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starts right now. i m pamela brown in washington. new developments tonight in the idaho murder investigation. for the first time we are hearing from the parents of the suspect in this case. 28-year-old bryan kohberger. he is facing four counts of first-degree murder in the brutal slayings of four young students. it is a shock to his family. cnn s veronica miracle has more on what the family is saying today. reporter: pamela, that family put out a statement through his public defender. his attorney. this is according to cnn and here s what it reads. it says, first and foremost, we care deeply for the four families that lost their children. we pray each day for them. we ll continue to let the legal process unfold and as a family love and support our son and brother. we have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote his presumption of innocence rather than judge unknown facts and make assumptions. we respect privacy in t ....
Yesterday and there were people that brought by a cake and a gift because they want to express the appreciation from the police department that s been under scrutiny from the community and the country. now people are just grateful that an arrest is made. pamela? yeah. some people critical of the police thanking them. thank you so much. mary anne o toole joins us with more on this case. obviously the family wanting to remind people that the suspect is innocent until proven guilty but when a child is accused how hard is it for parents to clearly see the child as a possible killer? i think it would be extremely difficult and the support that the family is showing for the son is typical in the cases that we have worked because they love their son and they don t want to ....