(NewsNation) — New documents released by police have shed new light on the 2022 killings of four Idaho college students.
In an interview with the Idaho State Police, a surviving roommate said Bryan Kohberger mentioned Kaylee Goncalves by name before stabbing her to death in an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho. Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were also killed in the attack.
“Sometime in the early morning hours, (redacted) was awoken and opened her room door and heard a male say, ‘It’s OK Kaylee. I’m here for you’ and crying,” the report obtained by NewsNation said.
“She then shut the door. A short while later, she opened her door again and saw someone approximately 5’10” tall, dressed in black with a ski mask, standing in the kitchen.”
If the surviving roommate was correct, Kohberger not only knew Goncalves’ name but also where she lived, which could suggest it was a targeted attack.
Professor’s warning about Bryan Kohberger
The documents also reveal a criminology professor at Washington State University, where Kohberger was a teaching assistant pursuing a Ph.D. in criminology, warned other professors and supervisors that Kohberger might be a predator.
“Kohberger is smart enough that in four years, we will have to give him a Ph.D. Mark my word, I work with predators, if we give him a Ph.D., that’s the guy that in many years when he is a professor, we will hear is harassing, stalking, and sexually abusing,” the note said.
The warning was sent months before Goncalves, Mogen, Chapin and Kernodle were killed on Nov. 13, 2022.
Bryan Kohberger’s 18 saved contacts
Digital forensic expert Heather Barnhart told “Banfield” on Thursday that Kohberger had 18 personal contacts saved on his phone.
“Think about all the people you meet and the hundreds of random numbers, and they were even identified as ‘girl I ran with,’ ‘second girl I ran with.’ A contact, then in parentheses: ‘hair,'” Barnart said. “Then there was ‘Mother’ and ‘Father,’ and his sister and just a few others.”