Bryan Kohberger mouths ‘I love you' to family as he agrees to be extradited from Pennsylvania to Idaho
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MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: Dressed in red prison garb with his hands cuffed in front of him, Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, the criminology student charged with the murders of four University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, appeared in court in Pennsylvania for his extradition hearing on Tuesday, December 3 – four days after his arrest on December 30, 2022. The suspect’s parents and two sisters looked on in court as Judge Margherita Worthington ordered him to be extradited. Bryan was said to have nodded toward his father and said “I love you” to his family as he agreed to be extradited from Pennsylvania to Idaho in his first court hearing.
According to New York Post, the suspect scanned the courtroom as he walked in, while his family had already been brought into court by extradition lawyer, Jason LaBar. Bryan then answered a series of “yes” and “no” questions about his decision to waive his extradition hearing. Worthington asked, "Mr Kohberger, do you suffer from any mental health diagnosis or take prescribed medication or medication that would impact your ability to understand what we are doing here today?" “No,” he replied. The judge asked, “Do you wish to waive your rights and voluntarily return to the state of Idaho to face prosecution?” He said, “Yes."
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However, during the hearing, New York Post reports that Bryan turned back around to his family and gave his father Michael Kohberger a nod. And as the suspect was led out of the courtroom, he faced his family and quietly said “I love you."
Prior to the hearing, LaBar told the family don’t believe Bryan to be the culprit. "They can’t believe this. They’re obviously shocked. This is certainly completely out of character, the allegations, and really they’re just trying to be supportive with the understanding that these four families have suffered loss," he said.
Bryan, who graduated from DeSales University in Pennsylvania in May 2022 with a master of arts in criminal justice and is a PhD student in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University, was arrested by the FBI and Pennsylvania State Police, arraigned by a Monroe County judge. He faces four counts of first-degree murder for the brutal stabbings of four students, as previously reported.