The Monroe County man charged with killing four Idaho college students will return to Idaho to face murder charges.

Bryan Kohberger, 28, was arrested at his parents’ home in Indian Mountain Lakes in Chestnuthill Township on Friday in connection with the Nov. 13 murders in Moscow, Idaho.

Kohberger will be taken back to Moscow and turned over to authorities there after he waived his extradition in a hearing in the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday in county court.

Kohberger is a former Pleasant Valley High School student and later a security guard in the district.

At a news conference Tuesday in Stroudsburg after the extradition hearing, Pennsylvania State Police Major Christopher Paris said that arrangements are being made between Pennsylvania and Idaho authorities on extraditing Kohberger back to Idaho. Paris said the court ruled Tuesday that extradition must be within 10 days.

Paris said that Kohberger was taken back to the Monroe County jail after the hearing.

Kohberger, a Ph.D. student in criminology and teaching assistant at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and a felony count of burglary in connection with the deaths.

The University of Idaho students - Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho; Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls, Idaho; and Ethan Chapin, 20, of Conway, Washington - were close friends.

Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle lived in the three-story rental home with two other roommates. Kernodle and Chapin were dating and he was visiting the house the night the four were stabbed to death.

Autopsies showed all four were likely asleep when they were attacked. Some had defensive wounds and each was stabbed multiple times. There was no sign of sexual assault, police said.

Pullman is about 10 miles west of Moscow.

Kohberger was being held in Monroe County Correctional Facility without bail after his arrest on Friday. Idaho authorities said Friday that he will be held without bail in Idaho, where he will face charges in the death penalty case.

The court documents are sealed until Kohberger is arraigned in Idaho.

At Tuesday’s news conference, Monroe County First Assistant District Attorney Mike Mancuso said that three search warrants were served early Friday morning when Kohberger was picked up.

Mancuso said the warrants were for Kohberger, the white Hyundai Elantra he drove to Monroe County from Washington and the residence in Indian Mountain Lake where he was taken into custody.

Mancuso said he was surprised to learn the suspect was “from Monroe County of all places. This hit too close to home.”

He said he saw the contents of the Idaho probable cause affidavit.

“After seeing what’s in the affidavit, I believe that’s why Mr. Kohberger waived his extradition so he could get back to Idaho as quickly as he can and see what is in the documents,” Mancuso said.

After Tuesday’s hearing, Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason Labar described Kohberger as “an ordinary guy,” and said that after his extradition he would be represented by Ann Taylor, the chief public defender in Latah County, Idaho.

Paris credited Troop N Commander Norm Cramer and dozens of other law enforcement personnel for their work on the case.

In the process of taking Kohberger into custody police broke “multiple” windows and doors in the house.

“From a tactical standpoint, it was a nighttime operation,” Paris said. He added that the details of the crime were only known by seven or eight people during the surveillance period.

Details were shared as the tactical teams were moved into place to take Kohberger into custody.

Mancuso said the Monroe DA’s office will assist Idaho authorities with any part of the investigation, particularly before Kohberger went to Washington for school and after he came home for winter break.

During a news conference in Moscow on Friday, Chief James Fry of the Moscow Police Department said a murder weapon has not been found.

The case has attracted national attention, with many outlets delving into Kohberger’s background.

Kohberger earned a degree in psychology at Northampton Community College, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology and masters in criminal justice from DeSales University.

Kohberger was home for winter break from Washington State University when Pennsylvania State Police and the FBI picked him up on Friday. He had started in the doctoral program at WSU in August.

His lawyer reported that his father flew to Colorado to drive him back to Pennsylvania in a white Elantra, a clue that led police to him. The car has been impounded by police.

Kohberger’s family issued a statement Sunday through LaBar.

They offered sympathies to the families of the students. “There are no words that can adequately express the sadness we feel, and we pray each day for them,” his parents and two sisters said in the statement.

They said they have cooperated with police, but asked that justice be allowed to proceed.

“We will continue to let the legal process unfold and as a family we will love and support our son and brother. We have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote the presumption of innocence rather than judge unknown facts and make erroneous assumptions,” the statement said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.