Idaho Murders Update: Suspect Got A New License Plate Days After Killings

Bryan Kohberger, the accused of killing four Idaho university students in November last year, had received a new license plate for his white Hyundai Elantra five days after the murders.

CNN received a redacted copy of Kohberger's vehicle record from the Washington State Department of Licensing, showing the license plate number matched what was provided as the new license plate in court documents.

According to the vehicle record, Kohberger registered his Hyundai vehicle in Washington on Nov. 18, five days after he allegedly stabbed to death four University of Idaho students in an off-campus apartment house in Moscow, Idaho.

The document also showed that Kohberger received the new license plate on Dec. 5.

Fox News reported that the new license plate was seen in the police bodycam footage when Kohberger's vehicle was pulled over in Indiana during his cross-country trip with his father back to Pennsylvania.

The plate was also captured by a license plate reader in Loma, Colorado, on Dec. 13, according to the affidavit filed by the Moscow police in Idaho.

Moscow police narrated in their newly-disclosed affidavit of probable cause detailing how they had discovered Kohberger's vehicle.

On Nov. 25, Moscow police issued an alert for authorities to look for a white Hyundai Elantra, which was spotted near the crime scene.

Four days later, a police officer at Washington State University discovered Kohberger's Hyundai vehicle bearing a Pennsylvania plate.

A different WSU police officer also found the suspect's vehicle in a Pullman parking lot about 10 miles from the crime scene.

Police affidavit revealed that the WSU police officer who discovered Kohberger's car in the parking lot "ran the car" and returned it to the suspect with a Washington plate.

The suspect's vehicle was seized by authorities on Dec. 30 after Kohberger was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police in his parents' home in Albrightsville.

On Wednesday, Kohberger was extradited to Idaho to face four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary after he was accused of killing Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.

Kohberger, currently detained in Latah County Jail in Moscow, Idaho, made his initial court appearance on Thursday.