Arrangements currently are being
made to deliver Coburger back to
Idaho where he can have continued
due process and face these charges.
Pennsylvania State Police giving
an update on the next steps for
the man accused of murdering 4
University of Idaho students.
Good evening and thank you for joining
us for cremation news at 6:00 tonight.
I'm Mark hanrahan.
Whitney has the evening off.
28 year old Brian Koberger has
waived his extradition which
means he'll be brought to Idaho
to face 4 murder charges and one
burglary charge a WSU criminology
graduate student is accused of.
Telling the four students in their
off campus home a little more
than seven weeks ago we bring you
complete team coverage tonight.
Our Janelle Finch has more on what
happened in the courtroom today.
As the suspect faced a judge,
Nicole Hernandez breaks down new body
camera footage of the suspect behind
the wheel of a white Hyundai Elantra.
Shannon Moudy spoke with Eastern Washington,
prosecuting attorney on the process of
prosecuting such a case of this magnitude.
And finally our Amanda Rowley is
taking a look into questions that
we still have about the case.
But first we want to head down to
Moscow where according to police.
The suspect has 10 days to be
brought to Idaho,
so that means he could be here as soon
as tomorrow or the end of next week.
Our Kyle Simchuk joining us live in
Moscow tonight as we wait for his arrival.
Kyle.
Well, coburger's new home will be at
the Latah County Jail right behind
me once he's brought back to Moscow.
But of course the 28 year old still
thousands of miles in Pennsylvania,
and Mark, as you mentioned, he could
be brought back as early as tomorrow.
But a judge says that extradition
will happen within at least 10 days.
So the big question now is
how and when will koberger?
Bree brought back authorities tonight
telling Creme 2 News that they're
keeping that information a secret,
citing security concerns.
But as we've said,
COBRA could be here as early as
tomorrow and once he does return,
he'll have an initial court appearance.
And that's when that probable cause
affidavit effects will be released.
And that will be a treasure trove of
information showing exactly what authorities,
what evidence they've gathered in the
house and what evidence they have,
they say they have against coburger.
And once he makes that court appearance,
Creme 2 will obviously be here.
But today in Pennsylvania,
he did tell a judge that he's not taking
any medications and that his decision
to voluntarily return to Moscow,
that's his own decision.
So we'll certainly be keeping
an eye on when he returns,
send it back to you.
Player
live in Moscow tonight Kyle,
thank you very much.
And today, Brian Koberger,
the man suspected of killing four
University of Idaho students,
made his first court appearance.
Koberger and his attorney
appeared before a judge at
the Monroe County Courthouse.
Scrumptious janele Finch joining
us live in the studio tonight to
tell us more about what happened
in the courtroom and what's next
for the suspected killer, Janelle
Mark. Since Koberger was identified
as a suspect in the Moscow murder
investigation, the world has
been watching for his next move.
Today he appeared in Pennsylvania court,
where he waived.
Extradition hearing now begins the
process of getting coburger to Idaho.
Brian Coburger, donning a bulletproof
vest under a red jail jumpsuit,
walked into the Monroe
County Courthouse today.
He and his attorneys stood in front
of a judge and waived his extradition.
Doing this puts the wheels in motion to
get coburger to Idaho where he'll face
first degree murder and burglary charges.
WEP, our sister station in Pennsylvania,
was in the courtroom where no
cameras were allowed.
They report every seat was filled and
Koberger's family was in the front row.
As CBS News correspondent says,
Koberger remained stoic and calm while
his mother and sister stopped through the
hearing following his first courtroom.
Appearance Pennsylvania State Police
hosted a press conference to share
more details on Coburger's arrest.
Tactical assets were then staged
in the county in Monroe County.
Into the evening of Thursday,
December 29th, last Thursday.
And in the early hours of Friday,
December 30th, those warrants
were executed at the location.
Mr. Koberger was taken into
custody without incident.
Officials say they understand
the public wants to be informed,
but sharing certain information
could interfere with the
court systems due process.
We're trying to balance essentially 2 things,
the public's desire for information
against the need to maintain the
integrity of the investigation and
protect the subjects suspects.
