killed in the massacre.
Law enforcement sources told CNN that his DNA was discovered at the scene of the crime – with officers managing to track down who owned the car seen in the area of the slayings.
Details of the killings, and the motive for them, are yet to be released with law enforcement saying a sealed arrest affidavit will be released once Kohberger is extradited back to Idaho. He is currently in custody at Monroe County Jail in Pennsylvania until a hearing on January 3. Friday’s sensational arrest is the first major break in the case – with Kohberger asking if ‘anyone else was arrested’ when he was taken into custody.
Kohberger has no prior arrests, according to public records, so it is unclear how officials got hold of his DNA.
His aunt told the New York Post that he was ‘above and beyond’ being vegan and obsessively forced his family to ‘buy new pots and pants’ which had not touched meat.
On Friday, a chilling survey created by Kohberger asking ex-criminals how they’d felt while committing their crimes re-emerged online.
It came as police began – then halted – a clean-up effort at the murder house, with efforts to return it to its original state paused at news of Kohberger’s arrest.
Just before the arrest, haunting new footage of victim Xana Kernodle emerged showing her talking to police about a noise complaint two months before her murder.
Police are now searching Kohberger’s apartment in Washington – 10 miles from the crime scene – arriving at around 7.30am to cordon off the area. 