A suspect has been arrested for the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students, According to authorities .
Word of the arrest came more than six weeks after roommates Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle were found stabbed to death in their home in Moscow, Idaho, along with fellow student Ethan Chapin.
Moscow Police said during a news conference Friday.The suspect, Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was arrested in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, He is facing four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary, said Bill Thompson, Latah County prosecutor.
Pennsylvania State Police said Kohberger was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant early Friday morning. He is being held in Monroe County Correctional Facility pending extradition to Idaho, authorities said.
Officials said they are limited in what information they can release, as the probable cause statement with details of the investigation is sealed under state law until Kohberger has appeared in an Idaho court. He was expected to be back in court in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Thompson said.
The four victims – three women and a man in their early 20s – were found fatally stabbed on the morning of November 13 inside an off-campus house where the three women lived. The fourth killed was the boyfriend of one of the roommates.
Two other female roommates in the house at the time were unharmed, apparently sleeping through the killings. Police said the cellphone of one of the survivors was used to call emergency-911 when the bodies were first discovered.
Kohberger remained in jail without bond awaiting a hearing on Tuesday to determine whether he will waive extradition and return voluntarily to Idaho to face charges in the high-profile case.
“This is not the end of this investigation. In fact, it is a new beginning,” Thompson told a news conference.
Police also said the victims appeared to have been killed with a knife or some other “edged” weapon, but the murder weapon has not been recovered.
The killings initially confounded law enforcement and shook the small farming community of about 25,000 people. But tips began pouring in after police asked the public for help in finding a white Hyundai Elantra sedan seen near the home around the time of the killings.
Police authorities said DNA evidence played a key role in identifying Kohberger as a suspect, and they were able to match his DNA to genetic material recovered during the investigation.
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