Excuse me, accused at this point due process
upon waiving his extradition court
order says Coburger will be in
Idaho within the next 10 days.
But as his Pennsylvania public
defender told our sister station.
Coburger could be in Idaho as
early as tonight or tomorrow.
Following today's press conference,
law enforcement says travel
arrangements are being made.
Moscow police say that they're
keeping these details quiet for
security reasons in the studio.
Janelle Finch, Crime 2 news. All
right, Janelle, thank you very much.
And new tonight we have video
connecting the Hyundai Elantra,
Idaho police were looking for
to the suspected murderer.
Grantees Nicole Hernandez has body
camera footage tonight from a traffic
stop with the suspect and chilling new
details about the cars history. Nicole.
So you can actually see the trooper pull up.
Approached the car,
then you see Brian Koberger in the driver
seat right here just for 1/2 a second.
Quickly the officer moves,
leans down and then obstructs
the view of the camera there.
There is another person in the driver
seat that we know is coburger's dad,
but we are keeping him
anonymous again quickly.
That officer does lean down
blocking the cameras view,
but what's important to know is
the date in the top right corner
of this video from December 15th.
That is 8 days after the Moscow
Police Department started.
Asking the public for information
about a white Hyundai Elantra and
this new body camera footage is
the second time law enforcement
pulled over the suspected killer.
In the same day,
just minutes before,
a deputy from Hancock County Sheriff's
Department had stopped Coburger and his dad.
In a statement from Indiana State Police,
they say the trooper did not have
information on coburger at the time or
the license plate number of the car
Idaho detectives were looking for.
And we also have a second angle from
this traffic stop that's right here.
This is from the troopers dash Cam.
From this we were able to read the license
plate on that white Hyundai Elantra.
I used that license plate number to find
the car's VIN number in an online database.
Then with that VIN number I found
the cars Carfax and that's what
we're looking at right here.
This shows the most recent owner
bought the vehicle in 2019 in
Pennsylvania and then in 2020 just
about a month later registered
that car in Pennsylvania as well.
The owner then re registered the car,
got it serviced a few times since then.
Then on November 18th of this year,
right here is when we see.
The owner re registered the car in Pullman,
WA to get Washington plates.
That happened again November 18th,
2022,
just five days after Coburger
allegedly stabbed all four students.
We did reach out to the Washington
Department of licensing to
confirm Coburger is the one who
is registered to this car.
We have not heard back yet,
but we do know he was the one driving
the Elantra in that Indiana State.
Body police camera footage in studio.
Nicole Hernandez,
Crime 2
News Nicole, thank you very
much and our commitment to
bring you more to every story.
Crime 2. Shannon Mahoney.
2 News our team coverage
tonight by digging deeper into
a case of this magnitude.
Shannon is live outside the
federal courthouse in downtown
Spokane after learning more
about the legal process.
Shannon.
I sat down with the US District Attorney
for Washington's Eastern District,
Vanessa Waldroff, just to talk generally
about prosecuting a case like this
one that is so high profile now.
Waldorf says that cases like
this that are large and complex,
they can take some time to prosecute
because the investigating doesn't
stop once that arrest is made and
prosecutors actually work with
investigators from right at the beginning,
even before a suspect is identified,
Waldriff says they treat.
Every case, regardless of the public
attention on it as serious. High
profile cases often are in the news
and people really are passionate about
wanting to know more information,
but honestly, we take every case.
Equally seriously.
And we'll be running down evidence
and making sure there's a
thorough investigation and viable
prosecution on any case that we
want to move forward with.
And for every victim,
every case is a high profile case.
Now, Waldriff says that those
cases take a long time,
not only because they are still
investigating and investigators
and the prosecutors want to make
sure that they can provide a
complete case to an impartial jury,
but also on the defense side
so that they have time to put
their evidence and review all the
evidence and provide a fair trial
for the defendant live in Spokane.
Shannon Moudy from June news.
Shannon, thank you very much.
And there are still a lot of
questions surrounding the latest
developments in this quadruple.
