Well, that is an eerie new element concerning the suspect within the University of Idaho murders…
As we’ve reported, 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger was arrested on 4 counts of first-degree homicide and one in all felony housebreaking in Pennsylvania on Friday morning for the murders of Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves. Information surrounding the arrest is proscribed, although legislation enforcement sources instructed CNN police linked Bryan to the crime after discovering his DNA on the crime scene and traced the possession of the white Hyundai Elantra noticed close to the crime scene to the suspect.
We additionally know Kohberger was a Ph.D. pupil within the criminology division at Washington State University in Pullman — which is fifteen minutes away from the off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho, the place the 4 college students had been discovered stabbed to demise final month.
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It’s the criminology research which have supplied the one potential perception into the planning of the murders. In the hours after Kohberger’s arrest, a number of retailers discovered that months earlier than the victims’ deaths, the suspect apparently requested on Reddit for assist from criminals on a college analysis undertaking — about how they picked their victims and carried out the crimes!
In the since-deleted publish, Bryan — underneath the username Criminology_Student — requested them to conduct an nameless survey about their experiences, saying:
“Hello, my name is Bryan and I am inviting you to participate in a research project that seeks to understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making when committing a crime. In particular, this study seeks to understand the story behind your most recent criminal offense, with an emphasis on your thoughts and feelings throughout your experience.”
The analysis questions included:
“Did you prepare for the crime before leaving your home?”
“Why did you choose that victim or target over others?”
“What was the first move you made to accomplish your goal?”
“After committing the crime, what were you thinking and feeling?”
He additionally requested how the ex-convicts would “leave the scene” and if that they had an confederate. In retrospect all these questions appear much less like homework and extra like asking for recommendation.
The publish famous that the “student investigator” conducting the examine was Bryan Kohberger and authorized by the “DeSales University IRB.” Since the arrest, the college confirmed Bryan acquired a bachelor’s diploma, saying in an announcement on its web site:
“On Friday, December 30, DeSales University learned of the arrest of Bryan Kohberger in connection with the murder of four University of Idaho students. Kohberger received a bachelor’s degree in 2020 and completed his graduate studies in June 2022. As a Catholic, Salesian community, we are devastated by this senseless tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims’ families during this difficult time.”
Wow… This has all turn into past chilling on condition that Bryan was simply taken into custody for a quadruple murder. Reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know within the feedback under.
[Image via Monroe County Correctional Facility, Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram]
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