Idaho Murders Suspect Bryan Kohberger Reportedly Investigated For Outstanding Homicides In Pennsylvania

On Saturday, November 12, 2022, four college students decided to go out for a night of fun. Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Kaylee Goncalves, all either 20 or 21 years old, were out late that night and got home after 1 a.m. Around 4 a.m. Sunday morning, a man entered their shared apartment and stabbed them to death. Bryan Kohberger, 28, has been arrested as the suspect in these murders, and he was arrested on December 30. Authorities discovered that Kohberger's phone was shut off between 2:47 a.m. and 4:48 a.m., likely to hide his exact location during the time of the brutal killings. Originally, it was thought that all four of the students were merely killed in their sleep, but it was later discovered that Xana Kernodle, the last victim, struggled violently in an attempt to save her own life. Reportedly, Kohberger is now also being investigated for homicides in Pennsylvania that have remained unsolved.

Idaho Murders Suspect Bryan Kohberger Reportedly Investigated for Outstanding Homicides in Pennsylvania

Kohberger is a 28-year-old Ph.D. student at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, which is several miles away from the victim's school, the University of Idaho. He completed a bachelor's degree in 2020 and finished graduate studies in June 2022 at DeSales University in Pennsylvania. Kohberger and his father were stopped for a traffic violation in Indiana on December 15 while they were driving cross-country to their family's home in Pennsylvania. They were pulled over twice, once for speeding and once for tailgating, but they were let go.

It was also recently uncovered that Kohberger was fired from his teaching assistant job because of "behavioral problems" and his "sexist attitude" toward women. After he was reprimanded for his actions, he became more belligerent and difficult to work with. On December 19, he was terminated from his position, just 10 days after having a second altercation with a professor.

But, reportedly, Kohberger is also being investigated for murders that took place in Pennsylvania. Officials in the state of Pennsylvania have apparently been looking for unsolved cases that might match the description of these Idaho murders. Tracy Walder, former CIA agent and a News Nation contributor, explained that they're looking for similar motivations, similar deaths, etc. Because Kohberger doesn't have any prior criminal convictions, his DNA wouldn't be on file to previously connect to these cases, but now that he is on record, they could perhaps find something.

"The fact that he has committed other crimes is perhaps not surprising," she said. She adds that it's not uncommon for someone to be arrested for a crime in one state, then also be accused of another crime in a different state after their DNA is on file. The fact that he just walked into a house in the middle of the night with at least five people inside could indicate that he had performed a crime like this before.

"I think he probably had some experience in doing this. All of those signatures and all of that evidence pointing to the fact that this was probably not his first time attempting something like this," she continued. "He does have a history of erratic, perhaps sexist behavior."

This investigation hasn't been confirmed by law enforcement in Pennsylvania yet. Kohberger remains in an Idaho jail waiting for his next court appearance in June.