MOSCOW, Idaho – Bryan Kohberger, the alleged murderer of four University of Idaho students who police arrested in Pennsylvania on Friday, made the 2,500-mile trip home with his father and was stopped twice along the way, according to his public defender.
Jason LaBar, Kohberger’s Pennsylvania defense attorney in the extradition case, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on Monday.
However, he illustrated parts of the suspect’s cross-country run in a televised interview, claiming that Kohberger’s father flew to Spokane, Washington, and then drove to Pullman on a pre-planned trip before the trip home before the holidays. .
“I don’t know if they were speeding or not or if they even got a ticket,” LaBar told NBC. “I only know that they were pulled over in Indiana almost back to back. I think once for speeding and once for falling too close to a car in front of them.”
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This photo provided by the Monroe County (Pa.) Correctional Center shows Bryan Kohberger. The arrest document filed by the Pennsylvania State Police in Monroe County Courthouse on Friday, December 30, 2022, said Kohberger, 28, was being held for extradition in a criminal homicide investigation for the murder of four University of Idaho students, based on an active arrest. arrest warrant for first degree murder issued by the Moscow Police Department and the Latah County Prosecutor’s Office.
(Monroe County Correctional Center (Pa.) via AP)
An Indiana State Police spokesperson told Fox News Digital that they were unable to find evidence of any such encounters.
“We have examined the records and found no record of any traffic stops or interactions involving Bryan Kohberger, his father or any Kohberger,” said Sgt. Glen Fifield said Monday.
LaBar did not immediately clarify in which jurisdictions the arrests occurred.
Kohberger, 28, was a doctoral candidate at Washington State University in Pullman, about 10 miles from the University of Idaho in Moscow. The two communities are located across state lines from each other.
Classes ended at WSU on December 15 and the next day at UI. It was not immediately clear when Kohberger left Pullman, but he returned to Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, on December 17, according to LaBar.
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Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, along with the two other roommates of the women in Kaylee Goncalves’ latest Instagram post, shared the day before the murders.
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Police allege that sometime between 3 and 4 a.m. on Saturday, November 13, 2022, Kohberger entered a six-bedroom house and attacked four sleeping students with a knife.
The ambush killed Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, best friends of 21, as well as their housemate Xana Kernodle and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, both 20.
Two other young women in the lower level of the home were left alone, according to police.
Kohberger has a master’s degree from DeSales in criminal justice and was studying at WSU’s department of criminal justice and criminology.
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Investigators search Bryan Christopher Kohberger’s home in Pullman, WA after dark on December 30, 2022. Items removed included a desktop computer, several boxes of evidence, and several bags.
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Pennsylvania police arrested him Friday after Idaho authorities charged him with four counts of first-degree murder and another count of felony burglary for allegedly entering a residence with the intent to commit murder.
In Washington, investigators searched his apartment for hours on the same day, removing boxes and bags of evidence as well as a desktop computer.
Kohberger is expected to waive extradition Tuesday and return to Idaho to face charges.
State Police forensics search for clues in Moscow, Idaho, Monday, November 21, 2022. Four University of Idaho students who were murdered on November 13 in this home.
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Through his lawyer, he said he hopes to be exonerated.
However, John Kelly, a crime profiler and psychotherapist who has interviewed several serial killers, told Fox News Digital on Monday that if Kohberger did commit the crimes, he made a number of key mistakes, especially for someone with a criminology-focused upbringing. .
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“Running can be a sign of guilt,” Kelly said.
But other mistakes include the indoor crime scene being virtually impossible to clean, attacking so many people at once with a knife, and supposedly believing he could avoid leaving behind evidence.
