A suspect arrested in connection with the slayings of four University of Idaho students plans to waive an extradition hearing so he can be quickly brought to Idaho to face murder charges, his defense attorney said Saturday.
Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University, was taken into custody early Friday morning by the Pennsylvania State Police at his parents' home in Chestnuthill Township, authorities said.
LaBar also cautioned people against passing judgment on the case until a fair trial is held. The case has generated massive amounts of speculation on social media, with would-be sleuths frequently trying to pin the blame for the deaths on various friends and acquaintances of the victims. "I don't think he's capable of doing something like this. I pray to God he's innocent," Cesaretti said.
"We interacted in class, but personally I was not a fan of Bryan because of comments he had made about LGBTQ+ individuals," they said in an email to The Associated Press. "He was a little off, but I always thought it was because he was awkward and wanted to fit in. I don't know anything about Bryan personally expect he was from PA and was interested in forensic psychology."