After giving up his right to an extradition hearing the day before, a criminology graduate student accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November is no longer being detained in a Pennsylvania jail as of Wednesday morning.

In order to expedite his transportation to Idaho to face trial, Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old PhD candidate and teaching assistant at Washington State University, renounced his right to an extradition hearing in a Pennsylvania court on Tuesday.

According to a jail official, Kohberger was released from the Monroe County, Pennsylvania jail at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday. The jail official reported that he left on a plane on Wednesday morning.

During the weeks that investigators appeared to be baffled by the inexplicable and horrific stabbings on November 13, University of Idaho students and the local community lived in fear.

However, after looking for a white vehicle observed close to the time of the killings and examining DNA evidence at the scene, Idaho police seemed to make progress.

According to the investigators, they are still searching for a murder weapon and a reason for the crimes. After Kohberger arrives in Idaho and an affidavit is unsealed, further information regarding the case is anticipated to be made public.

But since an Idaho magistrate judge on Tuesday evening issued a so-called gag order prohibiting officials from speaking publicly about many aspects of the case outside of court, lawyers, law enforcement officers, and other parties involved in the case won’t be able to discuss the affidavit or other court documents.

When a judge believes that pretrial publicity may hinder a defendant from receiving a fair trial, they may issue the orders.

Kohberger admitted to being charged with four counts of first-degree murder as well as a burglary charge during a brief hearing on Tuesday in a Pennsylvania courthouse while wearing a red jumpsuit and having his wrists chained in front of him.