Idaho students 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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Idaho student murders: Bryan Christopher Kohberger arrested in ... (CBS News)

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.

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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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Criminology Student Charged With Murder in University of Idaho ... (The New York Times)

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.

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Suspect in murder of four Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania (Reuters)

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.

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US man charged with murders of four Idaho university students (The Straits Times)

PHILADELPHIA - A graduate student from Washington state has been arrested in Pennsylvania and charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of ...

He was listed on the WSU’s website as enrolled in the criminal justice and criminology department. The victims appeared to have been killed with a knife or some other “edged” weapon, police said at the time. PHILADELPHIA - A graduate student from Washington state has been arrested in Pennsylvania and charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students six weeks ago, authorities said on Friday.

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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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Idaho college student killings: A summary and timeline (NBC News)

The killings of four University of Idaho students in mid-November at an off-campus residence stunned the small community of Moscow, Idaho, ...

"He should be presumed innocent until proven otherwise — not tried in the court of public opinion," public defender Jason LaBar says in a statement, adding, "Mr. [tells NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-chief-leading-investigation-idaho-student-slayings-says-familie-rcna62836) that his department is in daily contact with families and "we asked them to be patient" as the investigation progresses. [They say they are looking to speak](https://www.ci.moscow.id.us/DocumentCenter/View/24838/11-13-22-City-of-Moscow-Homicide-Victims) with any occupants of a white Hyundai Elantra from 2011-13 with unknown license plates. Police also say the two housemates who were home during the attack had been sleeping that night. Dec. They eventually get into the same apartment together," Goncalves said. There was also no sign of sexual assault. "We do not have a suspect at this time, and that individual is still out there," Moscow Police Chief James Fry says at a news conference. (Both housemates were unharmed.) "In fact, this is a new beginning." No suspect was immediately named in the deaths of housemates Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; and Xana Kernodle, 20; as well as Kernodle's boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20. "And in the end, they died together."

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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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Idaho murders: What we know about suspect Bryan Christopher ... (CBS News)

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.

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