Featured Image Credit: Moscow Police Department
Topics: Idaho, Crime, US News, Police, Bryan Kohberger
Britt Jones
Topics: Idaho, Crime, US News, Police, Bryan Kohberger
Police have released a new image of Bryan Kohberger, which was taken moments after his arrest in 2022.
The 30-year-old is now behind bars after being sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders of four University of Idaho students, Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in November 2022.
Despite having initially denied the charges, Kohberger ended up pleading guilty to four counts of first-degree murder as part of a plea deal. He was also charged with one count of burglary.
The students were found stabbed in their home in the early hours of the morning, with two of their housemates having been present during the attack and surviving.
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At his hearing, prosecutors also shared startling evidence of what happened on that night in 2022. On December 30, 2022, Kohberger was arrested at his parents’ home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, and Moscow police have released the image of the moment after he was arrested.
The image, which shows Kohberger dressed in a black hooded sweater and shorts, staring into the camera while sitting down in handcuffs.
Next time him, there is a uniformed officer.
The photo, which was obtained by ABC News, occurred just after the criminology student was grabbed while sorting through garbage at his parents’ home.
“I’ll never forget — my phone dinged and I looked at it and it said, ‘We got him'.” Moscow Police Chief Anthony Dahlinger said of the moment he'd found out Kohberger had been apprehended.
He added: “The next thing on, there was a picture of him in handcuffs from the scene.”
After being taken into the station, Idaho State Police Lt. Darren Gilbertson, described him as being ‘expressionless’ during the police interviews.
“We started with just very general questions about Pullman, about WSU … he spoke at length about that with us,” Gilbertson said.
However, he noted that as soon as the killings were brought up, he changed, adding: “As soon as we mentioned that, then he stopped, and he said, ‘I don’t want to talk anymore.'
“We asked if he was familiar with it, if he knew anything about Moscow, and he said, ‘No’ … and stopped right then and said he wanted an attorney.”
This led him to believe that the police 'had their guy'.
Dahlinger described the feeling of 'relief that washed over in that moment', as he continued: "So being able to share that information with the community, I can only imagine that many of us in the community felt the same when we knew that we had him."
This isn't the only image of Kohberger that was shared, as court filings also showed that he had allegedly taken a selfie of himself at 10:31am - hours after the four students were killed.