The grieving families of two of the four slain University of Idaho students have opened up about a breakthrough arrest in the murder investigation.

Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was arrested by FBI agents and officers of the Pennsylvania State Police near the Pocono Mountains early Friday morning, according to documents obtained by The Independent.

The Independent’s Andrea Blanco has the story:

The business has a system that allows staff to add notes to customers’ profiles when their IDs are scanned. After he read what his employees had written about Mr Kohberger, Mr Serulnec decided to confront the now-accused murderer.

“Staff put in there, ‘Hey, this guy makes creepy comments, keep an eye on him. He’ll have two or three beers and then just get a little too comfortable,’” Mr Serulnec told NBC.

Authorities had announced that a cleaning professional crew would be starting the process of removing biohazards at the crime scene.

But after the breakthrough arrest of Washington University PhD criminology student Bryan Koberger in the early morning hours of Friday, Moscow Police Chief James Fry said “the house cleanup has been halted, and that came by a legal request from the court.”

“And plenty of people love pondering over clues, and conspiracies, and potential theories for such a mystery, but not when four young people have been murdered in their beds, and the police appear to be making no progress.

For more than six weeks, the plight of four young students – Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and 20-year-old Ethan Chapin – has gripped the imagination of a large chunk of America.”

But the reality is, the parents of the victims will carry their loss for life, even after the media and web sleuth’s fascination wears off.

“Let us hope, that all of us – the media, and the public – try to bear in mind the ongoing agonies the families will endure, and grant them the space and privacy to deal with that,” Andrew writes.

Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody in Pennsylvania early Friday in connection to the quadruple murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin following an investigation by the Moscow Police Department, the FBI and Idaho State Police.

According to a report by CNN, investigators identified suspect Bryan Kohberger after reportedly finding DNA at the crime scene.

The sample found was then matched to the DNA of potential family members on a public database, a source told the network.

Officers then used investigative work to track Mr Kohberger.

After months of cryptic statements and unanswered questions, family and friends of the four students murdered in Idaho in November have finally been given a breakthrough.

Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Kaylee Goncalves were found dead at a house near the University of Idaho campus on Sunday 13 November, mere hours after posting smiling photographs on Instagram.

The case shocked the small college town of Moscow, Idaho and drew media attention from across the world, yet for nearly seven weeks police did not appear to have a suspect and gave little information about what they knew.

So how did we get here? This is a timeline of major events as far as we know them.

Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody in Pennsylvania early Friday in connection to the quadruple murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin following an investigation by the Moscow Police Department, the FBI and Idaho State Police.

In a press conference on Friday, Moscow Police said that more information about the circumstances leading up to the arrest would be released once Mr Kohberger appears in court in Idaho, as his arrest warrant will remain sealed until then following state law.

Mr Kohbrger’s attorney Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason LaBar has since revealed that the University of Washington PhD criminology student intends to waive his 3 January extradition hearing in the Keystone state to expedite his return to Idaho.

Authorities had announced that a cleaning professional crew would be starting the process of removing biohazards at the crime scene.

But after the breakthrough arrest of Washington University PhD criminology student Bryan Koberger in the early morning hours of Friday, Moscow Police Chief James Fry said “the house cleanup has been halted, and that came by a legal request from the court.”

As police records revealed that criminology student Bryan Kohberger had been arrested in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in connection with the November stabbing deaths of the students, it emerged just six months ago he had sought input from former criminals to understand their decision-making processes.

The Independent has the story:

For nearly seven weeks police gave little information on what they knew about the murders of Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Kaylee Goncalves, writes Io Dodds.

Now a 28-year-old criminology graduate student named Bryan Christopher Kohberger has been arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with the case, offering the hope of major progress in a case that some observers feared was going cold.

The Independent has the story: