A suspect in his mid-20s has been arrested in connection with the murder of four University of Idaho students a month ago.

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The man was arrested by officers several hundred miles from Idaho, Pennsylvania, NBC News confirmed via a law enforcement source.

Authorities plan to confirm developments in this troubling case during a press briefing this afternoon.

The suspect was apprehended Thursday night in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Kaylee Gonclaves, all in their twenties, were killed on November 13.

Local authorities said they were killed inside their apartment.

Several FBI agents had accompanied the local police force from Moscow, Idaho, to conduct the investigation.