>> WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 28-YEAR-OLD GRADUATE STUDENT, BRIAN KOHBERGER, ARRESTED TODAY ON FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. AND WE ARE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW LONG HE WAS IN THE SIGHTS OF AUTHORITIES. SOURCES TELL ME TONIGHT THEY WERE TRACKING HIM, WHEN HE WAS DRIVING. AND HE DROVE FROM IDAHO TO US PARENTS HOME IN PENNSYLVANIA, ARRIVING THERE IN PENNSYLVANIA AROUND CHRISTMAS. BUT THERE IS STILL MUCH WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH A FOUR PEOPLE HE IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING, IF THERE EVEN WAS A RELATIONSHIP, AND THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THEIR DEATHS. CNN'S CAMILLA BERNAL HAS MORE ON WHAT WE KNOW. >> A CALL TO THE PUBLIC, OF OFFERING THE NEED OF ANY INFORMATION REGARDING BRIAN KOHBERGER. >> WE STILL ASK FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE SENDING THINGS INTO THE TIP LINE.
>> HIS DNA AND WHITE HYUNDAI ELANTRA LINKING HIM TO THE CASE. ACCORDING TO TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES BRIEFED ON THE INVESTIGATION. BUT MORE EVIDENCE IS NEEDED FOR A SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION. >> WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO BUILD THAT PICTURE, JUST LIKE WE STAYED ALL ALONG. WE'RE PUTTING ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER AND THAT'LL HELP. >> BRIAN KOHBERGER — >> THE 28-YEAR-OLD GRADUATED IN MAY FROM DESALES UNIVERSITY IN PENNSYLVANIA, WITH A MASTERS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. >> IT'S SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DELVING INTO THE INNERMOST SANCTUM'S OF CRIMINAL THINKING WHO IS NOW ACCUSED OF A PARTICULARLY HORRIFIC CRIME. >> IN REDDIT POSTS REMOVED AFTER THE ARREST WAS MADE PUBLIC, A STUDENT INVESTIGATOR NAMED BRIAN KOHBERGER SOUGHT PARTICIPATION IN A RESEARCH PROJECT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESALES UNIVERSITY STUDY.
IT WAS TO UNDERSTAND HOW EMOTIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKING WHEN COMMITTING A CRIME. THE POST SAID THE STUDY SOUGHT TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY BEHIND YOUR MOST RECENT CRIMINAL OFFENSE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS THROUGHOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. MOST RECENTLY, IT WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY. >> I AM NOT AT ALL SURPRISED, ALTHOUGH REALLY DISHEARTENED, TO FIND OUT THAT THIS SUSPECT IS A PH.D.
STUDENT IN CRIMINOLOGY AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY. FROM THE OUTSET, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WASN'T ORGANIZED KILLER. >> HE WAS STUDYING AND LIVING IN PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, JUST A FEW MILES FROM THE CRIME SCENE. POLICE SEARCHED HIS UNIVERSE UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE FRIDAY MORNING. >> THIS IS A SMART GUY WHO'S OBSESSED WITH CRIME. >> HE WAS ARRESTED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, GIVING LAW ENFORCEMENT A CLEAR FOCUS FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION. >> THIS IS NOT AN ENDING, BUT RATHER A NEW BEGINNING. >> CAMILLA BERNAL JOINS US NOW. CAMILLA, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY ALSO RELEASED A STATEMENT TONIGHT. WHAT DID THEY SAY? >> WELL, PAMELA, THE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY, SAYING THEY ARE SHAKEN THAT THE ENTIRE — G THEY ARE SHAKEN, THAT THE ENTIRE REGION IS SHAKEN BY THIS CRIME — THAT SHE HOPES THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A HEALING PROCESS. NOW, IN TERMS OF THE INVESTIGATION, THE UNIVERSITY CONFIRMING THAT THEY HELPED, IN TERMS OF THE UNIVERSITY POLICE, EXECUTE THE SEARCH WARRANT. THERE WERE TWO OF THEM, ONE TO HIS APARTMENT, THE OTHER TO HIS OFFICE.
THEY WERE BOTH ON CAMPUS, WITH A UNIVERSITY SAYING, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. AND THEN, FINALLY, PAM, CONFIRMING THAT JUST THIS MONTH, THE SUSPECT FINISHED HIS FIRST SEMESTER. HE WAS A PH.D. STUDENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM. AND, AGAIN, HE FINISHED THAT SEMESTER JUST THIS MONTH, PAM. >> CAMILLA BERNAL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO INTERESTING. I'M JOINED NOW BY A RETIRED FBI SPECIAL AGENT AND PROFILER WHO WAS, HAS WORKED ON MANY HIGH-PROFILE INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE INVOLVING ELIZABETH SMART AND AND ACTUALLY HOLLOWAY. AS WE REPORTED THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY HAS A MASTERS DEGREE, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, YOU JUST HEARD THERE FROM KAMILA, HE FINISHED HIS SEMESTER. HE WAS STUDYING FOR HIS PH.D.. I WONDER, IS IT UNUSUAL SOMEONE ACCUSED OF A CRIME LIKE THIS TO HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND IN CRIMINALITY? WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? >> WELL, IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION, BUT IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF.
