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Bryan Kohberger is glaring at Idaho victims families like a 'FASCINATED HAWK', disturbed body language expert says

Bryan Kohberger is glaring at Idaho victims families like a 'FASCINATED HAWK', disturbed body language expert says

Daily Mail​23-07-2025
stared coldly at the families of his victims and even appeared 'relaxed' as they shared their grief at his sentencing on Wednesday, a body language expert says.
The quadruple killer sat in an orange jumpsuit and was the only person in the courtroom unmoved by harrowing victim impact statements.
'The raw grief and distress displayed by the relatives of the victims was an impossible watch for almost everyone in the courtroom, apart from, emphatically and remarkably, Kohnberger,' body language expert Judy James told Daily Mail.
'Sitting looking relaxed in his chair with his elbows splayed out on the arm of the chair in a gesture of confidence and desired visibility, the opposite body language ritual of a desire to hide, which would include crossed arms, self-diminishing behaviors and eye cut-offs, he appeared to listen with what looked like a detached but forensic interest.
'Kohberger's eyes watched the relatives like a fascinated hawk. His eyes appeared to soak up every sob and every signal of distress.'
It comes as the surviving roommates from Kohberger's rampage that killed four of their friends issued gut-wrenching statements during his sentencing hearing.
Dylan Mortensen sobbed as she addressed the 30-year-old killer, and described him as 'less than human.'
James continued: 'There was no flinching or glancing away here, apart from during the end of one address and the start of another, when he tilted his chair forward and looked down, returning with the same cold stare once the next person started to speak.
'Bizarrely Kohberger seemed to be performing micro-nods in some places as though agreeing with the points being made, like one mention of a relative suffering from anxiety and grief from the tragedy.
'It looked like a mimicry of empathy that might have come from anyone but him in that moment
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