Idaho murders: Suspect in custody in killings of 4 university students, law enforcement source says

[mountaineer]

SWAT teams descended on sleepy Poconos mountain town to catch Libertarian Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger who was 'obsessively vegan' as a teen and 'looked drugged at school'

    Bryan Kohberger is in custody on charges of homicide for the Idaho killings 
    Relatives say he was 'OCD' about veganism and forced family to buy new pots 
    He is registered as a Libertarian in voter records and has never been arrested 
    Some who attended school with him say he 'looked drugged' 

By Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter For Dailymail.Com and Andrea Cavallier For Dailymail.Com
Published: 15:56 EST, 30 December 2022 | Updated: 18:01 EST, 30 December 2022

... Kohberger is a registered Libertarian, although does not appear to have had any active social media profiles at the time of his arrest. 

A relative told The New York Post Kohberger is 'OCD' about his eating habits and forced his family to buy new pots that had never been used to cook meat. 

'It was above and beyond being vegan. His aunt and uncle had to buy new pots and pans because he would not eat from anything that had ever had meat cooked in them. He seemed very OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)' the woman said.  ...

Sources say that authorities knew who they were looking for and hunted the suspect down to Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains - more than 2,400 miles from Idaho.

NewsNation reported that Kohberger had a quiet, blank stare' when arrested by local cops and the FBI on Friday morning.  ...

Daily Mail

Where he was picked up in Monroe County is very near the home of one of my oldest, dearest friends. 

[DCPatriot]

Nancy Grace is hosting the Ingraham Hour on FOXNEWS at 10pm Eastern.

Dedicated to the arrest of the Idaho murders.

[DCPatriot]

Nancy Grace said that the first thing he asked...wanted to know when apprehended..."AM I the only person being arrested"?

She laughed, reminding everyone that he's a PhD with a Masters in Criminology.

[corbe]

Idaho student murders: Police found suspect using public genealogy data, report says
by Brady Knox, Breaking News Reporter
December 31, 2022 04:06 PM

Police reportedly identified the suspect in the fatal stabbings of four Idaho students through genealogy.

A law enforcement source familiar with the matter told CNN that police found unknown DNA at the scene of the killings. However, the DNA didn't match anything within the police system, so police utilized genealogical techniques. The unknown DNA was run through a public database, which identified relatives of the suspect.

"Subsequent investigative work" done by police led to graduate student Bryan Kohberger being identified.

<..snip..>

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/idaho-police-suspect-genetic-genealogy-technology

[mystery-ak]

Idaho murder suspect to waive extradition hearing: reports
by Misty Severi, Breaking News Reporter
December 31, 2022 10:27 PM

The prime suspect in the quadruple homicide of four Idaho college students is expected to waive his extradition hearing, according to news reports.

An attorney for Bryan Kohberger, who allegedly killed the group of students at an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho, last month, said his client will waive his extradition hearing that's set for Tuesday. But Kohberger will still be required to be at the Pennsylvania court house on Tuesday to sign the proper paperwork, according to CBS News.

"Because of obviously the attention of this case, I assume Idaho is prepared and ready to transport him back already," Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason LaBar told the outlet.

Kohberger, who was arrested by federal authorities on Friday in Pennsylvania, could be transported to Idaho as quickly as 72 hours after he signs the paperwork, LaBar said. However, procedure gives authorities as much as 10 days to start the extradition process.

The suspect has been charged with four counts of first degree homicide, according to the Moscow police department, and one court of petty burglary, for the deaths of college students Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, and Kaylee Goncalves. All four students were fatally stabbed in their beds, authorities said.

LaBar warned the public not to assume his client was guilty, reminding people that the United States justice system means a suspect is "innocent until proven guilty."

"Mr. Kohberger has been accused of very serious crimes, but the American justice system cloaks him in a veil of innocence," LaBar wrote in a prepared statement reported by Fox News. "He should be presumed innocent until proven otherwise — not tried in the court of public opinion."

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/idaho-student-murder-suspect-waive-extradition-hearing-reports

[mystery-ak]

Idaho student murders: Police found suspect using public genealogy data, report says
by Brady Knox, Breaking News Reporter |
December 31, 2022 04:06 PM

Police reportedly identified the suspect in the fatal stabbings of four Idaho students through genealogy.

A law enforcement source familiar with the matter told CNN that police found unknown DNA at the scene of the killings. However, the DNA didn't match anything within the police system, so police utilized genealogical techniques. The unknown DNA was run through a public database, which identified relatives of the suspect.

"Subsequent investigative work" done by police led to graduate student Bryan Kohberger being identified.

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/idaho-police-suspect-genetic-genealogy-technology

[mystery-ak]

‘So freaking scary’: Source cites cop to say suspected killer followed Idaho students’ ‘every move for weeks’

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/01/so-freaking-scary-source-cites-cop-to-say-suspected-killer-followed-idaho-students-every-move-for-weeks-1321343/

[Idiot]

Idaho murder suspect to waive extradition hearing: reports
by Misty Severi, Breaking News Reporter
December 31, 2022 10:27 PM

The prime suspect in the quadruple homicide of four Idaho college students is expected to waive his extradition hearing, according to news reports.

An attorney for Bryan Kohberger, who allegedly killed the group of students at an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho, last month, said his client will waive his extradition hearing that's set for Tuesday. But Kohberger will still be required to be at the Pennsylvania court house on Tuesday to sign the proper paperwork, according to CBS News.

