Bryan Kohberger: Murderer who killed Idaho students tries to connect with imprisoned serial killers

A mass murderer who killed four university students in a brutal attack has been trying to connect with other serial killers while behind bars.

A former homicide investigator said Bryan Kohberger, a convicted killer, has been attempting to get in touch with murderers from around the United States while serving his prison sentence.

On November 13, 2022, Kohberger drove from Washington State University where he had been working on his PhD in criminology, to a home close to the University of Idaho.

There, he stabbed four undergraduate students to death. Their names were Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Zana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.

Chris McDonough, a retired detective, told Fox News he had insider knowledge of Kohberger’s interactions behind bars in Idaho’s maximum security prison.

He said Kohberger is only interested in talking to high-profile murderers because he “sees himself above everyone around him”.

“He’s tried reaching out to other serial killers, but I don’t know whether any relationships have formed,” Mr McDonough said.

“Both inside and outside — he’s trying to communicate with people outside the walls.”

Kohberger left little evidence behind apart from a Ka-Bar knife sheath which contained his DNA after he carried out his horrific crime.

Two years later, he pleaded guilty to the four murders.

He was handed four consecutive life sentences without parole with an additional 10 years on top of this as part of his guilty plea, to avoid the death penalty.

After only months in the maximum security prison, Kohberger has already filed multiple complaints regarding mistreatment, harassment and threatening behaviour from other inmates.

Mr McDonough said Kohberger is seeking to be transferred out of his current unit because of “relentless taunting” from other prisoners.

Although he is isolated for 23 hours out of the day, Kohberger has reportedly implied that he would begin to harm himself unless he was moved to another cell block.

“His latest issue is that he’s implied that if they don’t move him out of J-Block — complaining his cell is too small and so on — he’ll harm himself. No one knows what that means. It could be a manipulation tactic, almost like a toddler having a tantrum, to get himself into a better unit,” Mr McDonough said.

He has also been complaining about his meals.

“Recently, his big complaint has been food, especially the bananas, because he’s a vegan. He didn’t like the type or quality of the food being prepared,” Mr McDonough said.

He explained that these complaints would do nothing to help his case, as the meals are prepared by other innates.

“It wouldn’t be surprising if the inmates intentionally give him the worst bananas,” he said.