New horrifying revelations reveal that Bryan Kohberger was a “creepy” loner who went from being “perpetually fatigued” to oddly “chatty” after allegedly murdering four college students in Idaho.
Kohberger, 28, was arrested on Friday in his hometown of Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, approximately seven weeks after the deaths of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.
Former friends, acquaintances, and neighbors have come forward since his arrest to portray a horrific portrait of the alleged murderer.
Here is what we currently know about Kohberger:
Bryan Kohberger is depicted in a photo obtained by police following his arrest.
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A adolescent metamorphosis
Kohberger grew up in the Poconos with his parents and sister, and his later teenage years were marked by profound upheavals.
At Pleasant Valley High School, the suspect was apparently known as an uncomfortable “creep” and “outcast” who repulsed girls and battled a heroin addiction.
“Bryan and I were in the same grade,” Deja Mann, now 27 years old, told The Post. “He didn’t have many pals.
“If he flirted with a girl or did anything flirtatious, they would get a strange feeling in their gut. “I felt the same way toward him,” she added. I attempted to maintain a safe distance from him due to my creepy vibes.
Mann stated that Kohberger’s mother, a paraprofessional, assisted her in class and “never mentioned Bryan.
“I feel terrible for her and Bryan’s family right now; they did not deserve this,” stated Mann.
Former students recalled that Kohberger was grossly obese when he first entered school. The following year, when he returned to school for his final year, he was extremely skinny.
“When I first saw him, I believed he was a new student. Dominique Clark, who attended elementary and high school with Kohberger, told The Post that he was so overweight and dropped so much weight that he nearly appeared ill or obsessed.
When Kohberger had been overweight, he was bullied. They claimed that when he lost weight, he switched from victim to aggressor.
Former student Ashley Korkmaz, who was two years ahead of Kohberger in school, told The Post, “There were a lot of bullies at Pleasant Valley in general, and a lot of students were bullied.”
“Bryan simply wanted to blend in with the cool kids,” claimed 29-year-old Korkmaz.
“I don’t want to say he was odd, but he lacked social skills and was unable to establish friends…. He was just weird.”
In a series of videos posted after Kohberger’s arrest, former pupil Casey Amtz described the suspect as a “major heroin user in high school”; a separate classmate repeated this claim to Fox News.
Amtz stated that he was sober as of 2017.
“It was great to see him clean up,” she remarked, adding that he claimed to have been working security at a school at the time.
Recently, Kohberger returned to his former high school to work part-time as a security guard.
His criminal justice history
In 2018, Kohberger obtained a degree in psychology from Northampton Community College.
He earned a master’s degree in criminal justice from DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, in 2022. Following his arrest, the university claimed that it is “devastated by this senseless murder,” while a former professor praised her now-famous former student.
Michelle Bolger, 33, associate professor at DeSales, remarked, “He was one of my best pupils ever.”
Bolger stated that she was astounded by Kohberger’s bust.
She stated, “In my ten years of teaching, I have only suggested two students to Ph.D. programs, and he was one of them.”
Kohberger left DeSales in August to pursue a doctorate in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University Pullman.
Final shot of the victims, from left to right: Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, and Xana Kernodle, 20.
A solitary who never slept
Kohberger appeared to have a promising criminology career, but he also appeared to be an antisocial student who kept odd hours.
“It appeared as though he never slept since he was always doing something all night,” his downstairs neighbor in school-provided accommodation stated.
The resident told The Post, “He is typically a pretty late-night person, going to the bathroom and vacuuming at 1… in the morning.”
The neighbor, who requested anonymity, stated that Kohberger was nearly always alone. Once, she was able to hear a woman in his apartment through the walls, although she claimed that occurrence was quite rare.
Kohberger lived in accommodation reserved for graduate students
One of his students also observed that Kohberger appeared to be sleepless.
Benjamin Roberts, a fellow graduate student at Washington State University in Pullman, told NewsNation, “I did note he was often a bit late to class, he usually had a cup of coffee in his hand, and he always seemed to be chronically exhausted.”
Bryan Kohberger’s yearbook photograph
Beautiful Valley
“Bryan appeared to be teetering on the brink between tiredness and fatigue, and it was impossible to distinguish between the two at the time,” Roberts added.
A classmate of the suspect described him as awkward and pompous.
Roberts stated, “He had to make certain you knew he was intelligent and had this intellectual capacity.”
Roberts also observed a disturbing change following the 13th of November murder: “He seemed to become a bit more talkative as the semester progressed.”
A classmate remarked, however, that Kohberger remained silent for at least one moment of significance following the murders.
BK Norton, a student, told The Post that when the triple homicide was discussed in class, Kohberger remained “silent and expressionless.”
Norton stated of Kohberger, “I do not believe he had any reaction.” “We had a lengthy discussion about it in class as well. I don’t recall his commenting at all on the matter.”
Also creepy sensations outside the school
An proprietor of a brewery in Pennsylvania stated that the alleged killer would harass women at his establishment.
Until he started drinking, Kohberger sat alone “observing and studying” other patrons at Seven Sirens Brewing Company, owner Jordan Serulneck, 34, told NBC News.
The personnel was concerned enough about his conduct to document it in the company’s system.
“Staff wrote in: ‘Hey, this person makes disturbing remarks; keep an eye on him.’ “After two or three beers, he becomes a little too comfortable,” Serulneck explained.
According to the proprietor, Kohberger would ask female employees and clients who they were with and where they resided. If the women were uninterested, “he would get a little irritated with them.”
Seruneck reported that he was compelled to approach Kohberger after he referred to one employee as a “bitch” after she did not answer his weird questions.
“I approached him and said, ‘Hey Bryan… I just wanted to make sure that you’ll be respectful this time and that we won’t have any problems,’” the business owner recalled. “He was astonished by my statement and responded, ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about. You have me completely bewildered.’”
According to the bar’s proprietor, Kohberger never returned after that.
A mostly supportive family
Kohberger’s closest relatives have supported him despite being accused of such horrible crimes.
“We have completely cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an effort to uncover the truth and promote his presumption of innocence,” his family stated in a statement posted on Sunday.
Kohberger appeared to have a tight relationship with his father, who travelled to Spokane, Washington, in December — following the November 13 murders — to meet up with his son before driving more than 2,500 miles back to Pennsylvania.
His ex-aunt, who divorced and left the family, is the only other family member to have spoken about him. She stated that he has “very unusual” eating habits.
“It went beyond being vegan,” the aunt, who declined to be identified, stated.
“His aunt and uncle had to purchase new cookware since he refused to consume anything that had previously been used to prepare meat. “He appeared to have obsessive-compulsive disorder.”
According to his court-appointed attorney, Kohberger is likely to enter a not guilty plea in the quadruple murder case.
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