Bryan Kohberger is trying to make some new friends from behind bars.
Kohberger — the Pennsylvania man who is serving life in prison for brutally killing four University of Idaho students back in 2022 — has allegedly been contacting other well-known murderers across the country, looking to strike up a relationship.
Retired homicide detective Chris McDonough claimed that Kohberger, 31, has “tried reaching out to other serial killers” from his cell while speaking to Fox News on Saturday, December 6. However, he did not provide details about who exactly Kohberger’s tried buddying up to.
McDonough, citing inside sources, also did not say whether the one-sided communications are being sent through snail mail or email. “I don’t know whether any relationships have formed,” the retired detective offered.
All inmate communications are monitored by prison officials.
“Both inside and outside — he’s trying to communicate with people outside the walls,” McDonough added.
Kohberger is being held at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna.
The admitted killer has been asking corrections officials to move him to a different prison block since the summer, soon after receiving his four lifelong sentences.
Kohberger “sees himself above everyone around him,” McDonough claimed.
The other inmates relentlessly taunt and threaten Kohberger, McDonough explained, prompting his repeated pleas for relocation. He has even threatened to harm himself, according to reports.
The former Washington University grad student fatally stabbed University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin on November 13, 2022, after slipping into their off-campus house in Moscow under cover of darkness.
Authorities have said “it was obvious an intense struggle had occurred” in the home between Kernodle, 20, and Kohberger based on the “defensive knife wounds” on her hands. Her body was discovered with more than 50 stab wounds on the floor of her bedroom.
Chapin, 20, was found dead in Kernodle’s bed, the documents reveal, noting that he had “stab wounds” and was “covered in blood.”
Idaho prison officials responded to convicted murderer Bryan Kohberger‘s complaints of being bullied in prison. “We are aware of Kohberger’s complaints about what he considers taunting,” an Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) spokesperson told People on Friday, August 15. “Incarcerated individuals commonly communicate with each other in prison.” The Idaho Department of Corrections clarified that […]
Mogen and Goncalves, both 21, were found dead in the same bed, the Moscow Police Department documents revealed. Mogen had wounds to her arms, hands and face, and Goncalves was “unrecognizable” due to the “damage” to her face. Her body had more than 20 stab wounds.
Kohberger, a vegan, has also been complaining about the prison food.
The bananas they serve are “not the kind that he likes,” McDonough told the Daily Mail back in November. “I’m not sure if that means they may have bruises on them, and he doesn’t like that or if there is a particular type of banana that he likes. You can’t make this stuff up, right? The guy is a quadruple killer and he’s complaining about his bananas not being the type that he likes.”
Us Weekly has been unable to independently verify McDonough’s claims.
Police said Kohberger used a Ka-Bar knife and “a lot of force” to commit the quadruple murder. While investigators have never recovered the murder weapon, a knife sheath recovered from the crime scene was tested for touch DNA, leading police right to Kohberger.
Back in July, Kohberger accepted a surprise plea deal mere weeks before the start of his highly anticipated trial.
Under the terms of the deal, Kohberger was spared a possible death sentence, enraging the victims’ families, who contend they were never consulted about the deal ahead of time.
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