Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger was kicked out of a high school law enforcement program after girls complained about his behavior, one of his former teachers has revealed.
As Kohberger, 28, expressed his dreams of a career in law enforcement, his behavior made it clear that he was not going to be a cop, said Tanya Carmella-Beers, a former administrator at the Monroe Career and Technical Institute.
Carmella-Beers said on The Idaho Massacre podcast that she was shocked after learning of Kohberger’s alleged crimes, but added that his arrest “made sense” given what she knew about his past.
“It wouldn’t be the case for him to end up in the police academy,” she said. “It would be a little challenge for him to get there.”
Carmella-Beers claimed Kohberger took the program “extremely seriously,” but was kicked out after a group of girls complained.
Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger was kicked out of a high school law enforcement program after girls complained about his behavior
Former Monroe Career and Technical Institute administrator Tanya Carmella-Beers said Kohberger’s arrest “made sense” given what she knew about his past
Kohberger talked about his dreams of a career in law enforcement, his behavior made it clear he wasn’t going to be a cop, according to Carmella-Beers
“A complaint was made and the teacher reported it to me and said, ‘You know, this isn’t something we can have,'” she said on the podcast.
“There had to be an investigation. Other students have been interviewed. Bryan was interviewed. And there comes a time when decisions have to be made, whether it’s the decision the student wants or not.’
Carmella-Beers gave no details, citing student privacy laws, but did say, “What ultimately removed him from the program, looking back on it now, makes sense.”
He faces four first-degree murder charges for the November 13 murders of Goncalves, 21, and her friends Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, at their off-campus home near the University from Idaho.
“The fact that he wanted law enforcement more than anything else in the world, if you just look at it from that perspective, not knowing what I know… you’d think, I’m so shocked,” the educator explained.
“Yes, in that sense, but I know another bit, and that’s the bit that happened at school…so that makes sense.”
Kohberger moved into the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning job after being excluded from the law enforcement program, but did not retire until a year later.
(L-R) Housemates Dylan Mortensen, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen (on Kaylee’s shoulders) Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Bethany Funke
Kohberger was overweight and bullied at school before losing 100 pounds
He would use his time in the law enforcement program as part of his resume when he applied to be a part-time security guard at Mount Pleasant High School, where he was eventually forced to resign under unknown circumstances.
Two high school friends of Kohberger, Casey Arntz and Bree, previously said that Kohberger was overweight and bullied at school.
The suspected killer lost nearly 100 pounds in his senior year after falling victim to his classmates’ pranks — and that’s when people noticed a change in him.
After losing weight, it was Kohberger who started bullying Arntz’s brother, putting him in chokeholds and becoming physically aggressive towards him.
Bree said the “self-destructing” Kohberger also began using heroin.
As DailyMail.com previously reported, Kohberger has a history of behavior that made others, especially women, feel uncomfortable.
The quadruple murder suspect harassed female staff at a Pennsylvania bar near his hometown, according to owner Jordan Serulneck.
Serulneck claimed his employees labeled Kohberger in their systems as a man who “makes creepy comments” and said he once called an employee “ab***h” for rejecting his advances.
As a teaching assistant at Washington State University — a job from which he was fired — Kohberger was accused of sexism.
“Kohberger allegedly told female colleagues that men would take their jobs because women aren’t smart enough to judge female students more harshly than men,” NewsNation reported.
The former criminology student has pleaded not guilty and his trial is scheduled for October 2.
At his final hearing on Friday, Kohberger’s lawyers presented arguments on six motions, including the state’s demand that he provide evidence of an alibi for the murders.
Prosecutors have also insisted that he provide witnesses to support his alibi, but his defense said that “there is no specific witness at this time who can say exactly where Mr. Kohberger was” on the night of the murders.
“He was out and driving in the late night and early morning hours of November 12 to 13, 2022,” lawyers said, adding that he “does not claim to be at a specific location at any specific time.”
Prosecutors have demanded more details about his alleged alibi, saying “driving in the area” does not exonerate him and instead puts him at the scene.
Ahead of his trial in October, both sides discussed several other points of contention at the hearing, including a request by Kohberger’s team to force prosecutors to disclose the DNA profiles they will use in court.
His defense has also filed a request to postpone the court proceedings to allow time to investigate potential procedural issues with the grand jury, which indicted him in May.
In addition to pushing for his alibi, prosecutors also responded with a request that DNA profiles be kept protected, while also filing motions on issues in the timeline of Kohberger’s upcoming trial.
The hearing is the latest step in ongoing legal preparations for Kohberger’s trial, and prosecutors are facing increasing pressure to prepare their case and present it within six months, as he has not yet waived his right to trial. speedy process.
Prosecutors will put down a slew of evidence about the alleged crimes, including his DNA police say they found on a knife scabbard left at the horrific site.
Police claim the DNA matches 99.9 percent to Kohberger and his father, which may have led his defense to focus on the legitimacy of the processes used by authorities to collect such material at Friday’s hearing .
The other key piece of evidence that prosecutors hope will convince a jury is Kohberger’s white Hyundai Elantra car, which was seen on CCTV footage in the area.
One of the surviving housemates who was not attacked also said she had seen the killer and that he had “bushy eyebrows” – another characteristic of Kohberger’s appearance.