Prosecutor Bill Thompson on Idaho Student Murders: Suspect Is Being Held Without Bond

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THOMPSON: “As far as Mr. Kohberger, I can share with you that he is a graduate student of Washington State University and has an apartment residence over at Pullman. He has had an initial appearance in front of a judge in Pennsylvania. He is being held without bond and the warrant from our magistrate judge here also provides for no bond. We understand that he’s scheduled to be back in court in Pennsylvania next Tuesday afternoon and that a public defender has been appointed for him there. The process at this point is, since he was arrested in another state, he has the opportunity to either waive extradition and return voluntarily to the state of Idaho, or if he prefers not to waive extradition, then we will initiate extradition proceedings through our governor’s office. If we do that, it can take awhile for him to get here. So again, I’m asking for your patience and understand that’s just the way the system works. Once he gets here, he’ll have an initial appearance with our magistrate.”