The suspect in the November killings of four Idaho college students waived his extradition from Pennsylvania to Idaho, where he will face murder charges.
On Tuesday, Bryan Kohberger arrived at Pennsylvania’s Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg. Judge Margherita Worthington asked if Kohberger waived his right to challenge his arrest, to which he replied: “Yes, I do,” according to reporters in the courthouse.
“Do you wish to waive the rights that I have just explained to you and return to the state of Idaho?” the judge asked. “Yes,” he answered before signing the extradition document.
His state-appointed attorney, Jason LaBar, previously indicated that he would waive extradition from Pennsylvania, his home state, to face charges. Speaking to CNN over the weekend, LaBar said prosecutors in Pennsylvania only need to prove that his client resembles the person described in the arrest warrant and that he was in the area where the crimes were committed….