A suspect in four murders from Idaho enters the state after declining extradition from Pennsylvania

After declining extradition from his native Pennsylvania, Bryan Kohberger, who is suspected of murdering four University of Idaho students in November, has returned to Idaho to face murder charges.

He was led by law officers on Wednesday night to the Latah County Jail.

An internet flight tracker revealed that the Pennsylvania state police plane thought to be transporting Kohberger had arrived at the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport, which is located just across the border in Washington state, a few moments earlier. At the airport, a CNN crew spotted Idaho police enforcement vehicles there.

According to Garry Haidle, the jail warden, Kohberger was turned over to Pennsylvania State Police officers from the Monroe County Correctional Facility. In accordance with its policy, State Police declined to comment on any prisoner transit.

Almost seven weeks after Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were discovered dead stabbed on November 13 at a Moscow, Idaho, off-campus home, Kohberger was taken into custody in Pennsylvania on Friday.

Important case information, such if the suspect knew the victims and what his or her possible motivation was, has not yet been made public by the authorities.

According to two law enforcement sources briefed on the case, investigators narrowed down on Kohberger as a suspect after tracking ownership of a white Hyundai Elantra that had been seen in the vicinity of the deaths to him.

Additionally, according to the reports, his DNA was matched to genetic material found at the house where the students were killed.

The suspect recently completed his first semester of study for a PhD in criminal justice at the Pullman campus of Washington State University, which is located about 15 minutes west of Moscow.

He travelled with his father back to Pennsylvania for the holidays, according to Jason LaBar, the chief public defender for Monroe County. A little after December 17, the father and son arrived.

Kohberger's parents' home is where the white Elantra that officials were seeking for in relation to the killings was discovered, according to LaBar.

Before his arrest, an FBI surveillance team followed Kohberger for four days as law enforcement and prosecutors attempted to establish enough probable cause to obtain a warrant, according to the two law enforcement sources.

Until the suspect appears in an Idaho court, the probable-cause affidavit, which would include details to support the defendant's arrest, is kept under seal.

The prosecution and defence are not allowed to talk beyond what is in the public record due to a court order.

What is known about the man detained in relation to the Idaho quadruple homicides

 In connection with the deaths, which occurred more than six weeks ago in a Moscow, Idaho, off-campus home, police have detained a suspect, Bryan Christopher Kohberger.

The 28-year-old was apprehended based on a warrant for his arrest, Pennsylvania State Police said on Friday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Idaho State Police, and the Moscow authorities department, according to the police, were all involved in the capture. Kohberger was detained at his parents' house in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, a law enforcement source said CBS News.

In court on Friday, Kohberger was remanded without bond to the Monroe County Correctional Facility where he is currently awaiting extradition to Idaho, according to the police.

According to Latah County prosecutor Bill Thompson, Kohberger is accused of four counts of first-degree murder and criminal burglary.

The identity of Bryan Kohberger

On November 21st, 1994, Kohberger was born. He completed an associate's degree in psychology in 2018 at Northampton Community College before continuing on to pursue a bachelor's degree in 2020 at DeSales University. His graduate work at the university continued after that, and he finished it in 2022, according to a DeSales official. The delegate omitted to mention his major or area of study.

Approximately a 15-minute drive from Moscow, Idaho, Kohberger was a Ph.D. criminology student and teaching assistant at Washington State University's Pullman campus at the time of his arrest. Kohberger had just completed his first semester at WSU, according to a statement from the university.

In a press conference held on Friday afternoon, Moscow Police Chief James Fry verified that Kohberger resided in Washington State. According to the college, university police helped Idaho law enforcement officers carry out a search order at Kohberger's on-campus residence and office on Friday.

Elizabeth Chilton, chancellor of the WSU Pullman campus and WSU provost, said, "On behalf of the WSU Pullman community, I want to offer my deepest thanks to all of the law enforcement authorities who have been working relentlessly to solve this crime." "Everyone in the Palouse region has been shocked by this heinous act."

The AP was told by another graduate student in the WSU department of criminology and criminal justice that the news of Kohberger's arrest was "quite out of left field."

Ben Roberts claimed that after the two of them began the programme together in August, Kohberger enrolled in numerous courses with him. According to Roberts, Kohberger "was always seeking for a way to fit in."

Kohberger would "find the most convoluted method to describe something," according to Roberts.

"He had to make sure you knew that he knew it," Roberts added.

How far along is the investigation?

The investigation's many specifics, including those that resulted in Kohberger's arrest, were kept under wraps during Friday's news conference by officials. According to Fry, the information was kept private to uphold the investigation's objectivity and to comply with Idaho law.

The police chief acknowledged that some of the 19,000 tips they got helped lead to Kohberger's arrest, but he would not specify how or when they first grew suspicious of him. According to law enforcement authorities speaking to CBS News, Kohberger was allegedly connected to the Idaho crime scene through forensic examination.

According to those sources, FBI agents tracked Kohberger's travels on the days before to being arrested in Pennsylvania while conducting surveillance operations on him. Prior to Kohberger's arrest, according to Fry, "a really sleepless couple days" had passed.

Fry declared, "I have faith in those agencies all around the country, I have faith in our cops, and I have faith in the FBI, and they did a tremendous job.

Fry claimed that although police had retrieved a Hyundai Elantra, they had not discovered the murder weapon. The white 2011–2013 Hyundai Elantra that was "in the neighbourhood" when the students were killed is what investigators stated they were searching for a few weeks ago.

When a probable cause affidavit is unsealed, which won't happen until Kohberger goes to Idaho and is given an arrest warrant there, further details, including the factual foundation for the allegations that were filed, will become available. The following court appearance for Kohberger is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in Pennsylvania.

Fry remained silent regarding any potential connections between the victims and Kohberger and did not provide an explanation for why they were killed.

"Our town has been rocked by these murders, and no arrest will ever bring these young students back. However, we do trust that the criminal justice system will lead to justice "added Fry.