Good morning. Welcome to this
special edition of Up with Crem.
I'm Tim Pham. We are live in Mo.
ID this morning outside of the Late Talk
County Courthouse just six months ago,
the man accused of murdering 4
students was arrested in Decemb.
Now this morning,
he will face his arraignment in a matter
of hours at 9:00 AM this mornin,
we do have up with Creme team
coverage for you with indepth
coverage taking a look at all angles.
Nicole Hernandez is at the King.
Home this morning taking a closer look at
a timeline of how we got to this point.
Meteorologist Thomas Patrick isn
the weather center taking a look
at today's forecast and Channing
Curtis is in the Creme 2 studio
with a look at today's top stor.
But again, let's get to what's
expected to happen in court tod.
Like we mentioned,
the man accused of murdering the
students will appear before a je
this morning for his arraignmen.
That's happening at 9:00 AM.
And while today will largely cer
around what's happening in the courtroom,
we can't forget today is all abt
seeking justice for the victims.
On November 13th of last year,
Ethan Chapin,
Xana Kurnodal,
Kayleigh Cansalves and Madison Mogan were
found stabbed to death in an offcampus home.
Police arrested Brian Koberger
47 days later in Pennsylvania.
Investigators connected him to the crime
scene through DNA evidence found on a
knife sheet left at the crime s.
Last week,
we learned a grand jury indicted
the suspect on all charges.
He now faces four firstdegree mr
charges and one count of burgla.
This indictment means there is enough
evidence for the case to go to a full trial.
It also means there will not be
a preliminary hearing in June
as originally planned.
We spoke with a Moscow resident about
this case and how people are feeling now.
When the murders happened,
people were really alarmed and
we had friends who were worried
about going out at night and thy
bought extra locks for their do.
But as soon as the guy was
captured out of the excitement
wore down within a few days.
Yeah, definitely different
for the Moscow community.
There will also be a new judge in the case.
His name is Judge John Judge,
and as of now, the case is still
in Layton County District Court,
but it could be moved to another county
if the judge thinks there is a better
chance of finding an impartial .
If the suspect enters a plea to,
his trial could happen
within the next six months,
or he could waive his right
to a speedy trial.
A plea also means the 60 day countdown
begins for prosecutors to file a
notice to seek the death penalt,
which of course is a possibility
in the state of Idaho now.
We also know the family
of one of the victims,
Kaylee can solve as will
be in the courtroom today.
We did speak with the family
attorney just a couple of days o
to talk to him about how the fay
feels about seeing the suspect
in court today versus in June.
Once you charge someone
with an on an information,
you're normally a preliminary
hearing within a couple weeks ot
and they said six months out,
you know and I don't think that
really was of you know it's thas
hard for a victim's families fol
the victim's families that's ha.
We do know Ethan Chapin's family
will not be in the courtroom to.
We have not heard.
We haven't heard from Xana Kurnodle's
family or Madison Morgan's family on if
they'll be in the courtroom or not today.
And even though the murders
happened six months ago,
so much has happened this morni.
Nicole Hernandez continues our team coverage.
She's been covering this case fr
six months and she's taking a cr
look at how we got to this poin.
Nicole.
So I'm live at the King Rd.
House where police found
those four University of Idaho
students back in November.
And six months later the house s
still boarded up and there's stl
a memorial for all four student.
On November 13th, police got
a 911 call from the King Rd.
House. When they showed up,
they found four University
of Idaho students dead.
The next day, November 14th,
police identified the students
as Anna Crenodle, Madison Mogen,
Kaylee Gonsalves, and Ethan Cha.
On November 15th,
Moscow PD said the killer used o
quote edged weapons such as a k,
but that they hadn't found a murder weapon.
It wasn't until two days later,
on November 17th,
the LATA County Coroner's Office released
the official cause and manner of death.
That was the first time officias
called the deaths murder by stabbing.
On November 18th we learned more
about where the students had
been the night of the murders.
Then for weeks police continued
investigating the house.
They were also clearing people
from the suspect list,
like the surviving roommates
and people the students had.
And with that night now December 7th,
investigators say they want to k
to the owner of a white Hyundai
Elantra that had been near the
house the night of the murders.
On December 15th,
troopers in Indiana pulled
over that Hyundai Elantra twice
with Brian Koberger driving.
He and his dad were on their
way from WSU to Koberger's
family home in Pennsylvania.
On December 30th,
police arrest Koberger in Pennsylvania.
So that timeline there, of cour,
brought us up to the point of
police arresting Brian Koberger.
In the next half hour, though,
I'm going over what's happened
since the arrest to lead to the
arraignment today in Moscow.
Nicole Hernandez, Crump 2 News.
Now the suspects arraignment is
scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM ad
Crimtu will be there in the courtroom.
The court is not allowing us to stream it,
but we will have a live report
right after that arraignment.
So we will be able to let you
know exactly what happened.
In the meantime,
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Tim and Nicole who are live in Moscow
here coming up later in the sho.