Brian Coberger, a 28-year-old man, was arrested Friday morning in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania in connection with the murder of four University of Idaho students, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
Sources say authorities knew who they were looking for and tracked Coberger to Pennsylvania.
A SWAT team broke into where he was staying to detain him on Friday. Coberger appeared before a judge on Friday morning.
Moscow police officers, members of the Idaho State Police, Moscow City leaders and University of Idaho officials will hold a press conference Friday at 1:00 p.m. local time.
More than six weeks after roommates Cary Gonsalves, Madison Morgen, Zana Carnoldle, and Carnoldle’s boyfriend Ethan Chapin were stabbed to death in the early hours of November 13 at the home of an off-campus girl. has passed.
Two other roommates (who police said weren’t suspects) survived and were likely asleep during the murders, officials said. were on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
Police are appealing to the public for information.
It’s been weeks since police and city officials met for a press conference and have instead opted to release a small update through social media. done while away.