Suspect Arrested in Killings of Four University of Idaho Students

A graduate student has been arrested in connection of the murders of four University of Idaho students more than six weeks ago.

The New York Timesreports Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody on Friday by local police and the FBI in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Kohberger was arrested in connection of the killings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20. The victims were stabbed to death inside a home near the University of Idaho campus between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Nov. 13. According to police, the four students were stabbed multiple times in the torso and were likely ambushed in their sleep with a large fix-bladed knife between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Some of the victims had defensive wounds, a coroner has said.

He was arraigned Friday before a judge in Monroe County, which is in the Pocono Mountains, between Scranton and Allentown. Kohberger has been charged with first-degree murder issued by the Moscow Police Department and the Latah County Prosecutor’s Office.

He is facing four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary.

Kohberger is currently a graduate student at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, according to the college’s website. The college is 15 miles away from where the four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed.