(NewsNation) — Convicted quadruple killer Bryan Kohberger has another complaint about life in the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.
According to Chris McDonough, a retired homicide detective and Cold Case Foundation director, Kohberger is displeased with the bananas he is being served.
Kohberger was sent to the maximum security prison after pleading guilty July 2 to fatally stabbing University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on Nov. 13, 2022, at an off-campus rental property in Moscow, Idaho.
“He’s telling the staff that ‘hey, these aren’t the type of bananas that I like,’ … at this prison, they call their inmates residents, but I don’t know if he really understands that being a resident where he is at, you don’t get to pick and choose what you eat and how you eat it,” McDonough told NewsNation.
In September, Kohberger complained that he didn’t receive allocated food, and he said other inmates had threatened to sexually assault him.
Kohberger stated in a July 27 resident concern form he was unable to access JPay, a payment system used by inmates to purchase items from the commissary. On Aug. 13, he wrote another letter noting that he had not received a supply bag four days after his request.
Kohberger is living in long-term restrictive housing in the J-Block at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution. J-Block inmates occupy single-person cells and get one hour of outdoor recreation daily. They are moved in restraints and are only allowed to shower every other day.
“The problem that he’s having is, the inmates still around him are just relentless to this point. Now, he’s turned that back to the staff, saying, ‘You guys got to get me out of here,'” McDonough said.
“(The staff) realize, they can’t put him into general population. So it’s kind of a catch-22 right now, because if they put him into general pop, he could be a potential target for other inmates … My source tells me he entered that prison with this idea: ‘I’m Brian Kohberger. I just killed four people, so therefore I’m one of you,’ and that’s not how it’s playing out at all, and they resent him for it.”