Bryan Kohberger Was Investigated For A Break-in Involving A Masked Intruder In Washington

The man who confessed to fatally stabbing 4 University of Idaho students astir 3 years ago was investigated for an earlier break-in that progressive a knife-wielding intruder wearing a skis mask, records show.

The 2021 break-in was astatine a location successful Pullman, Washington, conscionable crossed nan authorities statement from Moscow, Idaho, wherever Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were recovered stabbed to decease astatine an off-campus location connected Nov. 13, 2022, according to records obtained from nan Pullman Police Department.

No 1 was injured successful nan break-in and a witnesser told authorities that nan personification fled aft she kicked them successful nan stomach, nan records show.

Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded blameworthy to nan University of Idaho murders past period and is serving a situation condemnation of life without nan anticipation of parole, has not been accused successful nan break-in and it’s unclear if location person been immoderate arrests.

The records show that authorities investigated a neighbour but did not person probable origin to return him into custody. Pullman’s constabulary main did not respond to a petition for remark Tuesday.

Authorities successful Pullman began investigating Kohberger, 30, aft his apprehension successful nan quadruple homicide successful December 2022, nan records show.

He moved to Pullman to arsenic a doctoral student successful Washington State University’s criminology programme successful June 2022, little than a twelvemonth aft nan Oct. 10, 2021 break-in.

Even though Kohberger did not yet unrecorded successful Pullman, nan records show that nan department’s main — past a commandant — tasked a sergeant pinch looking into whether Kohberger could person been successful nan area astatine nan clip for an on-campus arena for prospective postgraduate students.

A supplemental study authored by nan sergeant notes that successful nan University of Idaho case, nan slayer utilized a weapon and was said to person worn a skis disguise wrong nan off-campus home.

According to an affidavit successful support of a hunt warrant successful nan Pullman case, authorities arrived astatine nan location conscionable earlier 3:30 a.m. A female told constabulary that she awoke to a personification wearing a burgundy skis disguise opening her chamber door. The personification was holding a weapon and approached her bed.

She kicked nan intruder successful nan stomach, according to nan affidavit, and nan personification fell backward, past fled.

The affidavit does not place nan intruder's gender and nan female described nan person’s tallness arsenic betwixt 5 feet, 3 inches and 5 feet, 5 inches. In nan University of Idaho case, a surviving roommate who saw nan masked intruder later identified arsenic Kohberger said nan man she saw appeared to beryllium 5 feet, 10 inches, according to an affidavit successful support of an apprehension warrant successful that case.

In Pullman, nan sergeant deemed nan lawsuit “inactive” aft a coordinator for nan school’s criminology section told him location were nary recruitment events astatine nan clip of nan break-in and nan schoolhouse was unaware of immoderate visits from Kohberger.