Authorities identified the suspect accused of killing four University of Idaho students late last year after linking him to DNA found on a knife sheath left near two of the victims, according to court records.
In an affidavit released Thursday, Moscow police Cpl. Brett Payne said he found the sheath near the bodies of Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen, both 21. The college students were among four found slain Nov. 13 at an off-campus home in Moscow.
Authorities in Pennsylvania on Friday arrested Bryan Kohberger, 28, on charges of murder and burglary in the killings. He was booked into jail in Idaho’s Latah County around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday after waiving an extradition hearing earlier this week.Officials said Kohberger has family in Pennsylvania.
Cellphone records obtained by officials showed that Kohberger visited the area where the killings took place at least a dozen times between June 2022 and November 2022. He was a Ph.D. student in criminology at Washington State University in Pullman, about a 10-mile drive from Moscow.
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