kohlberger's family in the courtroom crying as he made to them several times and made eye contact.four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary in the stabbing deaths of ethan chapin, zena kernodle. >> where he can go back to idaho where he can continue to have due process and face these charges. >> reporter: and where he can have information about the evidence against him. idaho does not release the documents supporting an arrest warrant until the defendant returns to the state. >> i definitely believe that one of the main reasons the defendant chose to waive extradition and hurry his return back to idaho was the need to know what was in those documents. >> he said it. this is not him. he believes he is going to be exonerated. that's what he believes. those were his words. >> reporter: university of idaho provisional samuel newton tells cnn there is still a long road to trial. >> the government has to put on evidence to support its charge, to know that there was probable cause to arrest and charm him with those crimes. >> reporter: kaylee's father says he pla

he sent us a screen shot of a paper kohlberger graded in november >> i did see him in class. he introduced himself. he did seem rather quiet to me. >> reporter: according to the university, police have executed search warrants at the suspect's office and on campus apartment neighbors there who do not want to be identified say he was polite and seemed normal, but often made strange noise, like he was cleaning or using tools in the middle of the night >> it's just very loud sound so and sometimes i think okay what is happening. >> reporter: before his time at wsu, kohlberger graduated with a masters degree in criminal justice from decelles university in pennsylvania. the owner of a new brewery telling nbc news that staff had added notes that would pop up when his id was scanned, hey, this guy makes creepy comments keep an eye on him they withheld a lot of information to protect the integrity of the case, but if they would have done one thing different, it would have been to release information sooner about what they were doing behind the scenes to help promote trust in the comm

undergrad austin morrison says kohlberger was a teaching assistant in one of morrison's classes. he sent us a screen shot showing a paper he graded in november. >> i could see him in class. he introduced himself. he did seem rather quiet to me. >> reporter: according to the university, police have executed search warrants at the suspect's office and on campus apartment neighbors there who do not want to be identified say he was polite and seemed normal, but often made strange noises, like he was cleaning or using tools in the middle of the night >> it suggests very loud sounds. so he kind of wake us up and sometimes i think okay, what is happening >> reporter: before his time at wsu, kohlberg graduated with a masters degree win criminal justice. according to a nearby brewery, staff had added notes when his id was scanned hey, this guy makes creepy comments keep an eye on him according to state police, they withheld a lot of information to protect the integrity of this case, but he says if he would have done one thing different, it would have been to release information sooner abo

speak of the police departmentko believeshb the person we have in custody, whichis would be kohlberger's response will for these crimes we were looking in all aspects, but he has beenon named as our suspect and we believe he's the one who's responsible. cam >> we know police searched two locations on the campus of washington state universityt which isth about 10 miles from e murder scene but went throughin his apartment and hials office n the criminology department where he is a phd student and teaching assistant. police source tells me dna left at the crime scene by the killer was key and specifically the process called "investigative genetic genealogy," which provided a critical lead but not proofed. we spoke with a pioneer in the field which is help police solve more than 200 cases. >> genetic genealogy is using someone's dnfamia to learn more iabout their family history. when we use it in the context of law enforcement, we are basically reverse engineering the identity of the unknown suspect based on their distant cousins. >> kohlberger expected to waive hearing in pennsylvania. coul

that apparently is what has happened. >> kohlberg or attorney in pennsylvania it said he's eager to be exonerated and he will get his chance mid next week. >> dan springer in pullman, washington thanks so much. ted williams southeastern moscow thanks for joining us on this first day of the year finding answers for the family an entire community. they're potentially getting some of those answers you are breaking a major part of the story finding out kohberger's lawyer went to court to try and have the cleanup of this crime scene halted at least for the time being. i want to get your thoughts on that. what do you think that means mount a pretty robust defense? text molly, i am got to tell you i think that the attorneys for kohberger are getting ready to mount a robust defense. it is my understanding from a source that they went into courts. they were going to clean this place up, they went into court meeting the lawyers for kohberger and got an order from a judge stopping the cleaning up of this crime scene that is over my shoulder. molly: defender also said he plans to waive his extradi

