His name is Bryan Kohberger, he is 28 years old and the US police suspect that he killed four University of Idaho students in his residence on the night of November 13. The American press, relayed here by the site of 20 minutes, announced Friday that this criminology doctoral student had been arrested and detained in Pennsylvania as part of this extraordinary investigation. He was charged with “murder” and “trespassing to commit a crime.”
The Monroe County jail, where Bryan Kohberger was incarcerated, published the suspect’s photo, taken up in particular by this tweet from a journalist specializing in miscellaneous facts.
According to the US media, he must now be extradited to Idaho, the state where the crime occurred, about 3,500 kilometers (in a west direction) from the place where he was arrested.
A crime committed between 2:52 a.m. and 11:58 a.m.
While the guilt of Bryan Kohberger, who was pursuing his doctorate in criminology and criminal law at a university near the campus where the slain students were enrolled, has yet to be established, the identity of the victims is now well known to the American public. This is Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen, both 21 years old, and the couple formed by Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, 20 years old.
The investigation began on Sunday, November 13, with a shocking scene. Late in the morning, the Idaho police are alerted to a call made by students. They then move to a student roommate located at 1122 King Road, in the small town of Moscow. There they discover the bodies of the four victims. They all bear the marks of stab wounds. Some remains also show defense wounds, a sign that they fought.
The circumstances remain unclear, but the crime took place between 2:52 am, when Kaylee Goncalves made one last call, and 11:58 am, when police received the first reports. The night before, the victims had the same schedule: they attended a student party.
haunting research project
The investigations, which have lasted for a month and a half, have mobilized a hundred investigators, either from the local police, from the State or from the FBI. One element seems to have been decisive in the location of the suspect: the recent disclosure by the authorities of the image of a white Hyundai Elantra. In any case, a vehicle of the same model and the same paint was parked where Bryan Kohberger was staying, in Pennsylvania. In addition, and according to media cited by AFP on Friday night, the latter’s DNA was found at the scene of the murder.
The investigation is therefore now tasked with determining whether the PhD student has moved from criminology to crime. the daily mail Note one last disturbing detail here: Last May, a certain Bryan Kohberger asked criminals on the Reddit forum to feed a research project with their responses. Guaranteeing anonymity and confidentiality to potential respondents, the post’s author described his approach as follows: “I invite you to participate in a research project aimed at understanding how emotions and psychological traits influence the decision-making process.” decisions when committing a crime.
“This study seeks in particular to understand the story that explains his most recent crime, emphasizing his thoughts, his feelings during his experience,” he concluded.
Source: BFM TV
