Brian Kohberger, accused of the murders of four University of Idaho college students, waived extradition Tuesday after his arrest in Pennsylvania last week.
Brian Christopher Kohberger, accused of fatally stabbing four students at the University of Idaho in Pullman, Washington, was gunned down Wednesday night and taken to Idaho, where he has been charged with the death.
After landing in the town of Moscow, less than 10 miles from Idaho, they were escorted from a Pennsylvania State Police plane to a waiting vehicle that was part of a five-vehicle caravan crossing the Idaho border.
Authorities said Kohberger, 28, traveled cross-country after being released from a county jail in Pennsylvania and turned over to state police earlier that day. (Breaking News Suspect In Student Stabbings Arrives In Idaho After Extradition From Pennsylvania)
He waived extradition in a Stroudsburg court on Tuesday, clearing the way for him to travel to Latah County, Idaho.
That’s where prosecutor Bill Thompson said Kohberger would be charged with first-degree murder and four counts of robbery, alleging breaking into a Moscow, Idaho, home with the intent to commit a felony.
The sheriff said, “He will be assessed by jail staff upon arrival, just as any other inmate enters our facility. Mr. Kohberger’s housing classification will be based on an assessment made by jail staff.” Statement.
Kohberger was arrested Friday in Albrightsville, northeast Pennsylvania, about 2,500 miles from Moscow, where the students were murdered on Nov. 13.
He is charged with the murder of 20-year-old Ethan Chapin of Conway, Washington; Madison Mogen, 21, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Zanna Kernodle, 20, of Avondale, Ariz.; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho.
The suspect was a doctoral student in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University, 9 miles from Moscow. (Breaking News Suspect In Student Stabbings Arrives In Idaho After Extradition From Pennsylvania)
Kohberger is “no longer enrolled as a student” at the university, a school representative said Tuesday, without elaborating.
