The arrest of a murder suspect more than 4,000 kilometres away means that students at the University of Idaho 'will sleep better tonight', says a IU professor, after four friends were shot as they slept last month.
The fatal stabbings of four students at the University of Idaho has shaken the US college town of Moscow, a small community nestled in the rolling agricultural hills of the Palouse region that had not seen a murder for five years.DNA evidence helped identify Kohberger who is a criminology student at the University of Washington, authorities sayThe November 13 killings seemed to mystify police, adding to the tension in town as the weeks went by without a break in the case.
Bryan Kohberger was arrested after DNA evidence linked him to the crime scene more than 4,000 kilometres away.He is a PhD student in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University, which is near the University of Idaho. He also is a teaching assistant for the university's criminal justice and criminology program, according to a WSU's online directory.
The affidavit for four charges of first-degree murder in Idaho will remain sealed until he is returned, the prosecutor said. He is also charged with felony burglary in Idaho. An extradition hearing is scheduled for Tuesday .The students — 21-year-olds Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, both 20 — were stabbed to death at a rental home near campus in Moscow, a town of about 25,000 people near the Washington state border.
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