U of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger investigated in 2nd home invasion attack

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News on Dec 25, 2024

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Alleged mass-murderer Bryan Kohberger was reportedly investigated in connection with another home invasion attack that occurred not far from where he’s accused of slaying four University of Idaho students in an off-campus home.

The 29-year-old suspect was arrested at his parents' Pennsylvania home in December 2022 after four students were killed in a house where three of them had lived and a fourth was visiting overnight.

Police believe Kohberger, who attended nearby Washington State University, committed those murders in Moscow, Idaho, then later drove cross-country with his father for the holidays. A not guilty plea has been entered on his behalf.

According to ABC News, a year before those killings, police were called to a Washington state home 10 miles from Moscow where a woman said she fought off a masked intruder armed with a knife in her bedroom around 3:30 a.m.

“They flew into my closet then ran out the door and went up the stairs,” she told cops on bodycam footage obtained by the outlet.

The victim’s roommate called police, who found no evidence pointing them to any suspects. Nearly a couple weeks after Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were murdered, Kohberger reportedly became a person of interest in the Washington case.

However, the Washington home invader was said to be at least 7 inches shorter that Kohberger, who’s 6 feet tall. And Kohberger hadn’t yet been enrolled at Washington State University at the time of that incident, according to ABC News.

Despite Kohberger seemingly being ruled out as a suspect in the Washington case, an ABC News contributor suspects his defense team might use that incident to convince jurors their client isn’t the Idaho killer.

“Without a doubt, Bryan Kohberger’s defense team is going to try to raise reasonable doubt by pointing to an alternative suspect in using this alleged burglary,” said legal analyst Brian Buckmire.

That trial is scheduled to begin in August in Boise, Idaho.

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