you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m paula reid in washington. new details this hour about the suspect charged with murdering four university of idaho students in their beds seven weeks away. cnn has learned his father was with him as he dropped across country for the holidays after the crime took place. police began tracking them at some point during the trip. the suspect is now charged with four counts of murder in the first degrees. he s expected to waive extradition and return to idaho. cnn s jean coasarez is there. reporter: when i spot to hi attorney, he told me he believes they arrived in pennsylvania, the home their home, about december 17th. well, cnn has also spoken with someone and actually corroborated with two people that, along the trip, but it was in pennsylvania, that on december 16th, that they were at an auto repair shop. this person tells cnn they were getting some work done on the hyundai elantra. that s the white car, and that the suspect the def
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m sara sidner. we begin with hour with breaking news and a long awaited arrest in the horrific killings of four university of idaho students back in november. bryan christopher kohberger is in custody on a first degree murder warrant in those stabbing deaths. that s according to an affidavit. the killings terrorized the small town of moscow, idaho, which hadn t seen a murder in seven years. investigators are going to be holding a press conference. they are setting up as we speak, and we are going to take you there live, but first, cnn s jean casarez is in monroe county, pennsylvania. that s where the arrest was made, and cnn s veronica miracle in moscow, idaho. jean, we ll start with you. what are you learning about how this arrest actually came to be? reporter: well, it happened at 1:30 this morning, and it s very, very interesting to look at how it was afeffectuated her and what happe
someone and actually corroborated with two people that, along the trip, but it was in pennsylvania, that on december 16th, that they were at an auto repair shop. this person tells cnn they were getting some work done on the hyundai elantra. that s the white car, and that the suspect the defendant, kohberger was talkative, and talked about how he had go to desal university here in pennsylvania, was doing his doctoral work in washington. they want he was a little awkward, communicative. hi father was there, too. and then when this all basically exploded on friday, he recognized him, realized the conversation, and contacted the fbi. so december 16th, in pennsylvania december 17th
about 20 minutes from here. the university of idaho is on the idaho side of the state line, and washington university just over the state line on the washington side, and we were at an apartment complex that is home to only graduate students and their families, and there s police activity around an apartment that we have been told is in connection to the murder suspect, kohberger. police washington state university police searching that apartment at the request of the moscow police because moscow police do not have jurisdiction on the washington side. so washington state university police assisting now in that investigation and searching his apartment. we also understand now in a post that has been removed from reddit, that kohberger s arrest right after kohberger s arrest was made public, that a he was a student investigator associated with desal university and he was seeking participation in a research project to understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision