Bryan Kohberger Was Investigated in Home Invasion Case a Year Before Idaho Murders

Mar. 15, 2025

Bryan Kohberger.Photo:Ted S. Warren/AP

Ted S. Warren/AP

Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, waspreviously investigated in connection to a home invasionin Washington state — a year before the killings in Moscow, Idaho.

“I heard my door open,” the woman says, per the bodycam footage, “and I looked over and someone was wearing a ski mask and had a knife. And so I kicked the [expletive] out of their stomach and screamed super loud, and they like flew back into my closet then ran out my door and up the stairs.”

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The affidavit stated that one of the surviving roommates said they saw the killer, described in the document as “a figure clad in black clothing and a mask,” who walked past her as he left the crime scene.

However, according to the police report, the female resident described the suspect as between 5-feet 3-inches and 5-feet 5 inches tall, while Kohberger is 6 feet tall.

The Pullman Police Department also told the news outlet that Kohberger is no longer a person of interest in the alleged Pullman home invasion, saying: “We have no reason or evidence to believe he was involved in this burglary at this time…” The unsolved case has now been closed, reported ABC News.

In May 2023, a grand juryindictedKohberger for the Idaho murders. Ajudge entered a “not guilty” pleaon behalf of Kohberger when the suspect was silent when asked for his plea.

Brian Buckmire, a legal analyst for ABC News, told the outlet that Kohberger’s defense may try to use the alleged 2021 break-in at the Pullman, Washington, residence to raise reasonable doubt at the suspect’s murder trial,slated for August 2025.

source: people.com