Newly disclosed documents reveal that Bryan Kohberger, before being apprehended, shared with fellow criminology students that he considered his murders of four students as possibly just “a one and done type of thing.”
One of Kohberger’s classmates, a graduate student at Washington State University, informed detectives about his demeanor following the November 2022 murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and Madison Mogen.
The documents, released after Kohberger’s guilty plea last month, detail how he briefly mentioned the murders in class discussions as they dominated national news while authorities continued their search for the perpetrator.
As well as speculating on whether the killer was ‘one and done’, Kohberger also described the slayings as ‘horrible’, his fellow students said.
Additionally, the documents highlight Kohberger’s unusual conduct prior to the killings, noting his frequent conflicts with classmates and staff and multiple reports of troubling behavior.
This included a professor having to escort a female student to her car because Kohberger’s ‘behavior was of concern’ and she was afraid of him.
Washington State University received more than a dozen complaints about Kohberger, who was pursuing his PhD and teaching criminology courses, primarily concerning “inappropriate behavior.”
Classmates became uneasy with the future killer’s obsession with murder, telling investigators that he regularly showed interest in “the emotions of what it felt like when committing a crime.”
Bryan Kohberger told his fellow criminology students that he believed his murders of four students may have been a ‘one and done type of thing’ before he was caught, newly released documents reveal
Left to right: Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen (on Kaylee’s shoulders) Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle
Among the most chilling excerpts from the newly released documents came from a professor who taught Kohberger, who told other faculty members that she was afraid of the graduate’s growing potential for criminality.
In a note to faculty members, the unnamed professor wrote: ‘Kohberger is smart enough that in four years, we will have to give him a PhD.
‘Mark my word, I work with predators, if we give him a PhD, that’s the guy that in many years when he is a professor, we will hear is harassing, stalking, and sexually abusing.’
The ominous prediction came as Kohberger was preparing to butcher the four students, and victim Kaylee Goncalves may have even crossed paths with the predator as he stalked her in the area, the documents revealed.
Goncalves had told her roommates of several chilling moments in the lead up to the murders, including believing she spotted someone staring at her from the tree line outside their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.
In another incident, Goncalves said that a man followed her to her car in the parking lot at a grocery store in the town, then tried to open her door when she got in her car.
Goncalves also said that someone broke into her parked car and moved some of her personal items, including moving her suitcase onto the street and stealing her underwear.
Kohberger, pictured after his arrest in December 2022, was hit with over a dozen complaints about his behavior while at Washington State University, which saw professor having to escort a female student to her car because Kohberger’s ‘behavior was of concern’
The newly released documents also claim Kohberger also called out 21-year-old Goncalves’ name during the quadruple bloodbath at his victims’ student house in Moscow. She is pictured (right) alongside victim and roommate Madison Mogen (left)
The documents claim Kohberger also called out 21-year-old Goncalves’ name during the quadruple bloodbath at his victims’ student house in Moscow.
Surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen told detectives that when she was awoken by commotion in the home during the horrific murders, she ‘opened her room door and heard a male say: “It’s OK Kaylee. I’m here for you”.’
Mortensen said that a short time later, she ‘opened her door again and saw someone approximately 5’10” tall, dressed in black with a ski mask, standing in the kitchen’, per the documents.
The detail suggests that Kohberger knew who Goncalves was and where she lived, suggesting a possible motive for the killings. Kohberger has refused to speak about why he did it.
As the documents were revealed by Idaho authorities, chilling footage also emerged online this week showing Kohberger pacing around his cramped prison cell.
Bryan Kohberger is seen pacing his cell in newly-revealed surveillance camera footage
The 30-year-old former criminology student was seen in leaked video shining his shoes and carefully placing items on a grim wire shelf inside his punishment chamber.
His hands looked notably red – which may be a result of the murderer’s rumored compulsive handwashing habit.
It is unclear when and where the security video was taken, although a Daily Mail analysis of Kohberger’s features suggests it may have been filmed recently.
Kohberger faces a lifetime in his cell with just one hour a day outside in a cage.
