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A criminology professor has admitted she fears her course could have inspired the suspect of the brutal Idaho murders.
On November 13, 2022, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both aged 21, and 20-year-olds Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, were all found dead at their off-campus home in Idaho.
Bryan Kohberger was later charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in connection with their deaths.
The suspect is understood to have recently accepted a plea deal, which would mean he'd serve four consecutive life sentences as well as a maximum penalty of 10 years for the burglary charge.
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Kohberger previously pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, however, the plea deal would mean he would not be handed the death penalty.
Kohberger's former criminology professor, Dr Katherine Ramsland - who taught the suspect at Pennsylvania’s DeSales University - has revealed how she fears her course could have inspired him.
“I have to look at the framework of what I taught and wonder, did I inspire him in some way?” she told NewsNation in a new interview. “There really isn’t anything that stood out to me.
“He seemed eager to be in the classroom. He was polite, he was respectful, intense and curious. I really thought Bryan Kohberger was a promising student who really could have made a mark in this career in a very positive way."
Ramsland - who said she was 'completely floored' when she found out he had been arrested - said she would be willing to interview Kohberger to help her learn more about the warning signs.
“I want to understand how he was able to completely fool me,” she said. “If he wanted to do that, I know he has the intellectual capacity to do it, to be self-reflective and think about how his life came to this.
“I have questions for him that I think nobody else but me could ask.”
Following the horrendous crimes, court documents explained what happened on the night in question.
Evidence reveals how Mogen, Goncalves and two other roommates, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen, all gathered in Goncalves' room to discuss their night out, with the court order stating that they 'talked for a while before going to bed' at around 2.00am.
"The roommates debated going out to a food truck for a late snack, prompting D.M. to send text at 2:10 a.m. to an Uber driver she knew to see if he was driving," it said.
"Ultimately, however, the girls decided to just go to bed."
At the time, both Kernodle and her boyfriend Chapin were still out partying.
With the killing spree understood to have taken place between 4.00am and 4.25am, the masked murderer fled shortly after - with Mortensen being the only person to have seen the intruder.
