The Indiana State Police inadvertently pulled stopped the suspect in the University of Idaho murders as he traveled cross-country following the crimes, according to newly discovered body camera footage.
Bryan Kohberger, age 28, was a doctoral student in the department of criminal justice and criminology at Washington State University at the time of the killings.
Idaho Murder Suspect Was Stopped During Traffic
The distance between Washington State and Moscow, Idaho, where four University of Idaho students were killed, is less than 10 miles, ABC News reported.
His attorney in Pennsylvania, Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason LaBar, told ABC News that when Kohberger's semester concluded in December, he and his father traveled cross-country to spend the holidays at the family's home in Pennsylvania.
According to LaBar, they drove the white Hyundai Elantra that officials stated they were searching for in connection with the murders on their pre-planned road trip.
The Indiana State Police said a trooper stopped Kohberger and his father east of Indianapolis on December 15 for tailgating another car. The police body camera captures the trooper introducing himself and requesting his license and registration. Bryan Kohberger was at the wheel.
The state police added, "At the time of this stop, there was no information on a suspect for the crime in Idaho, including identifying information or any specific information related to the license plate state or a number of the white Hyundai Elantra that was reported to have been seen in or around the crime scene."
The Hancock County Sheriff's Office reported that it had apprehended Kohberger nine minutes before the Indiana State Police. According to LaBar, the father and suspect were pulled up for speeding at that time. Additionally, the sheriff's office stated that there was no information on the suspect in the Idaho crimes or the white Hyundai Elantra at the time.
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Bryan Kohberger's Father Uses Mass Shooting at Suspect's University as Reason
According to Daily Mail, he and his father Michael reported to the officer that there had been a "mass shooting" at his institution, with his father adding that a "SWAT unit" had swooped onto the campus.
Michael then described the incident as "horrifying," days before his son was detained by another SWAT squad who raided their residence. During the halt, Kohberger sat next to his father, Michael, in the driver's seat and then gave up his license.
Michael was eager to inform the cops of their origin, stating that they had left Washington State University to return to Pennsylvania. Kohberger himself explains to cops that they had been traveling "for hours" since the SWAT team's arrival at WSU.
The episode, which was tied to a gunshot on campus, was bizarrely brought up by Kohberger after the officer inquired where they had come from. In December, Kohberger was stopped twice within nine minutes while traveling on Interstate 70.
In both instances, he was issued a verbal warning, but Kohberger and his father were more worried the second time. The initial information request for a white Hyundai Elantra was sent on December 7, a week before the Indiana traffic stop.
Kohberger was subsequently caught on December 30 at his parent's residence in Pennsylvania over the slaughter of four University of Idaho students on November 13.
The tape was released hours after Kohberger began the extradition procedure back to Idaho, having left Pennsylvania at around 6 a.m. this morning and returning to Idaho. Tuesday, Kohberger was released from the Monroe County Correctional Facility after relinquishing his right to extradition at a court hearing.
He is anticipated to be transported to the Latah County Jail in Moscow, which is less than two miles from the November 13 scene of the horrible murders. Garrison Garry Haidle acknowledged that Kohberger is no longer in his custody and said that he is being transferred by the Pennsylvania State Police.
According to reports, Kohberger will be flown back to Idaho, potentially arriving later today. A court in Idaho has slapped a gagging order on Moscow Police and legal teams in regard to the case, banning anybody involved in the case from talking about it.
Ann Taylor, chief public defender of Kootenai County, will represent Kohberger Idaho; nevertheless, a five-person team of detectives hired by his defense team was dispatched to the residence where the four murders occurred.
At the time of the traffic stops, Idaho authorities were publicly seeking a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra with unclear license plates. The Kohbergers were in a 2015 vehicle.
Per Fox News, Kohberger waived extradition in Pennsylvania on Tuesday and was being sent to Moscow, Idaho to face four counts of murder and one count of burglary with the intent to kill.
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