Newly obtained court documents show police have sought information about what Bryan Kohberger was doing online before he allegedly murdered four University of Idaho students last year, ABC News reports.
Investigators filed search warrant applications for the accused killer’s internet and phone activity, in addition to data from the social media accounts of the four victims, according to the records.
Kohberger, 28, faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in connection with the slayings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on November 13, 2022.
The victims were found stabbed to death inside an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, about 10 miles from Pullman, Washington, where Kohberger was a criminology Ph.D. student at Washington State University.
The new documents show that police issued search warrant applications for Reddit, TikTok, Google, Snapchat and AT&T.
Police had previously obtained data from Kohberger’s Reddit account in the spring that included private messages, location data, files and images. Kohberger’s arrest affidavit referenced a Reddit survey that he allegedly posted allegedly to better “understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision making when committing a crime,” according to ABC News.
Authorities also have been able to extract voluminous information from Kohberger’s Google account that included emails, chats, images, documents and metadata, in addition to searching and browsing history.
In addition, the records reveal that investigators obtained information from Strava, an online service that enables users to track physical exercise activities and share that information with others.
Data from the four victims’ Snapchat accounts were also gathered, including messages and stories.
A trial is scheduled to begin in October.
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[Feature Photo: Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, listens during his arraignment hearing in Latah County District Court, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. (Zach Wilkinson/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP, Pool)]
