A person believed to be connected to the quadruple homicide of four college students in Moscow, Idaho, has been taken into custody Friday, more than 2,000 miles away in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
The suspect, who was taken into police custody at 3 a.m. in Scranton, Pennsylvania, has been identified as 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger, according to arrest paperwork from the Pennsylvania State Police in Monroe County Court. Kohberger appeared in court this morning, according to Fox News.
The Moscow Police Department in Idaho has not publicly confirmed the arrest but will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. local time (4 p.m. Eastern) with the latest details of the investigation into the murders of the four college students, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. The quartet was killed in their off-campus home on Nov. 13.
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Kohberger is a graduate criminology student at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. The Washington university is located approximately 15 minutes from where the murders took place in Idaho. Several social media users shared a Reddit thread in which Kohberger is believed to be seeking volunteers for a criminal research project, specifically on what drives people to commit crimes.
“Investigators believe someone has information that adds context to what occurred on the night of the murders and continue requesting additional pictures, video, and social media content. Our focus remains on the investigation, not an individual’s activities displayed in the tip,” an update reported by CNN said.
A white Hyundai Elantra was taken from Kohberger’s home in Pennsylvania on Friday, according to NBC News. Authorities were searching for a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra that was believed to have been in the “immediate area” of the home at the time of the murders.
Each of the victims was stabbed to death in their beds, and investigators believe they were all asleep when they were attacked, according to police.
The two roommates who were not harmed in the attack have been cleared by police. A university history professor was also recently cleared by Moscow police.
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Law enforcement is asking the public to submit any information that could be relevant to the murders by calling 208-883-7180 or emailing [email protected].
