faces four counts of first-degree murder after his arrest in pennsylvania on friday. kohberger drove across the country in a white hyundai ilan extra from idaho and arrived in pennsylvania at his parents s house right around christmas. while law enforcement was tracking him every step of the way. there are lots of new developments in the case, including how authorities identified and arrested the suspect. let s get right to jean casarez. jean, you just spoke with the suspect s attorney. what are you learning? that s right. this is the chief public defender for monroe county, jay salabar. his client is not going to fight going back to idaho. he s not going to fight extradition. she s shocked a little bit. he s calm right now. he is very intelligent. in my hour conversation with him, that comes off. i can tell that. and he understands where we are right now. i have spoken to his family last night. i spoke to them for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. they re also very shocked
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in my hour conversation with him, that comes off. i can tell that. and he understands where we are right now. i have spoken to his family last night. i spoke to them for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. they re also very shocked. out of character for brian. they are really in awe over everything that s going on. as you re aware, the fbi, local police, idaho state troopers were at their house at approximately 3:00 a.m. yesterday knocking on the door and announcing themselves to enter out of real shock and awe to them. i believe he arrived the 17th of december. it may be the 18th. i understand from his parents and him that he was home for the holidays. reporter: now, one interesting note on the legal aspect of all of this, i understand that law enforcement actually questioned him before he asked for an attorney and stopped that interview for about five to 15 minutes.