A newly unsealed probable cause affidavit showed how authorities identified 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger as the suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho students, revealing that they used a combination of cell phone records, his white Hyundai Elantra, and DNA evidence that was allegedly found at the crime scene.
The partially redacted affidavit (pdf) was sealed until Thursday as Kohberger, who was arrested in Pennsylvania, was not served with a warrant. Kohberger waived his extradition hearing and was transported back to Idaho before he was served with a warrant Thursday.
Investigators said Kohberger was connected to the murder scene at a Moscow, Idaho, rental property after they located a “tan leather knife sheath” next to a victim’s bed, the affidavit said. “The Idaho state lab later located a single source of male DNA left on the button snap of the knife sheath,” the document stated before officials linked the DNA to the suspect….