MOSCOW, Idaho – A Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance team tracked down Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger and his father on a cross-country road trip from Washington state to Pennsylvania and asked Indiana police to stop him, a law enforcement source told Fox News.
The law enforcement source told Fox News that the FBI surveillance team was looking for video footage of Kohberger and his hands.
Bryan Kohberger and his father were arrested twice in Indiana on December 15 while making the cross-country trip.
The police source said investigators were still building their case on December 15 to make an arrest, but added that genealogy played a role.
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Bryan Kohberger, charged with murder in Idaho, and his father are pulled over in Indiana for speeding
(Indiana State Police)
Bryan Kohberger is being charged in connection with the fatal November 13 stabbings of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen during the early morning hours in Moscow, Idaho.
During a traffic stop conducted by the Hancock County Police Department, the Kohbergers discussed an incident near Washington State University where a SWAT team killed a gunman in the middle of a standoff.
“Well, we come from WSU,” says Kohberger’s father, Michael Kohberger.
“What is WSU?” says the deputy.
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Both men answered at the same time, and the deputy had a hard time hearing them over the passing vehicles.
“so you come from Washington State UniversityAnd where are you going?” asks the deputy.
“We’re going to Pennsylvania,” Kohberger’s father responded.
Bryan Kohberger was taken into custody by Indiana police on December 15, 2022 before being identified as a suspect in the murders of 4 University of Idaho students.
(Hancock County Police Department)
Kohberger signed an extradition document during a court hearing Tuesday afternoon and waived his right to challenge the arrest on four counts of first-degree murder.
“Yes,” Kohberger said when asked by Judge Margherita Worthington if she wanted to “give up the rights that I just explained to you and return to the state of Idaho.”
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Kohberger, teaching assistant and Ph.D. a student in the Department of Criminal Justice at Washington State University, was arrested December 30 by local police and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents at his parents’ home in Albrightsville.
The suspect lives in student housing located in Pullman, Washington, about 10 minutes from where the crime occurred.
