Idaho murders

A suspect was taken into custody in connection with the investigation into the murders of four University of Idaho students, two federal law enforcement ...

The case prompted fear and anxiety in the community and [student body](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/28/us/idaho-university-stabbing-monday/index.html), and questions mounted about the pace of the police investigation. Moscow police say they have worked with a property management services company to remove “potential biohazards and other harmful substances used to collect evidence,” the update said. Some of the victims had defensive wounds, a coroner has said. “In particular, this study seeks to understand the story behind your most recent criminal offense, with an emphasis on your thoughts and feelings throughout your experience,” the post said. “I knew that they would, but it’s just taking so long, and I’m so happy for their families and everybody that’s been worried that all the students, everybody that may not have come back to school,” she said. “We also want to extend our deepest sympathies to the families, friends, and Vandal colleagues who were impacted by these murders,” Chilton said. While he was being watched, investigators from the Moscow Police Department, the Idaho State Police homicide bureau, and the FBI worked with prosecutors to develop sufficient probable cause to obtain the warrant. Moscow Police Department Chief James Fry said at the news conference an Elantra has been located, but investigators are still looking for the knife used in the killings. “Sometime right before Christmas we were zeroing in on him being in or going to Pennsylvania,” the source told CNN. Once potential family matches were found, subsequent investigative work by law enforcement led to the identification of Kohberger, according to the source. Genetic genealogy helped investigators identify the suspect, a source with knowledge of the case said. Kohberger’s DNA has also been matched to genetic material recovered at the off-campus house where the students were stabbed to death, according to the sources.

U.S.. Suspect arrested in killings of 4 Idaho college students, authorities say. By Allison Elyse Gualtieri. Updated on: December 30, 2022 / 2:38 PM ...

"Tracking down rumors and quelling rumors about specific individuals or specific events that may or may not have happened is a huge distraction for investigators and oftentimes is the result of social media propagation. Early on, police had said they did not believe a surviving roommate or the friends who had called 911 had been involved in the killings. "We are grateful for the hard work of law enforcement to protect our community and bring justice." And it is very, very frustrating to investigators and hard to stay on track," Moscow Police Capt. They had initially seized three dumpsters and five cars from the crime scene, but had announced earlier this month they would start returning some of the victims' belongings to their families. This complex case took extensive work to develop a clear picture of what occurred," he said. Mogen and Goncalves were both 21-year-old seniors at the university, and were best friends. Kernodle, 20, was a junior and dating 20-year-old Ethan Chapin, a freshman. leading up to everything we were doing," Moscow Police Chief James Fry said Friday. Word of the arrest came more than six weeks after roommates Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle were found stabbed to death in their home in Moscow, Idaho, along with fellow student Ethan Chapin. He was expected to be back in court in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Thompson said. He is facing four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary, said Bill Thompson, Latah County prosecutor.

(NEW YORK) — A 28-year-old man, Bryan Kohberger, was arrested Friday morning in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains in connection with the murders of four ...

Two other roommates — who police said are not suspects — survived and likely slept through the murders, according to officials. It’s been weeks since police and city officials have gathered for a news conference, choosing instead to release small updates through social media. It’s been over six weeks since roommates Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle, as well as Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, were all stabbed to death in the girls’ off-campus house in the early hours of Nov.

Police named the man as Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28. He was arrested in Pennsylvania over 2,500 miles (4,020km) from the crime scene. The students were ...

He was found and arrested at his parents home in Albrightsville, officials tell CBS, the BBC's US partner. Their roommates, and other students who discovered their bodies, were cleared of any wrongdoing by police. Moscow's population of 25,000 includes 11,000 university students. In the wake of the attacks, nearly half of pupils have switched to online classes for the rest of the semester, and Idaho State Police have sent in patrols to monitor the campus. "But we still need to be vigilant, right?" US police say they have arrested a criminology graduate in the mysterious killings of four university students in the state of Idaho over six weeks ago.

Sources confirm to NBC10 that a person of interest in the killings of four University of Idaho students has been arrested in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

Police said Thursday the rental home would be cleared of “potential biohazards and other harmful substances” to collect evidence starting Friday morning. Kernodle and Chapin were dating and he was visiting the house that night. “One thing he would always do, almost without fail, was find the most complicated way to explain something,” he said. The county seat, Stroudsburg, is about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Philadelphia. Fears of a repeat attack prompted nearly half of the University of Idaho's over 11,000 students to leave the city and switch to online classes. The case also enticed online sleuths who speculated about potential suspects and motives. Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle lived in the three-story rental home with two other roommates. [stabbed to death](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/coroner-idaho-students-were-stabbed-to-death-in-their-beds-likely-as-they-slept/3429928/) in an off-campus house rented by the three female students in the middle of the night, some with wounds that suggest they fought back against their attacker. “In fact, this is a new beginning.” The arrest took place at a home in Chestnuthill Township, court docs say. He is currently at the Monroe County Correctional Facility awaiting extradition. Bryan Kohberger, 28, is a suspect in custody in Monroe County, Pa., sources confirm to NBC10's Deanna Durante and Brian Sheehan.

Pennsylvania State Police took Bryan Kohberger into custody on a fugitive from justice warrant at a home in Chestnuthill Township, according to a statement from ...

He was listed on the WSU's website as enrolled in the criminal justice and criminology department. Fry said the murder weapon has not been recovered, though police have found a car they had been searching for in connection with the killings. 13 in the off-campus house they shared.

Suspect, 25, reportedly apprehended in Monroe county in relation to stabbing deaths of four young people at University of Idaho.

[According to CNN](https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/idaho-university-student-murders-update-12-30-22/index.html), law enforcement homed in on Kohberger after linking him to the white Hyundai Elantra. DeSales University in Pennsylvania said that he received a bachelor’s degree in 2020 and completed graduate studies there in June 2022. [Autopsies showed](https://apnews.com/article/moscow-idaho-spokane-university-of-fdbabdb55c38409cd567a7332db4dae5) all four were probably asleep when they were attacked. Authorities did not disclose the discovery of a murder weapon, nor proffer any possible motive. Thompson said the suspect is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary. The Latah county prosecutor, Bill Thompson, said investigators believe Kohberger broke into the students’ home “with the intent to commit murder”.

US police say they have arrested a criminology graduate in the mysterious killings of four university students in the state of Idaho over six weeks ago.

Their roommates, and other students who discovered their bodies, were cleared of any wrongdoing by police. Moscow's population of 25,000 includes 11,000 university students. In the wake of the attacks, nearly half of pupils have elected to switch to online classes for the rest of the semester, and Idaho State Police have sent in patrols to monitor the campus. Speaking at a news conference on Friday, Moscow police confirmed the suspect was a criminal justice and criminology graduate student at Washington State University. Police say the suspect lived in a town nearby to where the murders occurred. US police say they have arrested a criminology graduate in the mysterious killings of four university students in the state of Idaho over six weeks ago.

After four students were found dead in their home in a crime scene that baffled investigators, a PhD student who researched how emotions influence criminals ...

“One thing he would always do, almost without fail, was find the most complicated way to explain something,” he said. The case also enticed online sleuths who speculated about potential suspects and motives. Police said the rental home would be cleared of “potential biohazards and other harmful substances” to collect evidence starting Friday morning. He described Kohberger as wanting to appear academic. Kernodle and Chapin were dating and he was visiting the house that night. The Idaho students – Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin – were stabbed to death at a rental home near campus sometime in the early morning hours of November 13. Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle lived in the three-story rental home with two other roommates. There was no sign of sexual assault, police said. DeSales University in Pennsylvania said that he received a bachelor’s degree in 2020 and completed graduate studies in June 2022. By mid-December, investigators were working through nearly 12,000 tips and had identified more than 22,000 vehicles matching that make and model. Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was arrested early Friday morning (local time) by the Pennsylvania State Police at a home in Chestnuthill Township, authorities said. The killings initially mystified law enforcement and shook the small town of Moscow, Idaho, a farming community of about 25,000 people that had not had a murder for five years.

Bryan Kohberger was arrested in connection with the gruesome November murders of four college students.

Fry said police have not found the murder weapon, but that they had recovered a Hyundai Elantra. Those sources told CBS News that FBI agents had conducted surveillance operations on Kohberger in Pennsylvania, tracking his movements on the days before he was taken into custody. Law enforcement sources told CBS News that forensic analysis allegedly linked Kohberger to the crime scene in Idaho. Ben Roberts said he took several courses with Kohberger after the two started the program together in August. Police said they were assisting the Moscow police department, the Idaho State Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the apprehension. A law enforcement source told CBS News Kohberger was arrested at his parents' home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania.

Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, all aged between 20 and 21, were murdered as they slept in a student house in Moscow, Idaho.

The case also enticed online sleuths who speculated about potential suspects and motives. Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle rented the three-storey student house with two other roommates. Fears of a repeat attack prompted nearly half of the University of Idaho students to switch to online classes for the remainder of the semester, abandoning dorms and apartments in the once bucolic town for the perceived safety of their hometowns. There was no sign of sexual assault, police said. Some had defensive wounds and each was stabbed multiple times. The four students were found in a student house near the University of Idaho campus sometime in the early morning hours of November 13.

A suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho students was arrested Friday in Pennsylvania.

"Ethan, Xana, Maddie and Kaylee came to the University of Idaho and found their place. "Today's news of an arrest is a welcome one," said University of Idaho President Scott Green during the press conference Friday. Both women were seniors; Mogen was studying marketing and Goncalves was a general studies major in the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. Extra police flooded the city during the investigation, trying to bring a sense of security to the unsettled community. Kernodle, 20, was a junior studying marketing and was dating Chapin, whom police said was sleeping over at her house. Police on Friday said they had taken custody of a white Elantra but declined to elaborate. 13 stabbing deaths of [Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, and Xana Kernodle](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/14/university-idaho-student-deaths/10695891002/). "The only thing that we can do in law enforcement to honor their memories, that we know of, is to bring this to a successful conclusion." Kohberger has been accused of very serious crimes, but the American justice system cloaks him in a veil of innocence,” LaBar wrote in a prepared statement. The two universities are partners in several academic programs, and students sometimes attend classes and seminars or work at the neighboring schools. Fry declined to reveal additional details of the accusations against the suspect, who is being held without bond on possible first-degree murder and felony burglary charges. [unsettling late-night attack inside a rental home left college students and the community on edge](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/12/04/university-idaho-murders-investigation-mystery-questions/10803758002/) for more than a month as investigators worked on the case.

The college town of Moscow, Idaho, has been reeling since the attack last month, but the police gave no motive for the murders.

Erin Staheli, who has lived in Moscow for about three years and delivers food for DoorDash, said she started crying out of relief when she heard news of the suspect’s arrest. Andrew Chua, a graduate student who lived in the same building as Mr. Mr. The two spoke about their degrees and where they were from, and Mr. The complex includes about a dozen apartment buildings, and a children’s playset sat behind the unit where Mr. She said Mr. Kohberger, said that he continued attending classes after the killings had occurred and seemed more animated at that time than he had been earlier in the semester. Norton, who was in the same graduate program as Mr. Chief Fry said on Friday that the police had found a car matching that description. In a post on Reddit from about seven months ago, a user who identified himself as Bryan Kohberger asked people who had spent time in prison to take a survey about crimes they had committed. But the arrest of a criminology student added another unsettling element to an already macabre case. 13 in a crime that horrified the small Idaho college town and prompted many students to stay home and finish classes online after Thanksgiving break.

Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, is being held for extradition in the criminal homicide investigation. The students were stabbed to death at a home near ...

Safety concerns also had the university hiring an additional security firm to escort students across campus and the Idaho State Police sending troopers to help patrol the city's streets. Police said Thursday the rental home would be cleared of "potential biohazards and other harmful substances" to collect evidence starting Friday morning. Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle lived in the three-story rental home with two other roommates. The Idaho students — Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin — were stabbed to death at a rental home near campus sometime in the early morning hours of Nov. But the case broke open after law enforcement asked the public for help finding a white sedan seen near the home around the time of the killings. The slayings initially mystified law enforcement, with investigators unable to name a suspect or locate a murder weapon for weeks.

A timeline of the investigation into the November murders of four students at the University of Idaho and what led police to arrest Bryan Kohberger.

