That doesn’t appear to be the case with Kohberger: University of Idaho President Scott Green wrote in a memo to students and employees on Friday evening that the Idaho school had no record of him. WSU and UI are partners in several academic programs, and students sometimes attend classes and seminars or work at the neighboring schools. “We will long feel the loss of these young people in the Moscow-Pullman community and hope the announcement today will be a step toward healing.” “This horrific act has shaken everyone in the Palouse region,” said WSU provost Elizabeth Chilton in a prepared statement, referring to the scenic rolling hills surrounding both universities. WSU officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Kohberger’s work as a teaching assistant. University police assisted Idaho law enforcement in executing search warrants at Kohberger’s campus apartment and office, the university said. He is also a teaching assistant for the university’s criminal justice and criminology program, according to WSU’s online directory. Kohberger just completed his first semester as a PhD student in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University. An extradition hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. Kohberger is also charged with felony burglary in Idaho, Thompson said. The affidavit for four charges of first-degree murder in Idaho will remain sealed until he is returned, as required by state law. The investigators are also interviewing people who knew Kohberger, including those at Washington State University, the official said.ĭuring the press conference, Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson said investigators believe Kohberger broke into the students’ home “with the intent to commit murder.” He is being held without bond in Pennsylvania, and will be held without bond in Idaho once he is returned, Thompson said. Federal and state investigators are now combing through his background, financial records and electronic communications as they work to identify a motive and build the case, the official said.
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