Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger cleaned his car before arrest

Accused killer Bryan Kohberger cleaned his car meticulously after the University of Idaho murders, according to a police source.

Idaho murder suspect thoroughly cleaned his car before arrest. Picture: Handout / Monroe County Correctional Facility / AFP; City of Moscow Police Department; Monroe County Correctional Facility

Accused killer Bryan Kohberger cleaned his infamous white Hyundai Elantra meticulously after the University of Idaho murders.

The 28-year-old was seen wearing surgical gloves several times before finally being arrested, the New York Post reports.

The quadruple murder suspect “cleaned his car, inside and outside, not missing an inch”, a police source told CNN.

Kohberger also was seen wearing gloves multiple times outside his parents’ home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, before he was arrested there on December 30, the source told the network.

The PhD student, who had been under surveillance for four days, at one point was observed leaving the house about 4am and putting bags in the neighbours’ garbage bins, the source added.

On December 27, agents recovered items from the Kohbergers’ garbage bins and the bags they saw him put into the neighbours’ bins – and the contents were sent to the Idaho Crime Lab.

Bryan Kohberger scrubbed his car, was seen wearing surgical gloves and dumped garbage into his neighbour’s bins while under surveillance. Picture: Monroe County Correctional Facility/AFP

The quadruple murder suspect did not miss ‘an inch’ while cleaning his white Hyundai Elantra. Picture: City of Moscow Police Department

The next day, a DNA analysis showed a match between the family’s garbage and the knife sheath found at the scene of the crime.

Authorities then asked a judge to issue an arrest warrant for Kohberger.

The source said a Pennsylvania State Police SWAT team carried out a “dynamic entry” on December 30 by breaking down the door and windows.

Kohberger, a PhD student in criminal justice at Washington State University, faces first-degree murder charges and one count of burglary in the deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.

The four University of Idaho students were found stabbed to death on November 13 in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.

Kohberger and his father were pulled over in the Elantra twice during a cross-country journey home to Pennsylvania. Picture: City of Moscow Police Department

Madison Mogen (top left), 21, Kaylee Goncalves (bottom left), 21, Ethan Chapin (bottom), 20, and Xana Kernodle (right), 20. Picture: Monroe County Correctional Facility

Kohberger made his initial court appearance in Idaho on Thursday after he was booked into the Latah County Jail following his extradition from Pennsylvania.

Authorities have released the 19-page probable cause affidavit that convinced a judge to issue his arrest warrant.

The document shed light of the seven-week probe by Moscow, Idaho, police and FBI that many believed to be going cold before Kohberger was arrested.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission