their law enforcement partners. the vast and committed fbi resources brought important expertise to this complex case. across the board, dedicated highly competent personnel worked this case to arrest. this crime has nevertheless left a mark on university, on our communicate and on our state. why cannot bring back the four students, we can carry their legacy forward in the work that we do. our students come first. that was proven each and every day of this investigation. we are committed to safely delivering the collegetown atmosphere, campus experience and high touch quality education for which the university of idaho is known for. with time we will heal. we will move forward together. we will remain vandal strong. with that, i d like to turn it back over to chief fry.
elantra, that car that was picked up in pennsylvania along with the suspect. as we have seen, a white car was seen passing by the home, the scene of the crime at the time of the crime. maybe a little after or before according to a neighbor. police put out a be on the look out alert for this white hyundai elantra. they put out a stock photo based on what authorities say on the footage and our sources can confirm that a white car, a hyundai elantra, was found on the scene. we also know that because chief fry said that a hyundai elantra was also found. that right there on screen left is a stock photo. that is similar to the car that was found in pennsylvania. so right now we wait. we wait to find out more information. we wait to find out about this extradition as chris swecker, former assistant director at the
intent to commit the crime of murder. mr. kohberger let me preface, there s a pending case now in court. i and my office and the investigators have to live with the restrictions that our supreme court places on pretrial publicity. that said, i promise you will share with you through the court process or otherwise whatever we re allowed to. i appreciate your patience on that. the factual basis for the charges are summarized in what is called a probable cause affidavit that is on file with the court. according to the rules of the idaho supreme court, that is sealed until mr. kohberger is physically back in latah county and served with the idaho arrest warrant. at that time we expect that that affidavit will be available to you so you can share the true facts with all of your readers and watchers and listeners and all of the people interested and
authorities have someone in custody through the journey through the criminal system now begins. we know the suspects faces first degree murder charges. what does that mean for the kind of punish meant that he faces here? i want to bring in former deputy assistant attorney general tom dupree. as a prosecutor here, you know, with all of this national attention, did that dew believe affect the charges here? we know it s felony burglarly. did the level of attention affect the charges? i m not sure the level of attention affected it as much as the fact that here you obviously have a situation where people were murdered. you obviously have a situation where the murderer broke into the house intending to commit the crime. i see this as an unsurprising charge and also as the police and investigators learn more about what happened, that they ll add additional charges. needless to say, a charge of murder is about as serious as you can get. edward: you touched on this.
he entered through the second floor leaving survivors on the first floor and murdered two on the second floor and then went to the third floor. does that affect what the prosecutors do in terms of how they charge and if there s a death penalty on the table? it sure does. what it tells me is that this clearly was something that was premedicated rather than say a crime of passion. in other words, this wasn t a situation where a suspect was arguing in the heat of the moment and preplanned. it appeared to have been executed fairly successfully in terms of what he was planning to do. he wasn t apprehended at the scene. he evaded capture for more than a month. so all of this tells me that this would be the sort of crime that would demand the highest possible charge, pre medmeditat first degree murder. edward: the prosecutor said the facts are under seal. the police chief says they don t