Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger applied for internship at Pullman Police Department

Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger applied for an internship with a Washington police department just a month before the brutal murders of four college students, a police affidavit has revealed.

New details in the case were revealed in a trove of documents released by Idaho police on Thursday before Kohberger’s first court appearance after he was extradited from Pennsylvania.

The 19-page affidavit revealed that Kohberger, 28, who was a criminology major at Washington State University, had applied for an internship with the Pullman Police Department in September with an essay expressing interest in helping criminals. rural police officers to “better collect and analyze technological data”. in public safety operations.

Kohberger was arrested on December 30, more than a month after Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were killed on November 13 in the sleepy college town of Moscow, Idaho.

Kohberger, 28, is accused of murdering Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on November 13 in the sleepy college town of Moscow, Idaho.

When Kohberger applied for the internship, he wrote an essay expressing interest in helping rural law enforcement agencies how to best collect and analyze technology data in public safety operations, the affidavit revealed.

Kohberger was a doctoral student studying criminology before his arrest. He lived eight miles from the crime scene in student housing on the University of Washington’s Pullman campus.

Through his public defenders, he has declared his innocence. His family, who concealed his face during a Pennsylvania court appearance earlier this week, also believe he is innocent.

The affidavit from Moscow police officer Brett Payne states that Kohberger’s DNA was found on a knife sheath left with one of the bodies, and that he stalked the property, visiting it 12 times prior to the night in question. .

The knife’s sheath was a brown leather, US Marine sheath that was found next to Maddie Mogen’s body, according to the documents.

Kohberger’s DNA was found on the holster’s snap button closure and later positively identified as a match to him.

Police officers obtained a sample of his DNA on December 27, when they stole trash from his family’s home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania. That sample returned a 99.98 percent match to the sample found at the scene of Kohberger’s father.

Today, the documents revealed:

• Surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen spotted Kohberger wearing a black mask
• He had heard screams and victim Goncalves say “there is someone here”
• Xana Kernodle ordered a DoorDash that arrived 20 minutes before the murder
• Kohberger visited the house at least 12 times before the murder
• He turned off his phone the night of the murders to avoid detection.
• Mortensen told police the killer had “bush eyebrows,” which they noticed on Kohberger once they identified him.

Five months before the brutal murders, Kohberger took to Reddit to have participants complete his survey on how they selected their targets and committed crimes.

He also asked participants to provide information to “understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making when committing a crime.”

Through his public defenders, he has declared his innocence. His family, who concealed his face during a Pennsylvania court appearance earlier this week, also believe he is innocent.

Five months before the murders, Kohberger appealed to the criminals on Reddit, asking them to share their experiences to help him with his college studies.

‘Hello, my name is Bryan and I invite you to participate in a research project that seeks to understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making when committing a crime.

“In particular, this study seeks to understand the story behind your most recent criminal offense, with an emphasis on your thoughts and feelings throughout your experience,” he said.

Questions included: ‘Did you prepare for the crime before you left home?’, ‘Why did you choose that victim or target over others?’ and ‘What was the first step you took to achieve your goal?’

Questions included: ‘Did you prepare for the crime before you left home?’, ‘Why did you choose that victim or target over others?’ and ‘What was the first step you took to achieve your goal?’

‘After committing the crime, what were you thinking and feeling?’ it was another.

He also asked how the criminals ‘leave the scene’ and if they acted alone.

In the context of a criminology degree, the survey may seem perfectly innocent.

But he won a harrowing claim in light of his arrest on suspicion of quadruple homicide last month.