Idaho students' families react to Pennsylvania arrest of murder suspect Bryan Kohberger

The families of four Idaho assemblage students killed successful a shocking location penetration stabbing onslaught past period praised constabulary and thanked the supportive nationalist Friday aft investigators revealed a fishy had been arrested connected the different broadside of the country.

Pennsylvania constabulary arrested 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger aboriginal Friday. He is simply a postgraduate pupil astatine Washington State University, which is conscionable 10 miles from the University of Idaho, wherever Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Maddie Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, besides 20, were stabbed to decease successful their slumber successful the aboriginal hours of Nov. 13.

"We are relieved this section is implicit due to the fact that it provides a signifier of closure," Chapin's household told Fox News Digital successful a statement. "However, it doesn't change the result oregon alleviate the pain. We miss Ethan, and our household is everlastingly changed."

The household thanked instrumentality enforcement astatine each levels, on with the assemblage and Sigma Chi, Chapin's fraternity.

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The victims of the Nov. 13 University of Idaho massacre.  (Instagram @xanakernodle / @maddiemogen / @kayleegoncalves)

"Today, we marvel astatine the continued stories astir Ethan and the lives helium touched successful his abbreviated 20 years," the connection concluded. "If we each lived and loved arsenic Ethan did, the satellite would beryllium a amended place."

Chapin, who was Kernodle's boyfriend, was spending the nighttime astatine the rental home, wherever the 3 young women lived with 2 different housemates who were not targeted successful the attack.

Sheldon Kernodle, Xana's cousin, reiterated investigators' calls for further tips Friday afternoon.

This photograph provided by the Monroe County (Pa.) Correctional Facility shows Bryan Kohberger. Arrest paperwork filed by Pennsylvania State Police successful Monroe County Court Friday, Dec. 30, 2022, said Kohberger, 28, was being held for extradition successful a transgression homicide probe successful the killings of 4 University of Idaho students based connected an progressive apprehension warrant for first-degree execution issued by the Moscow Police Department and Latah County Prosecutor’s Office. (Monroe County (Pa.) Correctional Facility via AP)

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"Our enactment isn’t done yet," helium tweeted. "If you person immoderate accusation that could assistance instrumentality enforcement and/or prosecutors regarding BRYAN KOHBERGER delight email/call the extremity lines."

Tips tin beryllium submitted by telephone to 208-883-7180 oregon emailed to tipline@ci.moscow.id.us. Digital media tin beryllium shared with investigators astatine fbi.gov/moscowidaho. Police are asking anyone who knew oregon came crossed Kohberger to get successful interaction arsenic they proceed to hunt for a motive.

Steve Goncalves, Kaylee's father, told Fox News Friday that the apprehension brought the "first consciousness of joyousness successful 7 weeks."

Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, on with the women's 2 different roommates successful Kaylee Goncalves' last Instagram post, shared the time earlier the slayings. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)

His girl had already moved retired of the rental location earlier the slayings but returned to sojourn Mogen, her champion friend.

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Kaylee Goncalves' canine was besides successful the location astatine the clip of the murders but was not harmed. (TikTok/ Kayleegoncalves0)

In summation to being a subordinate of the Sigma Chi fraternity, Chapin majored successful recreation, athletics and tourism management, the University of Idaho said. He lived successful the frat location astir 200 yards from the transgression scene.

Kernodle and Mogen were some portion of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and were selling majors. Goncalves, a wide studies large who would person graduated this month, belonged to Alpha Phi and had plans to determination to Austin, Texas, to prosecute her career.

University of Idaho victims Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle. (Instagram @xanakernodle)

As Fox News Digital has antecedently reported, Sigma Chi has established a memorial scholarship, and Kernodle's household partnered with the assemblage to endow a assistance successful her honor.

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Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle appeared to beryllium successful a narration based connected their societal media presences. (Instagram/@xanakernodle)

Police, who had been searching for a white Hyundai Elantra successful the case, said they recovered 1 upon Kohberger's arrest. That indicates helium drove much than 2,500 miles aft the slayings, further than Brian Laundrie aft helium fled Wyoming for Florida aft sidesplitting erstwhile fiancée Gabby Petito.

All 4 Idaho students were stabbed to death, according to Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt, apt attacked successful their sleep. 

Fox News' Matt Finn contributed to this report.