Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger pictured at Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood lecture
A creepy photo from 2018 appears to show Idaho four-time murder suspect Bryan Kohberger sitting in the front row of a packed 2018 lecture by dystopian Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood at a Pennsylvania university.
Kohberger is pictured grinning as he holds a copy of Atwood’s 1985 bestseller surrounded by a roomful of enthusiastic attendees at his alma mater at the April 2018 event.
DailyMail.com confirmed the authenticity of the photo.
Kohberger graduated from college in 2018 before moving to the western US.
More than four years after the criminology student was accused of the brutal stabbing, the image resurfaced deaths of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20. The four were found dead at a home in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, 2022.
A judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
A photo from Northampton Community College magazine appears to show the Idaho murder suspect in the front row of a Margaret Atwood lecture. She is known for writing The Handmaid’s Tale
Four years after the lecture, Kohberger was arrested in connection with the brutal murder of four University of Idaho students
Maddie Mogen (above) Kaylee Goncalves (left) Xana Kernodle (right) and Ethan Chapin (center) – all students at the University of Idaho – were stabbed to death in the quiet college town of Moscow on November 13, 2022
The 2018 lecture was open to students, staff and faculty and was held at the Bethlehem campus of Northampton Community College in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania in Northampton County.
A spokesperson for the university told DailyMail.com that they “could not confirm his presence at the event, although a photo with Kohberger was featured in the summer 2018 issue of the university’s NCC Magazine.” However, the author’s talk was followed by a 90-minute question-and-answer session
It is unclear why Kohberger was present or whether he questioned the author.
The Handsmaid’s Tale is a futuristic novel set in a totalitarian society where women, known as “handmaids,” are assigned to bear children for the “commanders” and ruling class for the Republic of Gilead. 2017.
Atwood spoke about her novel and shared her insights on writing and publishing as part of the university’s annual humanities lecture.
Kohberger was a student at the college and graduated that same year with an Associate of Arts and Psychology degree. In the spring semester of 2018, he made the dean’s list. He later received his master’s degree from DeSales University.
At the time of the Idaho murders, Kohlberger was pursuing a doctorate in criminology from Washington State University.
A motive for the Idaho killings has not yet been disclosed, as a judge pleaded not guilty on Kohberger’s behalf
The four University of Iowa students were found dead in the home, where blood was still dripping down the walls the day after the murders.
Best friends Madison and Kaylee, both 21, and young couple Xana and Ethan, both 20, died in the horror attack, which was so brutal that blood could still be seen lining the walls of their rental home days after the murder.
Police finally arrested Kohberger during a raid on his parents’ home in Poconos Mountains, Pennsylvania on December 30 and he was flown back to Idaho on January 4 in a small Pilatus PC-12 turboprop plane.
A motive for the killings has not yet been revealed, but those who knew Kohberger reportedly described him as someone who appeared to discriminate against women.
In his early years, he was reportedly bullied by some of his female classmates. He was overweight and had a heroin addiction, but eventually slimed down to the point where he became obsessed with his vegan lifestyle.
Idaho State Police investigators remove bloodied mattresses, bed frames and other belongings from the home in Moscow, Idaho, after the murders
John Kelly, a criminal profiler and psychoanalyst who has interviewed countless serial killers, recounted fox digital that he was looking at the photo of the 2018 lecture and that Kohberger “didn’t come here for the author.”
“He came here for the public,” he said.
Kelly noted that in the photo, Kohberger was mostly surrounded by women and there were only a few men in the crowd.
“In other words, he’s an incel, he doesn’t like women, but how come he has to be in a distant relationship anyway?” he said.
“I absolutely believe this man was always watching.”