Police Arrest Suspect In Idaho Murders; Bryan Kohberger, 28, Named In Paperwork: Developing

UPDATE: Friday, authorities towed a white Hyundai Elantra from Kohberger's location.

Police have also executed a search warrant of his apartment, 19 minutes from the crime scene in Moscow.


Authorities have arrested a suspect in the Nov. 13 killing of four University of Idaho students, a high-ranking law enforcement source tells Fox News Digital.

Local police and the FBI took the suspect into custody at 3 a.m. in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Arrest paperwork filed in Monroe County, Pennsylvania identifies the suspect as 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger. He is being held for extradition.

Kohberger is a Ph.D. student at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, according to the college's website. Pullman is a 15-minute drive from the rental home where the four students were stabbed to death.

For background: In Moscow, Idaho, Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed to death in a rental home just yards from campus.

Police say two surviving female roommates, who lived on the basement level, slept through the attack.

Since, Moscow investigators have been searching for a white Hyundai Elantra, spotted near the murder house on the night of the attack.

The department says the driver of the vehicle holds “critical information” related to the case. Presumably, the towed Hyundai matches the

A white Hyundai Elantra - the same make and model of car being sought by cops in connection to the killing - is said to have been towed from outside Kohberger's home. 

Idaho Police will hold a press conference at 1 pm local time.

This is a developing story. Check back to OutKick for updates.

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