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 Bryan Kohberger: What we know about suspect in deaths of Idaho college students

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A suspect in the murders of four University of Idaho students was arrested early Friday in Pennsylvania, according to high-ranking law enforcement sources. 

Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody by local police and the FBI at 3 a.m. in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a law enforcement source told FOX News Digital. 

Kohberger was being held for extradition in Monroe County Court for first-degree murder issued by the Moscow Police Department and the Latah County Prosecutor's Office in connection to the slayings of Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Madison Mogen, 21, the official said.

A Ph.D. student by the same name is listed in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the university. Messages seeking more information were left for officials at WSU.

Police served a search warrant at Kohberger's apartment on Friday morning in Washington. 

A neighbor told FOX News Digital that investigators had already arrived by 7:30 a.m. local time. There were at least two unmarked law enforcement vehicles at the scene as police from Washington State University, Moscow, Idaho, and other agencies were executing the warrant.

Bill Thompson, the Latah County prosecutor, was also seen outside the apartment alongside investigators, gearing up with protective booties before heading into the residence.

"There was the black pickup and the silver pickup and a couple of cops, and they were taking pictures and stuff, but didn't have any tape up," Randy Smith, a 58-year-old Moscow resident who works at WSU, told FOX News Digital.

An arrest affidavit for Kohberger didn't reveal any new information about the killings or a possible motive. 

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Moscow murders case: What happened? 

Goncalves, Mogen, Kernodle, and Chapin were stabbed to death at an off-campus home sometime in the early morning hours of Nov. 13. The slayings initially mystified law enforcement, with investigators unable to name a suspect or locate a murder weapon for weeks.

But the case broke open after law enforcement asked the public for help finding a white sedan seen near the home around the time of the killings. The Moscow Police Department made the request on Dec. 7, and by the next day had to direct tips to a special FBI call center because so many were coming in.