Autopsies were conducted on Nov. Prosecutors and police said they were still seeking information from the public to help their continuing investigation. Moscow Police and Latah County prosecutors later held a news conference Friday afternoon to announce that he had been arrested. "The only cure to pain is love -- it's the only thing that's going to heal us; it's the only thing that's going to heal you," said Steve Goncalves, father of Kaylee Goncalves. They found the four deceased victims, Authorities responded to the call at 11:58 a.m. A 911 call was then placed from the home on a roommate's cell phone to report an unconscious individual. After leaving the Corner Club, Goncalves and Mogen picked up food at the "Grub Truck" food truck, then got a ride home from "a private party," police said. Police said the students slept through the murders and didn't wake up until later in the morning. Reconstructing the evening before the four University students were killed, the Moscow Police Department said that between 8 p.m. He graduated with a master of arts in criminal justice, according to the school’s online commencement program. Kohberger received an associate's degree in psychology from Northampton Community College in Pennsylvania in 2018, the school confirmed to USA TODAY.

After more than six weeks of investigating, authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students ...

A spokesperson for Northampton Community College in Pennsylvania said Kohberger graduated from the school in 2018 with an associate degree in psychology. A 28-year-old man named Bryan Christopher Kohberger was arrested on Friday in Pennsylvania and is awaiting extradition to Idaho. [felony burglary](https://thehill.com/tag/felony-burglary/) [first-degree murder](https://thehill.com/tag/first-degree-murder/) [Moscow Idaho](https://thehill.com/tag/moscow-idaho/) [University of Idaho](https://thehill.com/tag/university-of-idaho/) [University of Idaho Stabbings](https://thehill.com/tag/university-of-idaho-stabbings/) [State Watch](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/) [Business & Lobbying](https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-lobbying/) [State Watch](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/) [State Watch](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/) [See All](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/) [some criticism](https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-idaho-police-seek-surveillance-video-after-stabbing-deaths/) for the pace of the investigation and the weeks that went by without them identifying a suspect or finding the weapon used in the killings, but authorities announced Kohberger’s arrest on Friday. Moscow Police Chief James Fry said at a press conference announcing Kohberger’s arrest on Friday that he is a graduate student at Washington State University (WSU) and lives in Pullman, Wash., which is located not far from the border with Idaho. [found dead](https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-mystery-surrounds-stabbing-deaths-of-4-idaho-students/) in a rental home in the city of Moscow near campus on Nov.

"This is the first bit of joy that we've had in close to seven weeks," said Steve Goncalves, father of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the victims.

Authorities are still searching for tips from anyone who knows the suspect. For weeks, there appeared — at least publicly — to be little movement on the case. "We hope ... "No arrest will ever bring back these young students," Moscow Police Chief James Fry said Friday. And we haven't had hope for a long time." [Bryan Christopher Kohberger](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bryan-kohberger-arrested-suspect-idaho-murders/) is in custody in connection with the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, capping nearly seven weeks of fear and frustration for the families of the students who were killed.

Idaho prosecutors to seek extradition of suspect, 28, a criminology graduate student who is accused of murdering four young victims.

A police timeline of the evening revealed that two of the victims, Goncalves and Mogen, had stopped at a food-truck on the way home from a bar around 2am. Others said he was a “bully”. The next morning, they called friends to come to the house, believing that one of the victims found had passed out and wasn’t waking up. Police then found two victims on the second floor, and two on the third floor. But he cautioned about the “tough” months still to come for the victims’ families. Moscow, a town of 25,000 near the border with Washington state, had not seen a murder in seven years prior to 13 November. Kohberger is a PhD student in the department of criminal justice and criminology at Washington State University, about nine miles from the Idaho university campus. Chapin said she and her family were “relieved this chapter is over, because it provides a form of closure”. But that initial interpretation has been thrown into doubt after it was revealed that the accused man had consulted online forums seeking information from criminals on their “thoughts, emotions and actions from the beginning to end of the crime commission process”. “This is not the end of this investigation. He is accused of murdering four young victims – Ethan Chapin, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves – on 13 November at a rented house near the university campus in Moscow, Idaho. Investigators have confirmed that a murder weapon, believed to be a long knife, has not been recovered.