Who Is Bryan Kohberger, Suspect Arrested In Four Moscow, Idaho College Murders?

On November 13, University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogan, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were stabbed to death in their off-campus home.

These were the first deaths in Moscow, Idaho in seven years.

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Authorities have now arrested Bryan Kohberger and charged him with the killings. Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody during a SWAT raid in Chestnut Hill Township, Pennsylvania.

DNA found at the scene of the murders matched that of Kohberger.

The homicide suspect was a university student himself, pursuing a doctorate in criminal justice at Washington State University. The school, located in Pullman, is not far from where the murders took place.

Earlier in the year, Kohberger received a Master of Arts at Desales University. The university acknowledged his arrest and stated that the school is “devastated by this senseless tragedy.”

During his time at Desales, Kohberger worked on odd research projects, which involved questioning a Reddit forum of former inmates. Kohberger wrote, “seeks to understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making when committing a crime.”

He asked a series of ominous questions to those who responded to his Reddit inquiry. “Did you prepare for the crime before leaving your home? What were you thinking and feeling at this point? “Why did you choose that victim or target over others?”

A motive has not yet been established for the crime, and it is unclear if Kohberger had any connection to the victims.

Kohberger had begun boxing in his senior year and had taken an interest in criminal justice with hopes of becoming a police officer.

Kohberger appeared at a Monroe County courthouse where it was ordered that he would be held without bail. He is to be extradited on January 3.

Law enforcement has come under fire for the seven weeks it took to find Kohberger, though it seems that the suspect was under the FBI’s watch for at least four days before the arrest. Chief of Moscow Police James Fry, told reporters in a statement that he stands by his investigators in withholding certain information as anything made public “might have alerted the suspect of our progress.”