Moment Indiana cops FIRST pulled over Idaho murders suspect and his father on trip home
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Authorities have released footage of the first time alleged quadruple killer Bryan Kohberger was pulled over for driving too close to the pickup truck in front.
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a deputy pulled Kohberger into custody around 10:41 a.m. on December 15.
Police body camera footage captured the moment the 28-year-old was approached by an officer in his sedan on December 15 on I-70 outside Indianapolis.
He and his father Michael told the officer that there had been a “mass shooting” at their college before his father added that a “SWAT team” descended on campus.
Michael later described the shooting as “horrifying” just days before his son was arrested by another SWAT team that pounced on his home.
Kohberger and his father Michael told the officer that there had been a “mass shooting” at their college before his father added that a “SWAT team” descended on campus.
Kohberger was back in the driver’s seat with his father, Michael, during the stop and then turned in his license.
Michael was quick to tell the officers where they had traveled from, explaining that they left Washington State University to return to Pennsylvania.
Kohberger himself speaks calmly to the officers, explaining that they have been driving “for hours” after a SWAT team descended on WSU.
Kohberger bizarrely brought up the incident, which was related to a campus shooting, after the officer asked where they had come from.
Kohberger was pulled over twice in nine minutes while driving on I-70 in December.
Both times, he received a verbal warning, and Kohberger and his father seemed more concerned the second time they were detained.
Bryan Kohberger’s extradition has begun, with sources confirming that he left the Monroe County Correctional Center at 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger was taken into custody by Indiana State Police on December 15, but police had no information that he was a suspect in the student murders.
Idaho police first requested information on a white Hyundai Elantra on December 7, a week before the Indiana traffic stop.
Kohberger was ultimately arrested on December 30 at his parents’ home in Pennsylvania for the November 13 massacre of four University of Idaho students.
The images were released hours after Kohberger began his extradition process to Idaho after leaving Pennsylvania around 6 a.m. this morning.
Kohberger left the Monroe County Correctional Center after waiving his right to extradition at a hearing Tuesday.
He is expected to be taken to the Latah County Jail in Moscow, which is less than two miles from where the brutal murders occurred on November 13.
The criminal justice graduate, Kohberger, mouthed “I love you” to his mother while in the courtroom, and his sister comforted her as she cried during the hearing.
Kohberger appeared in court Tuesday and waived extradition during a brief court hearing.
The crime took place six weeks ago, 2,500 miles from where Kohberger was arrested. His father flew to meet his son in Washington and drove with him back to his home in Pennsylvania.
The suspect’s father, Michael Kohberger, is shown arriving at the courthouse wearing a summer hat to hide his face.
Warden Garry Haidle confirmed that Kohberger is no longer in his custody, adding that the Pennsylvania State Police are transferring him.
It is understood that Kohberger will be airlifted back to Idaho, possibly arriving later today.
An Idaho judge has issued a gag order on Moscow police and legal teams in connection with the case, barring anyone connected to the case from speaking about it.
Latah County Attorney Bill Thompson said: “Once he gets here, he will have an initial appearance with our magistrate.”
“They will deal with issues such as making sure you are represented by a competent attorney, and the case will be scheduled for hearings.”
Kootenai County Chief Public Defender Ann Taylor will represent Kohberger Idaho, however a team of five investigators hired by her defense team was dispatched to the home where the quadruple murder took place.
Kohberger signed his own extradition waiver in a Pennsylvania court on Tuesday.
He was arrested after the FBI tracked him for four days near his parents’ Pennsylvania home, and authorities identified the suspect based on genetic genealogy.
It is unusual for state-paid defense attorneys to create a crime scene reconstruction.
Once Kohberger arrives in Idaho, state law will allow the court to unseal the probable cause affidavit, something the victim’s families have been anxious to see.
He will have to appear in court before that can happen, on four counts of murder and one count of burglary.
Kohberger was arrested Friday in connection with the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
Monroe County First Assistant District Attorney Michael Mancuso confirmed yesterday that they believe Kohberger is just as desperate to return to Idaho to find out the contents of the affidavit.
Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies escort Bryan Kohberger to courthouse Tuesday morning
On Friday, the criminal justice graduate student was arrested in connection with the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
Three men and two women arrived at the property on King Road in Moscow around noon on Tuesday.
The doctoral student was arrested at his parents’ home, and the families of the victims are anxiously awaiting Kohberger’s extradition and the probable cause affidavit being made public.
Investigators began tracking Kohberger’s movements in the US, with witnesses claiming they saw him and his father repairing a white Hyundai Elantra on December 16.
Police then impounded the vehicle outside her parents’ home when they pounced on the property in Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County.
Kohberger had previously studied with a professor in Pennsylvania known for his expertise on serial killers and was studying criminology at Washington State University at the time of the murders.
Investigators in Moscow, Idaho, have yet to outline a motive, but those who knew Kohberger say he had a deep interest in the psychology of criminals.