Idaho student murders: Footage shows white car near crime scene day after killings
Rachel Schilke
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A white car was spotted near the crime scene where four University of Idaho students were brutally stabbed to death just one day after the killings.
Newly reviewed footage taken near the victims’ home shows a white car near the crime scene hours after the murders were committed, according to footage released by police and a still image captured by Fox News. While it is unclear exactly what kind of vehicle is in the footage, investigators had linked suspect Bryan Kohberger to a white Hyundai Elantra, a vehicle similar to the one that appears in the new footage.
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Kohberger, 28, was arrested on Dec. 30 and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary in connection to the deaths of Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21.
Each victim was stabbed multiple times in the chest and upper body with a large knife on Nov. 13. A roommate who was not harmed in the killings, referred to as D.M. in the court documents, saw a person with black clothing and mask with bushy eyebrows walking past her to exit out the back door.
Police have collected several pieces of evidence that appear to link Kohberger to the deaths. The make and model of his vehicle was seen passing through the area near the victims’ homes prior to the murders and during the window of time of death, between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.
After local and state police began to make inquiries regarding white Hyundai Elantras, one was found registered to Kohberger at the Washington State University campus, just a 15-minute drive from the University of Idaho. Kohberger is a criminology graduate student at WSU.
His car had a Pennsylvania license plate on the back, but not the front, as it is not required in Pennsylvania to have a front license plate. Early footage released showed the vehicle of interest did not have a front license plate.
Kohberger was pulled over twice within a nine-minute time period while driving on I-70 in Indiana on Dec. 15, according to Indiana State Police. Kohberger was traveling with his father at the time, and he wasn’t issued a ticket for either traffic stop.
After his arrest, it was revealed in court documents that one of the traffic stops was intentional to allow investigators to take footage of his face and his hands.
Police obtained search warrants for his cellphone data and determined that his cellphone movement and location were consistent with the travel of the white vehicle of interest on Nov. 13. Investigators also found that Kohberger’s phone data indicated that he was near the home at least 12 times between June 2022 and the day of the murder, either in the late evening or early morning all but one time.
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DNA recovered from Kohberger’s trash matched DNA found at the crime scene.
Kohberger appeared in court last week for preliminary hearings, with an appearance expected again this week for an update on the case status.