Idaho Murders Update: Suspect Given 'Verbal Warning' After Police Stopped White Hyundai Twice

Bryan Kohberger is escorted to an extradition hearing at the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg — Reuters

Following an arrest in the murders of the four University of Idaho students, new bodycam footage revealed the suspect was stopped by the police twice while driving the white Hyundai Elantra authorities connected to the case.

Bryan Kohberger, 28, was pulled over twice on Dec. 15 during a cross-country trip with his father. At the time, Kohberger was a Ph.D. student at Washington State University, which is located less than 10 miles away from the murders.

Kohberger, whose semester ended in December, was driving the white Hyundai Elantra to the family's Pennsylvania home for the holidays. Kohberger was initially pulled over for speeding by the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office said there was no information on the suspect or the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop.

The new bodycam footage shows a second encounter in which an Indiana State Police trooper pulled Kohberger over in Indianapolis for following another vehicle too closely.

"The Trooper, having learned the two had been stopped minutes before by a Deputy from the Hancock County Sheriff's Department, who he knew was working just down the interstate from him, used his discretion and released the two men with a verbal warning," the state police said in a statement.

Adding, "At the time of this stop, there was no information available on a suspect for the crime in Idaho, to include identifying information or any specific information related to the license plate state or number of the white Hyundai Elantra which was being reported in the media to have been seen in or around where the crime occurred."

Police in Moscow, Idaho, discovered the bodies of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; and Xana Kernodle, 20, on Nov. 13 at an off-campus home.

Kohberger was arrested for first-degree murder and burglary charges on Friday in Pennsylvania. After waiving extradition during a Tuesday court appearance, Kohberger is expected to be transported to Idaho.