As Idaho murderer Bryan Kohberger’s motive in stabbing four university students remains a mystery, many other details about him have emerged, including a disturbing question he allegedly asked a Tinder date.
The day after Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison for the quadruple killings, police released a trove of documents from the investigation revealing chilling red flags before he slaughtered the students on November 13, 2022.
A woman who claimed she matched with Kohberger on Tinder and went on a date with him in September or October 2022 told police that they talked about a murder that had happened in her town a couple years prior.
The woman, identified as C, told police that Kohberger then asked what her favorite horror movie was.
‘C told Kohberger she liked the Rob Zombie Halloween movies. To this, C said Kohberger asked what she thought would be the worst way to die,’ states the police report.
‘C said she thought it would be a knife.’
The woman said Kohberger asked her if she thought it would be a Ka-Bar knife. That was the type of knife and sheath that was purchased on Amazon before Kohberger killed the University of Idaho students.
C said she did know know the brand and ‘eventually stopped talking to Kohberger because his questions made her uncomfortable’, according to the report.
The officer who wrote the report said the woman no longer had access to her Tinder account, so there was ‘nothing to corroborate’. There was also ‘no record’ of her calling the FBI about the incident. It was not clear when she called police with the tip.
Kohberger left a leather sheath at the Moscow town off-campus housing unit where he murdered Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20.
The weapon used in the killings has not been recovered.
Victims’ families were divided on Kohberger’s plea deal, which spared him the death penalty. Family members of three of the victims delivered emotional impact statements at Ada County Courthouse in Boise on Wednesday, as Kohberger sat emotionless and stared.
Asked by the judge if he would speak, Kohberger answered: ‘I respectfully decline.’
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