Bryan Kohberger's Professors Discussed Staging ‘Intervention' After He ‘Offended' Female Students: Report
Kohberger, 30, who was a criminal justice student at Washington State University, allegedly 'offended' several 'female students' at the school, causing two professors to discuss via text message whether they should 'do an intervention' with him.
WSU police chief Gary Jenkins also recalled hearing about a 'situation where Kohberger had followed a student out to her car, like trying to flirt with her, and she reported it to someone in the criminal justice department,' in Prime Video's One Night in Idaho: The College Murders documentary.
Prior to his time at WSU, Kohberger earned his master's degree in criminal justice at DeSales University in Pennsylvania. A former classmate named Brittany Slaven recalled that the future killer took an interest in studying the case of mass murderer Elliot Rodger, who was a part of the 'incel' or involuntary celibate community online.
In 2014, Rodger murdered his roommates before opening fire outside of a sorority house near the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Rodger's manifesto revealed that he'd planned a 'Day of Retribution' to 'exact revenge' on those who had 'denied' him sexual intimacy and love. He also noted that he intended on targeting a sorority house that included 'the kind of girls I've always desired but was never able to have.'
Slaven said in the documentary that Kohberger was 'interested in a lot of things that we learned, but he did have more of an interest in Elliot Rodger.'
'I talked to other girls in the class, where we were all bothered by what Elliot Rodger did,' she added. 'But Bryan did not seem bothered.'
As the National Enquirer previously reported, roommates Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were found dead in their shared home in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, 2022. Kohberger was not arrested until late December of that year, but according to Idaho State Police Lt. Darren Gilbertson, his behavior changed in the days after the murders.
'He stops using his debit card, his credit cards. He starts only using cash,' Gilbertson pointed, per CNN. '[In] video and surveillance that we would collect and pick up after that, he's often wearing gloves.'
It's also been reported that Kohberger erased data on his electronics. Investigators were unable to find pictures or texts on his devices that could serve as evidence of a link to the four victims or their roommates.
While there are many theories, it is still unclear why Kohberger targeted them.
Earlier this year, the 30-year-old accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole on July 23. He declined to speak out in court on the murders at his sentencing hearing.
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