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Bryan Kohberger: Idaho suspect was tracked as he drove cross-country in mysterious white Hyundai Elantra

Investigators narrowed in on Bryan Kohberger as the suspect, thanks to DNA evidence and by establishing his ownership of a white Hyundai Elantra
UPDATED DEC 31, 2022
Bryan Kohberger was arrested on December 30 in connection with the brutal murder of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin (Instagram/kayleegoncalves /Monroe County Prison)
Bryan Kohberger was arrested on December 30 in connection with the brutal murder of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin (Instagram/kayleegoncalves /Monroe County Prison)

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MOSCOW, IDAHO: Bryan Christopher Kohberger was arrested and taken into custody early morning on Friday, December 30, in connection to the murder of four University of Idaho students. Investigators narrowed in on Kohberger as the suspect, thanks to DNA evidence and by establishing his ownership of a white Hyundai Elantra seen close to the crime scene.

According to a law enforcement source, Kohberger, 28, was seen traveling across the country in the white Hyundai Elantra linked to the murders. The source claimed that police were keeping tabs on him when he was driving and were also watching his parents' house in Pennsylvania. Before his arrest, an FBI surveillance team followed him for four days as law enforcement and prosecutors tried to establish enough probable cause to obtain a warrant, as per CNN

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Kohberger was apprehended in Scranton, where the Pennsylvania State Police arrested him early morning on Friday, December 30. The first question he asked was, "Anyone else arrested?" Soon the police confirmed that his DNA matched the crime scene and that they had been on his tail days before bringing him in. Kohberger was detained and charged with four charges of first-degree murder and felony burglary.

Slain victims Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed to death at their off-campus rental home in Moscow, Idaho on November 13. However, neither Kohberger's motive nor his familiarity with the victims has been publicly established by the investigators. Additionally, the murder weapon has not been found, according to Moscow Police Chief James Fry. 

Kohberger, a resident of Pullman, Washington, was pursuing a PhD in criminology at Washington University. While the Moscow police were desperately looking for the suspect for nearly six weeks after the homicide, suspect Kohberger was attending classes and finishing his semester at Washington University. Kohberger took courses by the famed forensic psychologist Katherine Ramsland. She has written 68 books including 'How to Catch a Killer', 'The Psychology of Death Investigations' and 'The Mind of a Murderer'. 

Kohberger is being held without bail pending his extradition hearing on January 3, according to records. But even with him charged, law enforcement’s work is far from over, prosecutors said.

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