Man charged in university student killings arrives in Idaho

Man charged inside college student killings arrives inside Idaho

BOISE, Idaho (AP) ” The have a suspicion inside the November slayings of quartet University of Idaho students has arrived inside Idaho, where he is charged accompanied by quartet counts of first-degree murder with every one other accompanied by felony burglary.

Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old doctoral student at Washington State University, was flown by Pennsylvania State Police to a small geographical airfield near the Idaho border with every one other accompanied by handed over to local authorities Wednesday evening.

Uniformed rules and regulations enforcement officers were waiting on the tarmac for the the Pennsylvania State Police flat outside to land, with every one other accompanied by at that hour dated they escorted the handcuffed Kohberger to a caravan of five vehicles for the short operate from Washington across the Idaho border.

Kohberger™s coming means the court of rules and regulations documents filed inside his instance should in a short time exist unsealed, potentially shedding some illumination on Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson™s reasons for accusing Kohburger.

Kohberger was arrested at his parents™ home inside eastern Pennsylvania last week inside link accompanied by the stabbing deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle with every one other accompanied by Ethan Chapin.

On Tuesday Kohberger agreed to exist extradited to Idaho, with every one other accompanied by his attorney Jason LaBar said Kohberger was eager to exist exonerated.

Police have released few details concerning the investigation with every one other accompanied by a magistrate judge has issued a sweeping gag order barring attorneys, rules and regulations enforcement agencies with every one other accompanied by other officials from discussing the criminal case. But court of rules and regulations filings ” including a document laying not here Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson™s reasons for accusing Kohburger of the killings ” are expected to exist unsealed now that Kohberger has arrived.

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The nighttime assault at a Moscow place of residence near the University of Idaho campus spread terror into and not here of the surrounding community, while authorities seemed stumped by the brutal stabbings. Investigators appeared to build a breakthrough, however, following searching for a white sedan that was seen around the hour dated of the killings with every one other accompanied by analyzing DNA proof collected from the crime scene.

Investigators have said they were still searching for a motive with every one other accompanied by the weapon used inside the attack.

The bodies of Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho; Mogen, 21, of Coeur d™Alene, Idaho; Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls, Idaho; with every one other accompanied by Chapin, 20, of Conway, Washington, were found Nov. 13 at the rental place of residence where the women lived. Kernodle with every one other accompanied by Chapin were dating, with every one other accompanied by he had been visiting the house that night.

Latah County, Idaho, prosecutors have said they exist convinced by Kohberger broke into the victims™ place of residence intending to commit murder.

Jason LaBar, the leader condition defender inside Monroe County, Pennsylvania, said Kohberger is eager to exist exonerated with every one other accompanied by should exist presumed guiltless with every one other accompanied by not tried inside the court of rules and regulations of condition opinion.

After Tuesday™s hearing, LaBar described Kohberger while an usual guy, with every one other accompanied by said that following his extradition he would exist represented by the leader condition defender inside Kootenai County, Idaho.

Although Moscow police have been tightlipped concerning the investigation, investigators last month asked the condition for assist finding a white sedan that was seen near the scene of the crime ” specifically, a 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra. Tips poured inside with every one other accompanied by investigators in a short time announced they were sifting into and not here of a pool of around 20,000 potential vehicles.

Meanwhile, Kohberger apparently stayed inside Pullman, Washington, into and not here of the extremity of the semester at WSU. Then he drove across country to his parents™ place of residence inside Pennsylvania, accompanied by his father. They were inside a white Elantra.

While driving into and not here of Indiana, Kohberger was pulled over twice on the same day ” earliest by a Hancock County Sheriff™s deputy with every one other accompanied by a few minutes subsequent by an Indiana condition trooper.

Body camera video of the earliest place an extremity to released by the Hancock County Sheriff™s Office shows Kohberger behind the disc with every one other accompanied by his father inside the traveller seat on Dec. 15. Both men told the rules and regulations enforcement officer that they were traveling from WSU earlier to the officer sent them on their way accompanied by a warning for following excessively closely.

The Indiana State Police released bodycam footage of the following stop. The agency said that at the time, there was no indeed details available to the trooper that would have identified Kohberger while a have a suspicion inside the killings. Kohberger was on one occasion additional specified a warning for following excessively closely.

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Associated Press writers Marc Levy inside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with every one other accompanied by Manuel Valdes inside Seattle contributed to this story.