MOSCOW, Idaho – Neighbors of the Washington State University graduate student arrested in Pennsylvania Friday morning in connection with the murders of four Idaho students were shocked to learn that the alleged killer, who had evaded police, he lived among them in his typical “calmness”. ” community.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger was arrested thousands of miles from Idaho, in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, early Friday morning. But police have since said that he was a graduate student at Washington State University and that he had been living in Pullman.
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Justin Williams, a 34-year-old WSU employee who lives in an adjacent building, told Fox News Digital that he had occasionally seen Kohberger in the neighborhood, usually while Kohberger was retrieving his mail.
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Neighbors in Steptoe Village, the WSU housing complex inhabited primarily by graduate and doctoral students, among others, described the area as “quiet” and located in the generally “very safe” city of Pullman.
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“I’d see him go check his mail, that’s all. Other than that, I’ve only seen him like twice in the whole time, and I’ve been living here since July 2021,” said Justin Williams, who lived in an adjacent building.
Crime scene tape surrounds the entrance to Pullman’s apartment searched Friday morning.
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Investigators have put a pause on the Idaho murders and are on the scene in Pullman, WA.
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Crime scene tape surrounds the entrance to Pullman’s apartment searched Friday morning.
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He said he saw “nothing unusual” from his now-accused neighbor.
Williams said she learned that Kohberger had been arrested this morning through social media and saw some of the police vehicles in the parking lot in front of her home.
Upon hearing the news, he said he wondered, “How long has he been here? Has he been here as long as I have?”
This photo provided by the Monroe County (Pa.) Correctional Center shows Bryan Kohberger.
(Monroe County Correctional Center (Pa.) via AP)
WSU employee Randy Smith, 58, said he arrived at the housing complex on Northeast Valley Road around 7:30 a.m. and saw several unmarked vehicles, later determined to be law enforcement, already they were in front of the Kohberger building.
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“There was that black van and the silver van,” he said, pointing to the vehicles parked in the parking lot, and a couple of police officers, and they were taking pictures and stuff, but they had no tape.”
Shortly thereafter, they established a duct-taped perimeter of the crime scene, and law enforcement personnel from various agencies, including the Washington State University Police and the Moscow Police Department, executed a search warrant. in Kohberger’s second-floor apartment building.
Footage from the scene shows law enforcement personnel, including Latah County Attorney Bill Thompson, walking up the stairs toward the home and donning protective gear before entering. They stayed for hours.
Meanwhile, neighbors wondered what was going on in the complex, where children’s bikes could be seen parked near the front gates.
Andrew Chua, a 28-year-old graduate student who also works at the university, said he heard a commotion outside his apartment building, just steps from Kohberger’s, early Friday morning, but said he hadn’t noticed anything “at all.” ” unusual. The last weeks.
He didn’t recognize Kohberger’s photo.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was arrested in connection with four murders in Moscow, Idaho.
(Washington State University)
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“If I didn’t know about this topic, it’s a very quiet and nice place to live,” Chua continued. “Now, I’m like, ‘Maybe I should stay home.'”
A Washington State University spokesperson said Friday that “Kohberger had completed her first semester as a doctoral student in WSU’s criminal justice program earlier this month.”
“This morning, the Washington State University Police Department assisted Idaho law enforcement officers in the execution of search warrants at Mr. Kohberger’s apartment and office, both located on the WSU campus. “said the spokesman. “WSU Police are working closely with local, state and federal law enforcement officials as they continue their investigation.”
Moscow Police Chief James Fry Jr. comments on the investigation at a news conference on December 30.
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Kohberger has been charged with felony robbery and four counts of first-degree murder in the violent stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students: Ethan Chapin, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, twenty-one.
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During an evening news conference, prosecutor Thompson said information would be limited until Kohberger, 28, was extradited to Idaho from Pennsylvania. An extradition hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.
Victims of the November 13 massacre at the University of Idaho.
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Kohberger’s apartment is a 21-minute drive and approximately 11 miles from the crime scene. His arrest came nearly seven weeks after the students were killed in the early hours of November 13.
Shawn Domgaard, a 36-year-old doctoral student at WSU, said news of an arrest just steps from his home is “difficult to process.”
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“It’s just such, like I said, a huge contrast to what we’re used to,” said the father of three young children, originally from Utah. “It seems like it’s happening far away, even though it’s literally in my backyard.”
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He added: “It’s scary, but it’s also nice to have closure… I guess there are a lot of mixed emotions.”
