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Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport

Pullman, Washington

T he single-prop plane makes two refueling stops, first at Willard Airport in Savoy, Illinois, then in Rapid City, South Dakota, on its journey from Pennsylvania to Pullman.

It’s pitch-dark when Bryan gets out, cuffed, but the flashes pop and media can see his distinctive features as he towers over the officers flanking him. He’s got a dark winter jacket on over his red prison clothes.

Agents load him into a black SUV and make the eight-mile drive to the Latah County jail beside the courthouse in Moscow, where they book him. Then he waits in a small cell for a lawyer and for the wheels of justice to start turning, moving him toward his eventual trial for mass murder.

As far as law enforcement knows, it’s Kohberger’s first time back in Moscow since his brief visit to King Road four hours after he allegedly committed the murders.

This time, he’s here to stay for the foreseeable future.