Bryan Kohberger, Idaho Murder Suspect, Was Fired From Teaching Assistant Job Days Before Arrest And Accused Of "Sexist Attitude Toward Women"

In November 2022, four young college students at the University of Idaho, all aged 20 or 21, were brutally murdered in the middle of the night. Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Kaylee Goncalves were all stabbed to death. It took several weeks for law enforcement to arrest Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, which was several miles away from the victims' university.

On Saturday night, November 12, all four of the students went out to enjoy their evening. Xana arrived at the apartment with her boyfriend Ethan, who was only visiting to stay the night with her, around 1:45 a.m., and Madison and Kaylee came back shortly after. It's estimated that the murders took place between 4-4:30 a.m. Security footage captured a white Hyundai Elantra driving by the house three times until arriving again at 4:04 a.m. Authorities also discovered that Kohberger's phone was shut off between 2:47 a.m. and 4:48 a.m., likely to hide his exact location.

New details have emerged about Kohberger, his temperament, and what happened in his life in the days leading up to the murders. They indicate that he may have harbored some unsavory thoughts toward women.

Bryan Kohberger Was Fired from His Teaching Assistant Job Days before Arrest and Accused of a "Sexist Attitude Toward Women"

Various students at the University of Idaho confirmed that they had seen Kohberger around campus before, lurking around and watching students go about their business. The 28-year-old was a graduate student in the criminology and criminal justice department at WSU, but it seems as though he was having trouble with his job as a teaching assistant. He was fired on December 19, just a month after the college students were murdered and 11 days before he was arrested at his parents' home in Pennsylvania.

He started working as a teaching assistant in August 2022, and within a month, he was put under investigation due to "behavioral problems." He was apparently told time after time to rein in his behavior, but he just ended up getting more belligerent and difficult to work with.

According to the alleged timeline of Kohberger's employment, on September 23, he had an altercation with a professor. On October 3, he had a meeting to discuss his "professional behavior," and on October 21, he received an email about a failure "to meet expectations." Less than two weeks later, he had another meeting to talk about an "improvement plan," but on December 9, he had a second altercation with a professor. 10 days later, he was officially terminated.

In his official letter of termination, it said he had a "sexist attitude" toward females he encountered and he was rude toward women. Allegedly, he even graded the women differently than he graded the men. Kohberger may have had access to a crime lab during his time at WSU and watched police bodycam videos and livestreams from security cameras. The university claims that Kohberger never had access to the lab, but an anonymous source claimed that people could enter the lab without official approval.

There is even some speculation that a rap song posted to SoundCloud 11 years ago featured Kohberger, and his lyrics were, "You are not my equal/You are wicked but I'm devil." 

Kohberger is going to appear in court again on June 26.