BRYAN Kohberger kept bizarre mementoes from women he knew before he murdered four Idaho students, according to prosecutors.
New footage released by authorities show the stone-faced killer just moments after being arrested as he now faces four life sentences.
Bryan Kohberger seen moments after arrest in newly released photo, Bryan Kohberger has been sentenced to four life sentences plus 10 years.[/caption]
Bryan Kohberger, 30, arrives at the Ada County Courthouse during his sentencing hearing in Boise, Idaho on July 23, 2025[/caption]
University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle were killed in an off-campus home on November 13, 2022[/caption]
Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson revealed that Kohberger had “ID-type cards” belonging to two women he had known years before the murders.
One of the IDs belonged to an unidentified woman who worked with Kohberger at the Pleasant Valley School District.
The convicted killer was a security guard for the school district from 2016 through 2021.
Both women stated they were “surprised” to learn that Kohberger had their IDs, but neither said they were ever harmed or threatened by him, according to prosecutors.
It is also not clear how Kohberger obtained the IDs – or what he planned to do with them.
Kohberger, 30, was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences in prison for the murders of Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, and Ethan Chapin.
Judge Steven Hippler wiped away tears as he announced the sentence for Kohberger, 30, after an emotional hearing where the victims’ family and friends shared devastating impact statements.
The judge called Kohberger the “worst of the worst” because he never showed remorse for killing the innocent students while acting as a “faceless coward.”
The killer sat still and emotionless in an orange jumpsuit during the hearing as families recounted the tragedy’s traumatic aftermath and ripped into him with raging insults during their impact statements.
Kohberger is currently being housed in the “J” block of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, according to ABC News.
A newly released picture shows Kohberger just moments after he was arrested.
The photo shows the now-convicted killer staring at the camera, wearing black shorts and a hooded sweatshirt with his hands behind his back.
Cops said he appeared to be collecting garbage with gloves on when the arrest occurred.
Despite all the evidence collected by investigators and Bryan Kohberger‘s plea agreement with prosecutors, authorities are still unclear about a motive behind the brutal murders.
“We don’t know who the target was, and we’re not going to speculate on that up here today, but we can tell you that for whatever reason Mr. Kohberger chose that residence,” Moscow Police Captain Brett Payne told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday.
As part of his plea deal with prosecutors, Kohberger was not forced to give a reason or disclose a motive for why he committed the killings.
University of Idaho murders timeline
On November 13, 2022, a brutal home invasion claimed the lives of four University of Idaho students.
Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were stabbed to death in a Moscow, Idaho, off-campus home.
A six-week manhunt ensued as cops searched for a suspect.
On December 30, 2022, Bryan Kohberger, 30, was arrested at his parents’ home in Pennsylvania – 2,500 miles away from the crime scene.
He was taken into custody and charged with four counts of first-degree murder.
Kohberger, a former criminal justice student at Washington State University, was linked to the crime scene through phone records, his car’s location, and DNA evidence found at the home where the murders took place.
The house was demolished in December 2023 despite backlash from the victims’ families.
Kohberger was held at Latah County Jail where he awaited trial.
On September 9, 2024, an Idaho judge ruled to move the upcoming murder trial out of Moscow after Kohberger’s lawyer argued that the town was prejudiced against him.
The trial was expected to start in August 2025.
But on June 30, 2025, Kohberger struck a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to the charges on July 2.
The move was blasted by the victims’ families, who wanted Kohberger to face justice through a trial.
On July 23, Judge Steven Hippler sentenced Kohberger to four consecutive life sentences in prison with an additional 10 years for burglary.
Friends and family members of the four victims shared powerful impact statements at the sentencing hearing, as roommates Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke also spoke out for the first time.
Kohberger was granted an allocution at his sentencing, but “respectfully declined” to address the court before Judge Steven Hippler sent him to prison to begin his four-term life sentencing.
Meanwhile, chilling accounts of Bryan Kohberger’s behaviour before killing four Idaho students have come to light in new police documents.
A woman who matched with Kohberger on Tinder weeks before the tragedy said he overwhelmed her with disturbing questions and mentioned the Ka-Bar knife he used in the quadruple murders.
New documents reveal insight into the police investigation into Kohberger, including tips from people who came in contact with him.
In March 2024, a woman identified only as “KC” and “C” in the redacted files told detectives she matched with Kohberger on Tinder one or two months before the 2022 murders.
However, she ended things after the conversation turned alarming.
The house in Moscow, Idaho, where the four students were killed[/caption]
