The family of the suspect in the fatal Nov. 13 stabbing of four University of Idaho students has finally spoken out after his arrest Friday.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody by local police and the FBI on Friday at 1:30 p.m. , Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Madison Mogen, 21.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger was arrested Friday morning in connection with the murders of four University of Idaho students. Officials released few details about the killings or the suspect during a press conference on Friday.
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“We have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote his presumption of innocence rather than prosecute unknown facts and make wrong assumptions,” Kohberger’s family said in a statement released by his public defender. , Jason A. LaBar.
The family said they “will continue to allow the legal process to unfold and as a family we will love and support our son and brother.”
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On behalf of the victims, Kohberger’s family said, “There are no words that can adequately express the sadness we feel, and we pray for them every day.”
“We respect privacy in this matter as our family and families suffering loss can move forward with the legal process,” the family said.
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 into the murders 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)
Kohberger, a graduate student studying criminal justice at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., appeared before a judge Friday in Monroe County Court.
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Pullman is a 15-minute drive from the rental home where the four students were stabbed to death on November 13, 2022.
Fox News’ Rebecca Rosenberg, Stephanie Pagones, Audrey Conklin and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
