Suspect Arrested In The University Of Idaho Stabbing

A man has reportedly been arrested for the murder of four University of Idaho students back in November.

According to NBC Philadelphia, 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger was taken into custody on Friday in the Pocono mountains. He appeared in front of a Monroe County judge and is waiting in prison there. He is expected to be extradited back to Idaho on Jan. 3.

Kohberger is a graduate student at Washington State University pursuing criminal justice. That campus is only about 10 miles from the home where the victims lived and where killed.

The arrest comes after a six-week nationwide manhunt to find the murderer of four University of Idaho students. In the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 21-year-old Madison Mogen, 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle and 20-year-old Ethan Chapin were found stabbed to death in an off-campus rental. Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle lived in the home while Chapin was visiting his girlfriend Kernodle at the time.

This was the first time in seven years that a murder occurred in this town of Moscow. This arrest comes shortly after police reportedly received around 20,000 tips with 9,025 emails, 4,575 phone calls and 6,050 digital media submissions.

The grandmother of Goncalves, Cheryl Goncalves expressed her relief and determination to get justice.

“This is what we wanted,” said Goncalves to the New York Post. “We wanted him caught and now we want justice.”f

Kohberger’s motives have not been revealed at this time.