Homicide investigation so we
continue our team coverage with
Creme 2's Amanda Rowley tonight.
She is live in The Newsroom with what
we're still tracking right now, Amanda.
Well, Mark, it's now been seven weeks
since 4 University of Idaho students
were found stabbed to death in their
Moscow home near the university campus.
Now with the arrest of a murder suspect, this
brings up even more questions than before.
So here are the top big 10
questions we're tracking right now.
First off, motive.
What is the motive behind the
murder of the four students?
What is the suspect's connection
to the 4U of I students?
Are police looking for additional
suspects or accomplices?
How many other DNA profiles
were found at the crime scene?
What are the tips or evidence
that led police to the suspect?
What is the murder weapon?
When will the cleanup at
that crime scene begin?
It was paused by the court.
Details about the suspects car.
We want to know.
Will it be brought back to
Moscow from Pennsylvania?
What items belonging to the suspect?
Did law enforcement sees and when
will the mosque next Moscow Police
Department press conference be?
These are just some of the most pressing
questions surrounding this case which
is why we continue to call on Moscow
PD to share the latest details.
Now just minutes ago Moscow PD sent
out a press release saying because of
a court order a recent one just filed,
the Moscow Police Department will
no longer be communicating with the
public or media about this case and
we're going to flush out what this means and.
Keep you posted but didn't post it.
But in the meantime,
today we also learned the search
warrant for Brian Koberger
student apartment is now sealed.
We obtain copies of the court
order to seal it,
and that order says it was sealed
partly because of a serious and
imminent threat to the privacy of
witnesses victims and victims families.
The search warrant won't be
unsealed until March.
Now we also know based on the
timeline released by Moscow PD,
two of the students, it's Madison and.
Madison Morgan and Keeley Gonsalves
went to the corner club in downtown
Moscow the night before their death.
There's been speculation that
Coburger was at that very same bar,
but yesterday the corner club tweeted
this suspect was not and has not been here.
No one was removed from the bar
the evening of the incident.
Stop calling us.
While numerous of numerous questions
surrounding this case are still
left unanswered,
we remain diligent in tracking
this information.
Now we do expect to learn some details.
Once the probable cause documents are filed
in Latah County reporting in The Newsroom.
Amanda Rowley,
KREM 2 news.
Amanda,
thank you very much.
The news that Koberger will soon be in
Idaho comes as the community continues
to remember the four University of Idaho
students whose lives were cut short.
Those four students were 20 year old
Ethan Chapin, a freshman from Conway, WA.
Zana Kernodle, a junior from Post
Falls and 21 year old Madison.
Morgan, a senior from Coeur d'Alene,
Zana and Madison worked together
at a restaurant in downtown Moscow
and 21 year old.
Gonzalvez, a senior from Rathdrum, ID.
She was a sorority member and had already
lined up a job for after graduation
a little more than a month ago,
a vigil was held for the victims
were their parents spoke about the
love they had for their children.
We are eternally
grateful that we
spent so much time with him.
And I want to remind you.
That that's the most important message
that we have for you and your families.
Is to make sure that you spend as much
time as possible with those people,
because time is precious and it's
something you can't get back.
I'm so glad that she got to just have
at least a little taste of. What it's
like to be in love with someone and.
He's just a really great guy and they treated
each other the way you're supposed to.
And. Yeah, I was really proud to to just
call him my my daughter's boyfriend.
And maybe someday maybe they would
have gotten married, you know,
it seemed like it, at least.
It's a shame. And it hurts.
With the beauty of the two.
Always being together something that will,
will, it comforts us.
It lets us know.
That they were with their their best friends
in the whole world and it's like a book.
It's like some kind of.
Terrible chapter, but there's beauty in it.
And we're we're gonna get our desserts.
We're going to figure this stuff out.
This community deserves that.
Well, this continues to be a
developing story and we will bring
you updates as soon as we learn more.
Coming up at 6:30 tonight,
we'll hear from locals in Pennsylvania
about the significance of today's
hearing being held in their city.
In the meantime,
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