More than six weeks after four University of Idaho students were found stabbed to death, a suspect was taken into custody. Bryan Christopher Kohberger was arrested in connection with the case, and is being charged with four counts of murder.
on Jan. 4 after being handed over to local authorities following a flight from Pennsylvania. He is being held at Latah County Jail.
A law enforcement source told CBS News that Kohlberger was arrested at his parents' home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania. At the time of his arrest, Kohberger was listed as a Ph.D. criminology student and teaching assistant at Washington State University's Pullman campus, which is a short drive from Moscow, Idaho. He completed a bachelor's degree at DeSales University in 2020, then did further graduate studies at the university until June 2022, a statement from DeSales confirmed.
LaBar previously shared a statement on behalf of the suspect's parents and two sisters, on New Year's Day. Acknowledging the arrest and the charges against him, Kohberger's family said they"will continue to let the legal process unfold" and confirmed that they"have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote his presumption of innocence." They also recognized"the families suffering loss.
On Saturday night, police said, Chapin and Kernodle were at a party at a Sigma Chi house on the University of Idaho campus. They returned home around 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13. But authorities have acknowledged that there were gaps in the timeline of Chapin and Kernodle's evening, the details of which are somewhat unclear.
The investigator, Moscow, Idaho Police Cpl. Brett Payne, also said that Kohberger's DNA was found on a knife sheath at the crime scene. According to an he wrote, agents recovered trash from the Kohberger family residence in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania on Dec. 27 and sent evidence to the Idaho State Lab to be tested. The next day, a DNA profile obtained from the trash was compared to the DNA profile obtained from the sheath.
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