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Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the gruesome University of Idaho murders, according to a new court filing. Kohberger is accused of stabbing to death four college students in an off-campus house on Nov. 13, 2022. Kohberger's trial is set for Oct. 2.

The brutal killings of four University of Idaho students have captured the attention of the nation as suspect Bryan Kohberger awaits his trial. But two survivors of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy warn his murders bear an eerie resemblance to the FSU sorority house killings. “There have been a lot of mass murderers, but [Kohberger] seemed to almost pick a murder that mirrored one of Bundy’s murders. Is that a coincidence? I don’t know,” survivor Karen Pryor said on Fox Nation’s “Parallels of Evil: The Bundy and Idaho Killings.”

Bryan Kohberger, who has been accused of brutally murdering four University of Idaho students, allegedly broke into the apartment of a female colleague and moved items around as part of an elaborate ploy to manipulate her, according to NBC’s “Dateline.” The 28-year-old Kohberger befriended the co-ed at Washington State University just months before the brutal November murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, the outlet reported. Kohberger broke into the woman’s apartment and jostled things around — but didn’t take anything.

Newly released bodycam footage shows accused killer Bryan Kohberger quibbling with a Washington State University Police officer during a traffic stop about a month before he allegedly slaughtered four University of Idaho students. The October 2022 traffic stop was released by WSU police on Thursday along with a number of previously sealed documents offering a new glimpse into the life of the alleged quadruple murderer. The video, obtained by Fox News, shows a female police officer approach Kohberger’s driver side of his white Hyundai Elantra and tell him that he ran a red light.

Bryan Kohberger’s two sisters were fired from their jobs over their familial relationship with their alleged killer brother, according to a report. Melissa and Amanda Kohberger were canned in the months after their brother’s arrest for the quadruple slayings of four University of Idaho students last year, NewsNation reported. “Both of Kohberger’s parents are retired and I’m told the family is in very, very bad shape financially right now especially because the sisters are now unemployed,” anchor Dan Abrams said Monday. Kohberger was given a television inside his private cell and has the freedom to choose what he watches.

Accused Idaho murderer Bryan Kohberger could face a firing squad if he is found guilty for the quadruple homicide of four college students last year. Lawyers are believed to be gearing up for the possibility of a death penalty trial for the 28-year-old criminal justice major - who remains the only suspect Prosecutors haven't yet indicated whether they intend to pursue the death penalty for Kohberger, although it seems likely they will, given the gravity of his alleged crimes. Rep. Bruce Skaug has introduced a bill that would once again allow for execution by firing squad in the state, as...

A single Kentucky mother posted dozens of lengthy, diary-like posts where she professes her love for Bryan Kohberger, claims to have sent him letters and pictures of herself, and calls the quadruple murder suspect her "divine masculine." The woman, who goes by Brittney J. Hislope on Facebook and claims to have a 16-year-old son, has written about her feelings for Kohberger nearly every day, sometimes multiple times a day since early January. "I know that the last I had heard weeks ago is that Bryan is being kept isolated from other inmates, and so I know that we do both...

Up until taking his case, Bryan Kohberger’s court-appointed public defender was actively representing a parent of one of the four Moscow stabbing victims her client is accused of killing, court records show. Anne Taylor, chief of the Kootenai County Public Defender’s Office, filed an attorney withdrawal notice in Kootenai County Court for the parent on Jan. 5 — the same day Kohberger made his first court appearance in Idaho in Latah County. The parent previously was sentenced on unrelated misdemeanor charges. In that case, as well as another where the parent faces two felony charges, the public defender’s office withdrew...

The use of DNA to arrest Bryan Kohberger for the murder of four college students in Idaho reminds me that it's time to bring the death penalty back in a big way. Notwithstanding the absence of a single example, the possibility of executing the "wrong man" has been the left's main line against the death penalty for decades. It's the only argument that has ever lessened Americans' support for capital punishment. Well, guess what? Thanks to the miracle of DNA, now there's no risk! The murderer can usually be identified with greater than 99.99% accuracy. Good news, right? Nope! As...

Two weeks before the slayings of four University of Idaho students last November, the man now accused of killing them sent a series of messages to one of the victims on Instagram, an investigator familiar with the case tells PEOPLE.

Bryan Kohberger appeared in court Thursday morning for a status conference, and his next court date, a preliminary hearing, was set for June 26. The preliminary hearing, when both sides will have the chance to provide evidence and call witnesses to the stand, will last about five days and decide whether there is reasonable cause. In court, Kohberger, 28, waived his right to a speedy probable cause hearing within 14 days. A public defender, Anne Taylor, said that they needed time to review the details for the case. The Washington State University criminology student is being charged with four counts...

