Bryan Kohberger, 28, a doctoral student in criminology and criminal law, was arrested in the US state of Pennsylvania and placed in detention, according to the press this Friday. He is suspected of being the author of the quadruple murder committed on November 13 in a student residence at the University of Idaho.
His name is Bryan Kohberger, he is 28 years old, and the American police suspect him of having killed four students from the University of Idaho in their residence on the night of November 13th. the American press, relayed here by the site of 20 minutes, announced on Friday that this doctoral student in criminology 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 imprisoned, published the photo of the suspect, taken up in particular by this tweet from a journalist specializing in miscellaneous facts.
According to the American media, he must now be extradited to Idaho, the state where the crime took place, some 3,500 kilometers (in a westerly 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 murdered students were enrolled – remains to be established, the identity of the victims is now well known to the American public. They are 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 staggering scene. At the end of the morning, the police in Idaho are alerted by a call made by students. They then move to a student roommate located at 1122 King Road, in the small town of Moscow. They discover the bodies of the four victims there. All bear the marks of stab wounds. Some remains also show defense wounds, a sign that they struggled.
The circumstances remain unclear, but the crime was perpetrated between 2:52 a.m. – when Kaylee Goncalves made a final call – and 11:58 a.m., when the police received the first reports. The night before, the victims had the same schedule: they attended a student party.
Disturbing research project
The investigations, which have lasted for a month and a half, have mobilized a hundred investigators, either from the local police, or from that of the State or the FBI. One element seems to have been decisive in the location of the suspect: the recent release by the authorities of the image of a white Hyundai Elantra. A vehicle of the same model and the same paint was in any case parked where Bryan Kohberger was staying, in Pennsylvania. In addition, and according to media quoted by AFP on Friday evening, the DNA of the latter was found at the scene of the murder.
The investigation therefore now has the task of determining whether the doctoral student has switched from criminology to crime. the DailyMail note Here is one last disturbing detail: last May, a certain Bryan Kohberger solicited criminals on the Reddit forum in order to feed a research project with their answers. Guaranteeing anonymity and confidentiality to potential respondents, the author of the post 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 when committing a crime. .”
“This study seeks in particular to understand the history explaining your most recent crime, by emphasizing your thoughts, your feelings during your experience”, he finished.
