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Person of interest linked to University of Idaho slayings taken into custody

Details of the apprehension in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, were expected to be revealed in news conference on Friday.

FILE - Two people place flowers at a growing memorial in front of a campus entrance sign for the University of Idaho on Nov. 16, 2022, in Moscow, Idaho. In a normal year, University of Idaho students would be bustling between the classes and the library, cramming for finals and looking forward to winter break. But on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, a little less than half the students appear to have switched to online classes after four of their classmates were brutally murdered. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) (Ted S. Warren, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A person of interest, linked to the slayings of four University of Idaho students, has been taken into custody in Pennsylvania, law enforcement sources said Friday.

Police in Moscow, Idaho, have scheduled a news conference for 1 p.m. PT, where it is expected they will reveal more details about the November murders that stunned the small college town.

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The apprehension was made in Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania, law enforcement sources told NBC News.

Read this story in its entirety on nbcnews.com.


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