Bryan Kohberger apparently got into a heated confrontation — and chatted about knives — months before carrying out the University of Idaho murders.
Kohberger had an issue with a hotel employee in Pullman, Washington, who allegedly overcharged him, according to a newly released police report obtained by TMZ on Thursday, August 28.
The police report claims that Kohberger booked a hotel room through Expedia in June 2022, and got “really upset” with a female employee at the front desk. He accused the worker, who was apparently in training, of overcharging him. She claimed he became “nice” once the mistake was corrected.
The same hotel employee allegedly encountered Kohberger a second time and they discussed “sheaths and collecting knives,” the report claims.
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Kohberger went on to murder four University of Idaho college students — Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin — with a Ka-Bar knife in November 2022. He was arrested a little over one month following the murders after the knife’s sheath containing his DNA was found at the students’ home in Moscow, Idaho.
Kohberger initially pleaded not guilty following his December 2022 arrest. However, he changed his plea this past July as part of a deal that took the death penalty off the table. He was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. He is currently incarcerated at Idaho’s only maximum security prison.
Retired homicide detective Chris McDonough told the Daily Mail earlier this month that Kohberger has allegedly had a hard time adjusting to prison life.
“It’s driving him crazy. The inmates are tormenting him at night and almost all hours of the day – taunting him through the vents in his cell,” McDonough claimed in an interview published on August 13. “They are literally getting up into the grate and yelling at him. The inmates are taking it in turns doing it. It’s relentless.”
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McDonough alleged that Kohberger is “extremely annoyed and frustrated” with his experience in prison.
McDonough claimed that it is unlikely anyone will do anything to stop the other inmates because Kohberger is not in physical danger as he’s been placed in solitary confinement. Kohberger spends 23 hours in his cell and is allowed into what’s been dubbed “the cage” for one hour.
“He’s complaining to the authorities that he can’t sleep because of them,” McDonough continued, adding that “some inmates” want to “hurt him just to make a name for themselves.”
