Idaho College Murders: Investigators Examine Kohberger's Online Activity

Newly obtained court documents show police have sought information about what Bryan Kohberger was doing online before he allegedly murdered four University of Idaho students last year, ABC News reports. Investigators filed search warrant applications for the accused killer’s internet and phone activity, in addition to data from the social media accounts of the four victims, according to the records. Kohberger, 28, faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in connection with the slayings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on November 13, 2022. The victims were found stabbed to death inside an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, about 10 miles from Pullman, Washington, where Kohberger was a criminology Ph.D. student at Washington State University. The new documents show that police issued search warrant applications for Reddit, TikTok, Google, Snapchat and AT&T. Police had previously obtained data from Kohberger’s Reddit account in the spring that included private messages, location data, files and images. Kohberger’s arrest affidavit referenced a Reddit survey that he allegedly posted allegedly to better “understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision making when committing a crime,” according to ABC News. Authorities also have been able to extract voluminous information
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