Bryan Kohberger’s mother was noticeably distressed as he repeatedly looked back at her in court after being arrested on suspicion of killing four college students.
After willingly agreeing to be extradited, the man suspected of stabbing to death four university students in their beds will be transported to Idaho to face murder charges.
Bryan Kohberger, 28 years old, appeared in court in Pennsylvania last Thursday, where he was arrested during a raid on his house.
In the early hours of November 13, 2017, he is accused of murdering housemates Kaylee Goncalves, 21. Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20.
Bryan Kohberger will be extradited
Kohberger has been in court as Indiana State Police have verified that the suspect was stopped twice in Indiana on 15 December, well over a month after the murders and two weeks before his arrest.
In a video from the second stop, a state police officer can be seen approaching a white Hyundai Elantra.
The officer, who is wearing a bodycam, looks into the vehicle. And sees Kohberger driving as his father sits in the passenger seat.
Kohberger was detained for tailgating a car too closely and then immediately released.
The officer states: “I will not issue you a citation or a warning… Just be sure to give yourself plenty of space, okay? So, as previously stated, it is all about your speed, OK?”
It is unclear what Kohberger and his father are saying to the police during their interaction with Kohberger’s father.
Nine minutes earlier, officials from the local sheriff’s office had stopped the two guys for following another car too closely.
“At the time of this stop,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement, “there was no information available on a suspect for the crime in Idaho. Including identifying information or any specific information related to the license plate state or a number of the white Hyundai Elantra that was reported to have been seen in or around the crime scene.”
The murder suspect’s family provides courtroom support
Two other housemates who were there during the November attacks. And were sleeping in beds on the ground floor allege they were asleep during the murders.
When they awoke the following morning, they summoned additional friends to the house. And one of them contacted the police, believing that the housemates were unconscious.
They uncovered the terrible crime scene just then.
Mr. Kohberger is charged with four charges of murder in the first degree.
More than 2,500 miles separated his court appearance in Monroe County, Pennsylvania from the little town of Moscow, Idaho. Where he is accused of killing the schoolchildren.
His court support was provided by his father, mother, and sister.
His mother became distraught as Mr. Kohberger repeatedly looked back at his family and nodded his head at them.
Court marshals brought her a box of tissues as she continued to appear distressed, gazing down and bending over.
Mr. Kohberger rejects the murder charge, but he has agreed to his extradition. And will be transferred to Idaho within the next ten days.
Once he arrives in the state, he will be served with an arrest warrant for the killings. And a document will be opened detailing the evidence that led authorities to suspect he is the murderer.
The suspect is eager to be cleared.
Mr. Kohberger had studied criminology at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. Nine miles from the University of Idaho, where the victims were enrolled.
One month after the killings, he and his father drove cross-country from Idaho to Pennsylvania in December. Arriving on the 13th of that month. The suspect is not his father.
Mr. Kohberger’s former attorney, the top public defender of Monroe County, Jason LaBar, stated in a statement that his client “is anxious to be exonerated of these charges and looks forward to resolving these matters expeditiously.”