Video at https://www.tiktok.com/@yellllyahhhh/video/7186258164529007918Hayley Willette says she had not been closely following the latest developments in the case of the four University of Idaho students who were murdered inside their campus home when she came across a news article last week about the grisly crime. As Willette was reading the story in a small Pennsylvania news outlet, detailing the scene where Bryan Kohberger had been arrested on Dec. 30, the 26-year-old OB/GYN nurse stumbled upon the suspect’s mugshot. That’s when she says she realized that Kohberger was the same man she went on an uncomfortable December 2015 Tinder date with when...

Did the Idaho quadruple murder suspect discuss the gruesome stabbings in a Facebook chat group before his arrest? Bryan Kohberger, 28, is accused of fatally stabbing 20-year-old Ethan Chapin of Conway, Washington; 21-year-old Madison Mogen of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; 20-year-old Xana Kernodle of Avondale, Arizona; and 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves of Rathdrum, Idaho on November 13. A motive for the murders is still not known. Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer weighed in on a suspicious Facebook page named “Pappa Rodger” that many believe could belong to Bryan Kohberger. “Pappa Rodger” was a member of a University of Idaho Murders-Case Discussion chat...

A knife sheath discovered next to one of the four Idaho students killed in November had DNA on it that matched DNA found on trash from the home of the criminology graduate student charged in the stabbings, investigators allege in court records released Thursday. Additionally, a phone registered to that man, Bryan Kohberger, was near the victims’ home at least 12 times between June and the day of the killings, according to an affidavit of probable cause. One of the surviving housemates saw a man dressed in black and wearing a mask leaving the home around 4 a.m. that day,...

The warden of the Pennsylvania jail where Bryan Kohberger has been held described the accused killer’s time behind bars as “uneventful” — denying reports that the suspect taunted jail guards. Kohlberger, who is accused of murder in the killing of four University of Idaho students, was housed at the Monroe County Correctional Facility alone on suicide watch as a high-security inmate, Warden Garry Haidle told the Idaho Statesman. The warden also denied a report from the Daily Mail, which quoted a fellow inmate who claimed that Kohberger taunted guards, tried to expose himself and sang violent rap songs.

An Idaho judge issued a GAG ORDER Tuesday blocking investigators and attorneys on both sides from discussing the murder case against Bryan Kohberger, the Pennsylvania man accused of killing four college students in November. On January 3, Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall issued a nondissemination order in regard to the murder case against Bryan Kohberger," Moscow police said. "The order PROHIBITS any COMMUNICATION by investigators, law enforcement personnel, attorneys, and agents of the prosecuting attorney or defense attorney concerning this case." The department said it would "no longer be communicating with the public or the media" regarding the high-profile...

New footage has been released by the Indiana State Police of US murder suspect Bryan Kohberger being pulled over during a road trip.... ...It’s understood the PhD student made the 4000km trip home with his dad by car, and according to his public defender, he was pulled over twice along the way. Jason LaBar, the Pennsylvania defence lawyer in Mr Kohberger’s extradition case, said the suspect’s dad flew into Spokane, Washington, before driving down to Pullman, Washington, in a pre-planned trip ahead of the holidays. Pullman sits just over the state border from Idaho – just 15km from Moscow....

STROUDSBURG, Pa. - The man charged with killing four Idaho college students will have his extradition hearing in a Monroe County courtroom Tuesday. That's the first step in getting more answers, since the affidavit detailing what led law enforcement to Bryan Kohberger is sealed until he's back in Idaho. He was arrested Friday in the Poconos and has connections to the Lehigh Valley, too. Tuesday at 3:30 p.m., Kohberger is scheduled to be inside the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg. His attorney Jason LaBar says he plans on waiving his extradition hearing to speed up the process of getting him...

Jack Posobiec ✝️🇻🇦 @JackPosobiec Bryan Kohberger was studying under the same professor who helped the BTK killer write his autobiography 8:41 PM · Jan 1, 2023

Police said they began tracking and surveilling Kohberger around Christmas and stayed on him for four days when they spotted the white Hyundai Elantra they believed was connected to the murders. Investigators said Kohberger drove cross-country in the car to his parents home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania. His car was confirmed to be at the Pennsylvania home, and officials worked quickly to obtain a warrant for his arrest, law enforcement sources told CNN. Along with the surprised bar owner, students who attended Washington State University with Kohberger said they were shocked to learn that the quiet man in their classroom was...