And new details about the
suspect charged
in the deaths
of four University of Idaho students
seven weeks ago.
CNN has learned that
Brian Cobra's father was with him
as he drove cross-country
from Washington state to Pennsylvania.
Police were tracking him the entire time.
The suspect's
lawyer speaking to CNN
about the four murder counts.
His client is facing.
He's doing okay.
He's shocked a little bit.
Obviously, he's calm right now.
You know,
we don't really know much about the case.
Now, your client is highly educated,
very intelligent.
He has to appreciate the seriousness
of what is happening right now.
Oh, absolutely. He is very intelligent.
In my our conversation with him
that comes off, I can tell that.
And he understands where
we are right now.
Investigators honed in on Coburg
by tracking his car
and through DNA evidence,
according to law enforcement sources.
CNN's Veronica Miracle has more on
the relief
that many are feeling in Idaho.
There has been such a sense of relief
in this community
now that the suspect has been arrested
Of course,
it doesn't change the fact
that four gruesome murders took place
in this seemingly safe town
in this rural college community.
But now that there has been an arrest
we have heard from people
who just feel such relief, in fact.
One business
owner came by here to the Moscow
Police Department to drop off a gift.
He was so grateful.
He says this community, of course,
has been impacted emotionally.
Everyone has been on edge
for the last seven weeks,
but it's also impacted the economy.
He's a business owner
and his employees are students,
as are most of the businesses
in this town.
There's other businesses
who have been impacted
where students have left
because they just don't feel safe
being in this city.
And so they've been studying virtually.
And so now so many people are hoping
that this community comes back together
when students come back to class
in the next couple of weeks.
In terms of the Moscow Police Department.
You know, there's been a lot of criticism
over the last seven weeks
because they did not release
hardly any information.
And every time we would ask why that was,
they said
they wanted to protect the integrity
of the investigation.
There were no leaks
from this small department.
And they kept
all of their information closed.
They say that they are glad
that they did that.
The police chief
saying he wouldn't change a thing
and in fact, he is receiving apologies.
Now, here's what he had to say.
Few of them have sent me
emails, some apologizing.
You know, we're pretty humble group here,
and we know that people are going to
be watching what we're doing.
And some of that is criticism.
And we have a job to do.
We continue to do it.
And it does feel good to
we held everything close for a long time.
And we did it for
the reason that we've stated.
And I think the end result here
proves to a lot of people
that maybe it was exactly done right.
Brian Goldberger
remains in Pennsylvania right now,
but he has an extradition hearing coming
this Tuesday.
His public defender has told CNN
that he is going to waive his right
to that extradition hearing.
And so he could be back in this state
as early as Tuesday.
I asked the police chief
how long that process will take
He says it could be a couple of days.
It could be as early as Tuesday
when he arrives back here.
He will go to the later county jail.
Veronica Miracle, CNN, Moscow.
Idaho.
Joining me now, Mary Ellen
O'Toole, a former
senior FBI profiler and former
FBI special agent.
All right, Mary Ellen,
we learned that the suspect
traveled with his father cross-country
from Washington state,
the Washington state, Idaho border
to Pennsylvania after the crime happened.
So hearing that,
what's the first question
that you have here?
Well, obviously, the first question is,
did the father know anything?
And at this point, we don't know.
The father
certainly could be in a position
where he just wanted to help.
His son traveled 2500 miles,
thought it would be easier
to have company in the car
and know nothing about what happened.
So that still remains to be seen.
What, if anything, the dad knew.
And police have been
very tight
lipped about
whether this alleged criminal knew
the victims.
So what would you be looking into
to start to dig into that question?
I'd start to look
at and I
know that they are looking at this
from social media to casual contacts
that the offender in this case
a suspect had with these victims
And it could be very minor.
It doesn't have to be an ongoing contact
where they meet for coffee
or they go out to dinner.
And it doesn't
have to be anything that formal.
It can be a very casual contact
that is made.
And to the
and to the victims,
it would have been like,
yeah, I think I saw him
walking down the street.
But to the offender in this case,
the suspect
it could have been far more significant
to include
developing what
we call intelligence on the victim,
finding out what they're about
how they walk,
what they say, what their voice
sounds like.
So
the investigators are going to be looking
for formal contacts,
but also very, very informed contacts.
And if you were in a room with him across
sitting across from him,
what kind of questions
would you be asking him
at this point in the investigation?
You know what?
That's such a great question.
And I would not be asking him
any questions.
I would simply be in there
and I would be listening
and I would ask him
to tell me about himself.
Tell me about everything about you.
Tell me about what makes you tick.
Tell me about what
you're studying
and tell me why you're interested
in the criminal mind.
And then I would listen.
I would not be asking questions.
Mary Ellen O'Toole, great insight.
Thank you.