a pattern. a modus operandi or a method, we want to get into the suspect s character or mental state as best we can. both before the murders, during the years he was in pennsylvania, and after the murders, which was the two weeks before he was arrested when he was back in pennsylvania. what he s telling us is they are going to go back through kohberger s time in pennsylvania, they re going to look at unsolved cases. any double murder where people were stabbed in a house where they have no solution. whether there were any stalking incidents when he was at university or working as a security guard in that community college. what they are saying is, pretty much what fbi profiler mary ellen o toole told me yesterday, which was, an individual who is mission oriented, who goes into a house, murders for people, at least two of whom fought back with a fixed blade knife, and then escaped into the darkness, is probably not in his first act of violence.
driving across country took them approximately 2 1/2 days. mr. kohberger indicated brian was acting normal and not out of character on the drive back from washington. the car seized from the kohbergers home after brian was arrested early friday morning. the monroe county chief public defender saying brian is eager to return to idaho and be exonerated. police in moscow say they re confident their arrested the only person responsible for the murders. still, they re searching for a murder weapon they describe as a fixed blade knife. the police chief saying the community has a name and a face and now they re hoping more people will come forward with information. we have a lot of work to do still. we still have a lot of pieces we have to put together. that s why we re still asking people, if you have known this individual, contact us. reporter: and linsey, the chief telling me that within an hour of releasing kohberger s name, they had more than 400 tips pour in. also, kohberger s
they say that s still a big part of this investigation, that fixed blade knife that they re looking for and that they hope they ll get more tips in this case. now that we have a face and a name to go along with the suspect, they have people who know this guy to come forward and tell what they know. gillian: laura, thank you. alicia. alicia: now to the town that was rocked by this horrific incident just weeks ago. dan springer is live in moscow, idaho. hi, dan. yeah, hi alicia, you know, a police source out in moscow confirmed to me a short time ago, investigators have only been focused on their suspect, bryan kohberger for the last few days, less than a week and that genetic genealogy played a key role in pointing them to their suspect. that would mean they had dna from the killer left behind from the crime scene. and kohberger did not have dna
twenty five hundred miles awaymi from moscow. leayidaho, kielburger faces four counts of first degree murder, t along with felony burglary. more information on the case is sealed until kielburger is physically back in idaho. s phys iand has been served witr arrest warrant here. but police are confidentt warrap they have their suspect. but i can w telhal you, ase have individual in custody who committed these horrible crimes and i do believe our community is safe, but webe still need to be vigilant right . it was right back in early morng hours of november 13th. kelly gonsalves, madison, morgan xana, canoodle nathan chapman were stabbed to deathhoe at a rental home near the university of idaho.r thf idaho campus. police believe they were atmpus police believe they were attacked in their sleep with ata large fixed blade knife. ms some victims had defensive wounds, but for weeks, law enforcement had no murder weapon, no sign of forced entry. on, no s forceand obviously no .
friday morning. if that white elantra is the car investigators are looking for it appears the suspect drove it here over 2500 miles from the crime scene to his parents home. we believe we have the individual who committed these crimes. the events the evidence will take you where you need to be just like this one did. reporter: police are still looking for the murder weapon, a fixed blade knife and they are hoping members of the public will still come forward with tips about the suspect in this case. rich: thank you. molly: let s bring in maryellen o toole, director of the forensic science program at george mason university. thank you for giving us time this new year s eve. in the wake of this arrest and your profiling experience, from what we know about the suspect,