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WSU Police Tracked Idaho Murder Suspect Weeks Before Arrest

4/17/2026

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Internal emails from Washington State University show campus police tracked Bryan Kohberger, the University of Idaho murder suspect, weeks before his December 30, 2022 arrest.
Gary Jenkins, the then-WSU police chief, said officers identified Kohberger's white 2015 Hyundai Elantra after tips on November 28, 2022.
Kohberger was arrested on December 30, 2022, and later pleaded guilty, receiving four life sentences without parole in a deal sparing the death penalty.

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Internal emails from Washington State University show campus police tracked Bryan Kohberger, the University of Idaho murder suspect, weeks before his December 30, 2022 arrest.
Gary Jenkins, the then-WSU police chief, said officers identified Kohberger's white 2015 Hyundai Elantra after tips on November 28, 2022.
Kohberger was arrested on December 30, 2022, and later pleaded guilty, receiving four life sentences without parole in a deal sparing the death penalty.