Bodycam footage shows Idaho murder suspect pulled over on US road trip

New footage has been released showing Idaho mass murder suspect Bryan Kohberger being pulled over during a cross-country road trip.

Eerie video of Idaho murders suspect. Picture: Monroe County Correctional Facility/AFP; Hancock County Sheriff’s Department

New footage has been released by the Indiana State Police of US murder suspect Bryan Kohberger being pulled over during a road trip.

Mr Kohberger, 28, is accused of killing University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.

The four students were stabbed to death in a share house in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13, The US Sun reports.

On Friday, Mr Kohberger was arrested on the other side of the country at his parents’ home in Scranton, Pennsylvania – almost seven weeks after the murder.

It’s understood the PhD student made the 4000km trip home with his dad by car, and according to his public defender, he was pulled over twice along the way.

Jason LaBar, the Pennsylvania defence lawyer in Mr Kohberger’s extradition case, said the suspect’s dad flew into Spokane, Washington, before driving down to Pullman, Washington, in a pre-planned trip ahead of the holidays.

Pullman sits just over the state border from Idaho – just 15km from Moscow.

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Bryan Kohberger was pulled over twice in less than 10 minutes on December 15. Picture: Hancock County Sheriff’s Department

Indiana State Police and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department have now confirmed that Mr Kohberger was pulled over twice within a nine-minute time span while driving on the Interstate Highway I-70 on December 15, around 1000km from his final destination of Scranton.

Mr LaBar told CNN that Mr Kohberger was stopped once for speeding and the second time for following another car too closely.

The first stop came at 10.41am and the second at 10.50am, Indiana State Police and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department revealed.

The officer who pulled Mr Kohberger over the second time is heard on video saying: “I’m not gonna give you guys another ticket or warning if you just got stopped.”

“It’s all about how fast you’re going,” the officer continued.

Mr Kohberger and his father were asked where they were headed.

“Pennsylvania? That’s a long way. You guys scared of airplanes?” the officer is heard joking before wishing the two a “safe trip”.

Mr Kohberger was not given a ticket for either traffic stop.

Bryan Kohberger was arrested in connection with the murder of four university students in Moscow, Idaho. Picture: Monroe County Correctional Facility/AFP

He is accused of killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in November. Picture: Monroe County Correctional Facility

A police review of the bodycam footage showed that Mr Kohberger was in the driver’s seat for both stops. His father was in the passenger’s seat.

Law enforcement officials confirmed that Mr Kohberger had been driving a white Hyundai Elantra, which investigators believe had been seen in the area near where the Idaho murders took place.

Mr Kohberger had his extradition hearing earlier on Tuesday in a Monroe County courtroom.

The criminology graduate has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder as well as one count of felony burglary and will return to Idaho from Pennsylvania.

Mr Kohberger must be handed over to the custody of Latah County District Attorney’s Office within 10 days.

This article originally appeared in The US Sun and was reproduced with permission

Originally published as Bodycam footage shows Idaho murder suspect pulled over on US road trip