"Because of obviously the attention of this case, I assume Idaho is prepared and ready to transport him back already," Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason LaBar told the outlet.

Kohberger, who was arrested by federal authorities on Friday in Pennsylvania, could be transported to Idaho as quickly as 72 hours after he signs the paperwork, LaBar said. However, procedure gives authorities as much as 10 days to start the extradition process.

The suspect has been charged with four counts of first degree homicide, according to the Moscow police department, and one court of petty burglary, for the deaths of college students Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, and Kaylee Goncalves. All four students were fatally stabbed in their beds, authorities said.

LaBar warned the public not to assume his client was guilty, reminding people that the United States justice system means a suspect is "innocent until proven guilty."

"Mr. Kohberger has been accused of very serious crimes, but the American justice system cloaks him in a veil of innocence," LaBar wrote in a prepared statement reported by Fox News. "He should be presumed innocent until proven otherwise — not tried in the court of public opinion."

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/idaho-student-murder-suspect-waive-extradition-hearing-reports

Does Idaho have the death penalty?

[Hoodat]

A law enforcement source familiar with the matter told CNN that police found unknown DNA at the scene of the killings. However, the DNA didn't match anything within the police system, so police utilized genealogical techniques. The unknown DNA was run through a public database, which identified relatives of the suspect.

So he had relatives with criminal records?

[Kamaji]

So he had relatives with criminal records?

Not necessarily.  Most likely he had relatives who had used a service like 23andme to build their own family tree genetically. 

[DCPatriot]

So he had relatives with criminal records?

Nope...someone in the family used "23 and Me" or another commercial DNA application

[mystery-ak]

So he had relatives with criminal records?

No..I think they used something like Ancestry to track him down...

[mystery-ak]

Nope...someone in the family used "23 and Me" or another commercial DNA application

Yep...

[Hoodat]

Not necessarily.  Most likely he had relatives who had used a service like 23andme to build their own family tree genetically.

Ah, so companies basically violate people's HIPAA rights by sharing confidential medical information with the federal government.  Got it.

[Kamaji]

Ah, so companies basically violate people's HIPAA rights by sharing confidential medical information with the federal government.  Got it.

No. The people made that information publicly available. 

[mountaineer]

According to this person who blogs on DNA-related subjects, no major DNA testing company gives any special information to any law enforcement agency about any DNA testers or website users without a warrant. This means that law enforcement must have a warrant to access information that is not available to the average user of any given website. 

[Hoodat]

No. The people made that information publicly available.

That's insane.  The next National Socialist regime will be able to identify Jews, Slavs, etc. from a genetic database.

[Kamaji]

That's insane.  The next National Socialist regime will be able to identify Jews, Slavs, etc. from a genetic database.

Whatever. 

[Smokin Joe]

So he had relatives with criminal records?

23 and me...etc.

[rangerrebew]

No other arrests likely in Idaho murders, chief says: 'We believe we have our guy'
Yesterday 5:50 PM

 
28-year-old graduate student arrested in connection with the murders of four University of Idaho students is believed to be the only suspect in the high-profile case, authorities said.

"We believe we have our guy, the one that committed these murders," Moscow Police Chief James Fry told ABC News Saturday.
 
Fry said he does not anticipate additional arrests in connection with the murders of roommates Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle, and Kernodle's boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, who were all stabbed to death in the girls' off-campus house on Nov. 13.

The suspect, Bryan Kohberger, was arrested early Friday in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, authorities said. He is a graduate student at Washington State University, located less than 10 miles away from the University of Idaho, police said.

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/no-other-arrests-likely-in-idaho-murders-chief-says-we-believe-we-have-our-guy/ar-AA15QMz9

[Mod2]

Merged threads

[mountaineer]

Bryan Kohberger stalked Idaho victims before murders, wore gloves in grocery store weeks afterward: report
By Jesse O’Neill   
January 1, 2023 10:38am
NY Post

The criminology student accused of slaying four University of Idaho students had stalked his alleged victims before the November murders and wore gloves in a supermarket weeks afterwards, according to a new report.

Cellphone data shows that Bryan Kohberger, 28, was often in the same location as the three sorority sisters and one of their boyfriends before he allegedly slashed them to death as they apparently slept at an off campus house, a source close to one of the case’s investigators told The Daily Mail.

Kohberger also seemed to be careful about not leaving fingerprints in public even as he fled to his native state of Pennsylvania in recent days, the anonymous source told the outlet Sunday. ...

[DCPatriot]

No. The people made that information publicly available.

I'm sure it's in the fine print when you click on "accept terms"....that DNA information derived becomes the property of Ancestry...for example.

[DB]

Bryan Kohberger stalked Idaho victims before murders, wore gloves in grocery store weeks afterward: report
By Jesse O’Neill   
January 1, 2023 10:38am
NY Post

The criminology student accused of slaying four University of Idaho students had stalked his alleged victims before the November murders and wore gloves in a supermarket weeks afterwards, according to a new report.

Cellphone data shows that Bryan Kohberger, 28, was often in the same location as the three sorority sisters and one of their boyfriends before he allegedly slashed them to death as they apparently slept at an off campus house, a source close to one of the case’s investigators told The Daily Mail.

Kohberger also seemed to be careful about not leaving fingerprints in public even as he fled to his native state of Pennsylvania in recent days, the anonymous source told the outlet Sunday. ...

Cell phone location data is most likely responsible for identifying him. Law enforcement just doesn't want to expose their most powerful tool to find people.

[DCPatriot]

...using Pandemic as a cover for his behavior/intentions?