In a brutal, high-profile homicide case like the Moscow, Idaho murders, you can be reasonably certain that if police make an arrest, they're going to be very sure that they're getting the right guy.

If they've arrested the right man, meanwhile, then the accused will likely feel immense pressure to take a plea deal in order to avoid the death penalty.

So this is very interesting indeed:

The man accused of killing four University of Idaho students is 'shocked' by the allegations and will deny the charges as he's extradited from Pennsylvania.

Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason LaBar said Bryan Kohberger - who was arrested on Friday for the brutal stabbings of Kaylee Gonvalves, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20 and Madison Mogen, 21 - will work with police to clear his name.

'Mr. Kohberger is eager to be exonerated of these charges and looks forward to resolving these matters as promptly as possible,' LaBar told CNN.

Don't forget — Kohberger is a criminology graduate student.

I suppose that it's possible that prosecutors in this case are going to seek the death penalty no matter what, given the horrendous nature of the crimes. So maybe in this case it's understandable why a perp would want to at least try to make it out.

Still, it seems, at least for now, that the case is somewhat airtight:

Law enforcement sources told CNN that his DNA was discovered at the scene of the crime – with officers managing to track down who owned the car seen in the area of the slayings. ...

Authorities then discovered that he had left the area and traveled to Pennsylvania, where an FBI surveillance team had been tracking the 6ft tall man.

He was kept under surveillance, with the FBI watching him for four days, while investigators from Moscow Police and Idaho State Police worked to get an arrest warrant.

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