A criminology graduate student facing first-degree murder charges in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students waived his right to an extradition hearing in a Pennsylvania court on Tuesday, speeding up his transfer to Idaho where he will stand trial. Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old doctoral student and teaching assistant at Washington State University, was arrested early Friday by state police at his parents’ home in eastern Pennsylvania, authorities said. Idaho officials are now expected to arrange for Kohberger’s transport back to Idaho — a process that is generally kept secret because of security concerns. He is expected to be transferred within the next 10 days, according to officials. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. A criminology graduate student facing first-degree murder charges in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students is not expected to fight extradition at a hearing Tuesday in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested last week at his parents' home. Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old doctoral student and teaching assistant at Washington State University, was taken into custody early Friday by state police in eastern Pennsylvania, authorities said. The chief public defender in Monroe County, Pennsylvania said his client is eager to be exonerated and plans to tell a judge in Pennsylvania that he will waive his extradition hearing so he can be quickly taken to Idaho. Kohberger should be presumed innocent and "not tried in the court of public opinion,” said the public defender, Jason LaBar. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/suspect-idaho-student-murders-extradition/281-f1d1a246-0dd5-49b8-a694-c550e47c275b