Idaho Student Murders

2022 - 12 - 31

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A suspect is in custody in connection with the investigation into the ... (CNN)

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.

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Man arrested in Pennsylvania over Idaho student murders – reports (The Guardian)

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”.

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Suspect Arrested in Idaho Student Murders (Rolling Stone)

Police took Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, into custody in Pennsylvania.

“Professor Scofield’s thoughts are with the families and with the hard-working team of law enforcement officers who brought their investigation to this critical point.” All four were active members of the [University of Idaho](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/university-of-idaho/)’s Greek life. [found](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ci.moscow.id.us%2F1064%2FKing-Street-Homicide%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR30UbUw8gKt8mB3WtTwYClaOl_MO9ibp1WT1-WyemssXiPCu9TzuWMN7cw&h=AT3bx_H2T3ANBPsjyh3o5_2h0XSwHshLi6uhUHCuBEFXRHE5AIZdPYFvlV856S7_hakUdZdZcRIyEqY5HdZepe2BzQp0WnNL_uB-jynfi-WNYcPfkkVOzuQwy4LnaiQ3UOQmzP4UMw&__tn__=%2CmH-R&c%5B0%5D=AT2L_V7rV1CoSYlSDpeWZzdEEXvKcEcX9mkLdoxbmNqkmJIw5zcOGNn2BhRCxteOhWstnxJWz7hMRbY75nL21vAm4YeTa6O_Ie_dEpRlMWezoYljPmRzEk6IbBwRo2kdQlSWWH0Ez2vgKpF4DHZZkFQCCS_AInm1vz0SKZbiW7ZXNcbURObAKjqzr3gVDCos95IhoA0W0ONV) stabbed to death in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho on the morning of Nov. “Today’s news of an arrest is a welcome one,” Green said Friday. The murder weapon has not been found, but a vehicle related to the case was recovered. A spokesperson for WSU did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.

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Police arrest suspect in murder of four Idaho university students (BBC News)

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.

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Idaho student murders: Criminal justice student charged with four ... (ITV News)

A criminal justice graduate student was arrested as a suspect in the mysterious stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students last month.

Kohberger just completed his first semester as a PhD student in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University. He is being held without bond in Pennsylvania, and will be held without bond in Idaho once he is returned, Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson said. Kernodle and Chapin were dating and he was visiting the house that night. The affidavit for four charges of first-degree murder in Idaho will remain sealed until he is returned, as required by state law. Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle lived in the three-story rental home with two other roommates. Investigators are still looking for a weapon, Fry said at a press conference.

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Suspect Apprehended in Idaho Student Murders. Details on Arrest ... (NBC Chicago)

Authorities in Pennsylvania arrested a suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho students who were found stabbed to death in their beds more than ...

A dog was also at the home, unharmed. “One thing he would always do, almost without fail, was find the most complicated way to explain something,” he said. DeSales University in Pennsylvania said that he received a bachelor’s degree in 2020 and completed graduate studies in June 2022. Police said Thursday the rental home would be cleared of “potential biohazards and other harmful substances” to collect evidence starting Friday morning. 13, according to a police timeline of the evening. After they woke up, they called friends to come to the house because they believed one of the victims found on the second floor had passed out and wasn’t waking up. Kernodle and Chapin were dating and he was visiting the house that night. Kohberger is being held without bond in Pennsylvania and will be held without bond in Idaho once he is returned, Thompson said, and the affidavit for four charges of first-degree murder in Idaho will remain sealed until he is returned. University police assisted Idaho law enforcement in executing search warrants at Kohberger’s home and office on campus, the university said. Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle lived in the three-story rental home with two other roommates. Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was arrested early Friday morning by the Pennsylvania State Police at a home in Chestnuthill Township, authorities said. [initially mystified](https://apnews.com/article/moscow-idaho-university-of-46d37f41d578c545b1670e1603477770) 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.

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A suspect in the deaths of 4 University of Idaho students is arrested ... (NPR)

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.

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​​​​​​​ A mystery, no leads, then a break in the case: Timeline ... (USA TODAY)

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.

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Man accused of murder in Idaho student killings to appear in ... (The Guardian)

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.

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Suspect in Idaho student murders plans to waive extradition hearing ... (KGO-TV)

Bryan Kohberger, the suspect arrested in connection with the slayings of 4 Idaho students plans to waive an extradition hearing, defense attorney says.

"We did what we had to do professionally, and we will continue to do that," he said. Police do not believe anyone else was in the car at the time, Fry said. "One should not pass judgment about the facts of the case unless and until a fair trial in court at which time all sides may be heard and inferences challenged." The chief said police have evidence this was a targeted attack but cannot share more details at this time. The suspect reportedly told the person he wanted to go into the field of behavioral criminal justice and become a professor. He should be presumed innocent until proven otherwise -- not tried in the court of public opinion," LaBar said in a statement. Police have not indicated the suspect's father is in any way implicated in the killings. (A separate person also confirmed to CNN the father and son did business at the location on December 16.) Kohberger was arrested on four counts of first-degree murder and burglary and is being held without bond, Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson said. Kohberger has been accused of very serious crimes, but the American justice system cloaks him in a veil of innocence. The father told the individual he flew to Washington state and made the cross-country trip with Kohberger, adding his son would be traveling to the west coast alone after the holidays. student in its department of criminal justice and criminology.

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A Man Has Been Charged With The Murders Of Four Idaho College ... (BuzzFeed News)

The arrest comes after weeks of speculation around the killings of the University of Idaho students who were stabbed to death in what officials said was a ...

Officials were [called to the residence](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/drumoorhouse/university-of-idaho-student-murders-rumors-facts) just before noon. [authorities said](https://www.facebook.com/MoscowIDPD/posts/pfbid02F3DFfqnQUpMvAKiT5jZrSWbPYL37NSwj15XMyQt9TrqUVoAmEb5mzfMUtiNoB4W2l) they didn't believe they were involved in the crime. He received a bachelor’s degree from DeSales University in 2020 and finished graduate studies this year, the school [said in a statement](https://www.desales.edu/news-events/news/article/2022/12/30/12-30-22-statement-on-arrest-of-bryan-kohberger). Thompson said a probable cause affidavit that provides the "factual basis" for the charges would remain sealed until Kohberger was back in Idaho and has been served with the arrest warrant. Moscow police said the victims were likely attacked while they were sleeping and had multiple wounds, some of them defensive, and that there were no signs of any of them being sexually assaulted. "In fact, this is a new beginning. Fry said the department received more than 19,000 tips and conducted more than 300 interviews during their investigation. He said investigators were still looking for the murder weapon, but they had located a Hyundai Elantra. "We are grateful for the hard work of law enforcement to protect our community and bring justice." The project, the user wrote, “seeks to understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making when committing a crime.” [showed](https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Report/CpDocketSheet?docketNumber=CP-45-MD-0000682-2022&dnh=hkZjacBEVX%2B8jzutdrzM4A%3D%3D) Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody in Monroe County on an arrest warrant for first-degree murder issued through the Moscow Police Department and Latah County Prosecutor's Office. "This horrific act has shaken everyone in the Palouse region."

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