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(NewsNation) — New evidence revealed in the case of Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, showed that he searched for the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, as well as non-consensual pornography, according to reports.
NBC’s Dateline obtained digital materials and documents for its two-hour special, “The Terrible Night on King Road.”
Bryan Kohberger searched ‘University of Idaho murders’: Report
Kohberger’s phone data reportedly showed searches for “Sociopathic Traits in College Student,” “Can Psychopaths behave prosocially,” and a search for pornography that included the words “sleeping” and “drugged.”
Kohberger allegedly sent out a Reddit survey when he was a student that asked criminals about their methods. Steve Goncalves told Banfield that his family received a letter from someone who claimed they were interviewed by Kohberger.
Steve Goncalves told Banfield, “He got the sense that Bryan was getting off on his story. And his story was basically, he’d listen to a police scanner, wait for somebody to call the police on a domestic violence-type thing, and then the male would be arrested … and that would be the house that he would rob … He said that Bryan seemed to enjoy his story.”
He also said that the individual told him, “He (Bryan) felt like he started enjoying certain aspects of his story where he would talk about drunk females being passed out … Bryan would call him back repeatedly and want to know more details about that story.”
His browsing activity also showed a Google search for “University of Idaho Murders,” as well as searches about serial killer Ted Bundy and one video on YouTube that discussed the victims of the Idaho murders.
Before his arrest, Kohberger also allegedly searched for more videos of Bundy and for a song by Britney Spears called “Criminal.” Police also found more selfies on the device, including one of Kohberger allegedly wearing a black hoodie, similar to how Bundy was dressed in a YouTube video.
Bryan Kohberger’s phone allegedly had dozens of pictures of female students
Kohberger’s cell phone browsing history allegedly showed that he had pictures of female students from Washington State and the University of Idaho. Many of the students in the photos were reportedly in bathing suits.
After a review, Dateline found that many of the women in those photos were close friends with three of the students who were killed — Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves and Xana Kernodle. Previously, it was unknown if there were any connections between Kohberger and the murdered students.
Goncalves’ father, Steve Goncalves, spoke with Banfield about these photos. When asked if Kaylee was in any of the photos, he said, “I don’t know … but I find it very telling that there was other students that were supposed to be in their friend circles that are on that phone.”
Bryan Kohberger visited Moscow dozens of times: Report
Dateline reported that Kohberger had been invited to a pool party in Moscow, Idaho, on July 9. Three witnesses allegedly met him there. His phone data reportedly showed that he visited Moscow again after dark on the same day.
An FBI expert claimed that his phone showed at least 12 trips to Moscow, Idaho, over the next month. His phone also reportedly connected with a cell tower that was close to the home where the roommates were found killed.
Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer said on NewsNation that this evidence could show that “he surveilled them … he was in that area … what was he doing out there? He was trying to see patterns.”
Six days before the murders, Kohberger’s phone connected to that same cell tower, according to FBI data, with 23 visits over a span of four months, all after sunset. Coffindaffer said the number of times he allegedly visited Moscow would be “very significant” for a jury.
Kohberger’s lawyers have claimed in filings that he took drives alone at night, and the data from his cell phone would show that he wasn’t near the home the night of the murders, NBC reported. That data showed Kohberger’s phone was reportedly turned off before 3 a.m. on the morning of the killings, and connected to a tower south of Moscow close to 5 a.m.
“I think the evidence was so strong that they had to come up with some excuse … It’s one less hurdle,” Coffindaffer said of the prosecutors claiming that Kohberger took drives at night.
Newly released court documents include this smiling selfie of Bryan Kohberger, allegedly taken on the morning four University of Idaho students were killed. 
FILE – Bryan Kohberger, accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, is escorted into court for a hearing in Latah County District Court, Sept. 13, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) 
Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a hearing at the Latah County Courthouse on June 27, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho. (Photo by August Frank-Pool/Getty Images) 
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused in the killings of four University of Idaho students, was transported by plane from the Idaho county where he was being jailed to another county where his trial will be held. (Credit: Ada County Sheriff’s Office) 
FILE – Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for his arraignment hearing in Latah County District Court, May 22, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against Kohberger, the man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in November 2022. Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson filed the notice of his intent to seek the death penalty in court on Monday, June 26. (Zach Wilkinson/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP, Pool, File) 
FILE – Bryan Kohberger, left, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, looks toward his attorney, during a hearing in Latah County District Court, Jan. 5, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Defense attorneys Kohberger, the man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, have asked the Idaho Supreme Court to keep a gag order in place. The attorneys say a challenge to the order filed by 30 news organizations is premature and that media coverage of the case has been “twisted.” (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool,File) 
MOSCOW, IDAHO – JANUARY 05: Bryan Kohberger looks toward his attorney, public defender Anne Taylor, right, during a hearing in Latah County District Court on January 5, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Kohberger has been arrested for the murders of four University of Idaho students in November 2022. (Photo by Ted S. Warren – Pool/Getty Images) 
FILE – Boise State University students, along with people who knew the four University of Idaho students who were found killed in Moscow, Idaho, days earlier, pay their respects at a vigil held in front of a statue on the Boise State campus, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. The arrest of Bryan Christopher Kohberger in the Nov. 13, 2022 fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students has brought relief to the small college town of Moscow, Idaho.(Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP, File) 
In this cropped screen grab from a bodycam video provided by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Bryan Kohberger, left, and his father are seen talking to a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, in Hancock County, Ind. Bryan Kohberger, accused in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students has left a Pennsylvania jail in the custody of state police, officials said Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, which means he could be headed to Idaho to face first-degree murder charges.(Hancock County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
At around 6:30 a.m., Kohberger’s phone records showed a call was made near Pullman to a number that belonged to Kohberger’s father’s account. NBC reported that there were several family phones on that account, including Kohberger’s mother’s. The same number was called at least three times by Kohberger’s phone.
After 9 a.m., data shows his phone was back in Moscow before returning to Kohberger’s apartment, where the infamous selfie was taken at 10:31 a.m.
Bryan Kohberger made students feel uncomfortable: Report
According to NBC, when Kohberger was a doctoral student at Washington State University, he was a teaching assistant, helping grade papers and lead classes. However, students and other sources told Dateline his role wasn’t going well, and students complained about him being overly demanding.
Students also allegedly said that Kohberger made them feel uncomfortable. A dean also reportedly talked to him about his behavior after he apparently clashed with colleagues.
Madison Mogen may have been intended target: Dateline
Sources have told Dateline that they believe whoever killed the four students might’ve been initially targeting Mogen. The intruder had gone upstairs in the home first, where her bedroom was. Mogen had been in her room with Goncalves at the time.
Investigators have said that a tan leather sheath for a large Ka-Bar knife was found on the bed next to where Mogen’s body was. Sources also told Dateline that Kernodle, who had been up ordering food, was the next one to be attacked. That’s when the intruder allegedly attacked Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, who was allegedly asleep.
The intruder reportedly carved into Chapin’s lower legs with a blade.
Bryan Kohberger arrested at family’s home in December
Investigators found DNA on the knife sheath that was found near Mogen’s body. By using genetic genealogy, they were able to find a statistical match, according to prosecutors. This is when police arrested Kohberger at his family’s home.
According to a court filing, when Kohberger was arrested, “he asked the officer about his education and suggested that they get coffee at a later date.”
In May 2023, a judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf for the four counts of first-degree murder and the one count of burglary. If Kohberger is found guilty, he could face the death penalty. His lawyers had tried to argue that it shouldn’t be used since Kohberger allegedly has autism, but that was denied.