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people don t realize when they re using any kind of a device, that they re leaving a track of what they re doing. and even if they re just driving in a car, their automated license plate readers are capturing ther license plates. reporter: investigators say they were able to i.d. kohberger as the owner of a white hyundai elentra seen speeding from the crime scene, which then led to his cell phone number. in the affidavit, police say they tracked the criminal justice ph.d. student through his cell phone and it pinged offer towers near the crime scene at least 12 times before the attack. police also say they think the spect could have turned his phone off the morning of the murders, toting that kohberger s device didn t ping cell towers between 2:47 a.m. and 4:48 a.m., saying that is consistent with kohberger attempting to conceal his location during the quadruple homicide. it s much more difficult to get away with are these kinds of crimes in 2023 than it was 20, 30 years ago. r
the victims were killed is still considered an active crime scene and will be closed off until at least february 1. as for kohberger, he ll, back here in court next thursday. norah. o donnell: omar villafranca, thank you so much. let s turn now to california where tens of thousands of residents are still without power after the state was hit with hurricane-force wind guforts, heavy rains, and record flooding. the beachside community of santa cruz was one of the hardest hit with roads washed away and one of its historic piers damaged.ue rounds of storms are in the forecast through the weekend. so for more, let s bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. reporter: norah, good evening. a series of high-impact storms still on the way in the west coast over the next seven days. three different storms aim at california, all of them with big wind and big rain. mud flows, debris flows, as well as flash flooding all major concerns from
six-year-old, the student, who did have the firearm, and the teacher, and then a round was fired. o donnell: just stunning to hear that. police say the shooting was not accidental and they are investigating where the young boy got that handgun. let s turn now to idaho, where cbs news has new information about what led investigators to focus on 28-year-old bryan kohberger. the suspect charged in the brutal murders of four college students. cbs omar villafranca is in moscow, idaho, with new details tonight. reporter: tonight, investigators were seen removing mattresses from the crime scene, loading two of them on to the back of pickup trucks, this as newly released documents show police were on hoton the trail of the suspect, thanks to a digital web investigators say entanged bryan kohberger. everything is driving around with a gps tracker. reporter: mark rasch is a former d.o.j. cybersecurity expert and says every day people leave a trail of digital debris.