additionally, is that hermann kohlberger cell phone had pinged near the home 12 times leading up to the killings. the white high revealed to be the key clue. law enforcement used to burger down in an exclusive interview with news nation's own ashleigh banfield, the family of kaley gonsalves says if there is a conviction in this case, they want the death penalty. >> justice doesn't. >> i have a room where you can books and you can go to school and you can have. >> you know, 3 meals and you can have your vegan diet to me. that's not justice. jess is is when you leave the planet and the whole world is able to rejoice and be glad that you're not there. >> that was robert sherman reporting for us tonight. >> still ahead on kron, 4 news at 10, the song of drug kingpin el chapo has been arrested. the new conflicts the arrest is causing in the region. >> and next in sports, the warriors hoping to get back to their winning ways taking on the magic tonight. we'll see if the upstart magic took down the world champions for the second time this season. next. >> president biden will make his first tr

sources tell news nation with kohlberger was in custody. he asked if anyone else was arrested and that he had a quiet blank stcre. coburg was getting his phd in criminal justice at washington state university in pullman, washington. just a 15 minute drive from moscow, idaho, where the murders happened before moving to washington. he grew up and studied in pennsylvania. >> co burger got his bachelor's degree here to sales university back in 2020 and then a master's degree from their criminal justice program. a spokeswoman for the school says they are absolutely distraught by what is happening. something really interesting. there is a world renowned forensic psychology professor who works here who reportedly actually talked burger. >> have eyes come face to face a second pass. absolutely. doctor captain rams lynn has appeared in more than 200 crime documentaries and written almost 70 books, including the psychology of death investigations, the mind of a murderer. and she even worked with the btk serial killer dennis rader on his autobiography

. >> brian: we will be learning whether brian kohlberg or will waive his right to a speedy trial. >>: outside of the courthouse complex with the latest, dan? >> good morning, ainsley, brian, and steve. you're right he'll make his next appearance in court, another status hearing and we don't know exactly what to expect because there is a gag order in place on all of the attorneys involved so they can't tell us which issues will be addressed but the court appointed defense attorney will be appointed but they may ask for bail for him. during the last appearance and taylor told the magistrate she needs more time to address the issue of bail it will likely be an uphill battle for her, there's only one magistrate and all of latah county, megan marshall so she is also the judge that approve the no knock arrest warrant which included no bail. the prosecution will argue kohberger is a flight risk and uses his cross-country trip back to pennsylvania as exhibit. we are not sure how we met del my family members of the four victims to expect, caleigh can solve us as parents said they will try to

. >> according to roberts, the moscow murders were not discussed in class but often kohlberger commanded their conversations about criminology. he very much liked it when everybody in the room knew that he knew what was going on. but it wasn't enough that you knew that he knew he had to make absolutely soul. you understood that he was small that he had this intellectual cup at a capacity. >> that was nancy loo reporting for us tonight. back here at home in san jose. one person is dead after a car hit them as they walk near the westfield valley. fair mall. police say the person was taken to a local hospital last night where they were pronounced dead. the driver is cooperating with police in their investigation. the san jose took great efforts to lean into vision 0, which is the program aiming to eliminate traffic deaths in the city altogether. san jose still saw a total of 32 pedestrian deaths due to traffic incidents in 2022. >> to the east bay where union city police are investigating an early morning shooting that left one woman injured around 3.50 this morning. officers were called to

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we're also learning kohlberger had applied to become an intern with the local police department sometime in the fall of 2022. in his application, he said he wanted to help rule of law enforcement agencies collect and analyze technical data in public safety operations. it's not known of co burger was ever granted an internship. >> in the nation's capital, the drama selecting a new speaker of the house continues after 3 days and nearly a dozen rounds of voting. there is still no leader in the house at the center of it all. california's kevin mccarthy who is still trying to make it happen. he has now lost 11 votes. now mccarthy's battle to become speaker of the house will limp into a 4th day. he has been handing out concessions to the republican hard-liners who oppose him. and so far that has not helped. this is now the longest such battle since the civil war in the house. again, with 11 votes and 11 rejections from mccarthy. this is him leaving the house earlier tonight, still insisting that there has been progress and that he is not giving up what worries a lot of people on both sides of