Idaho murders: Bryan Kohberger applied for internship at Pullman Police Department in fall 2022
Brian Kohberger, Ph.D. The student accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in November applied for an internship last fall with the local police department in Pullman, Wash., according to a newly released probable cause affidavit.
Kohberger worked as a teaching assistant at Washington State University and lived in Pullman, a college town just miles from the crime scene in Moscow, Idaho.
He applied to the police department sometime during the fall semester, when he took his first semester of classes at WSU after graduating from DeSales University with a master’s degree in cloud-based psychology and forensics in June 2022.
“Kohberger wrote in his essay that he was interested in helping rural law enforcement agencies learn how to better collect and analyze technology data in public safety operations,” an arrest affidavit said.
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Bryan Kohberger, left, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, looks on from his attorney, Public Defender Anne Taylor, right, during a hearing in Latah County District Court, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. in Moscow. , Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)
A spokesman for the Pullman Police Department could not immediately be reached for comment about the application.
As part of his graduate studies at WSU, Kohberger also posted a survey on Reddit, asking potential participants to provide information about “how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making when committing a crime,” according to the statement.
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While at DeSales University, he studied under serial killer expert Dr. Katherine Ramsland, who wrote a book with BTK killer Dennis Rader.
Bryan Kohberger, 28, is pictured after being extradited to Moscow, Idaho, Jan. 4. (Latah County Sheriff’s Office)
Kohberger received an associate degree from Northampton Community College of Pennsylvania before attending DeSales and WSU.
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A former friend of Kohberger’s from Northampton, Pennsylvania, who asked to remain anonymous because of her work, said she does not believe Kohberger wanted to be a police officer, but that he was interested in studying crime.
“He was very interested in psychology and, you know, criminology and things like that. So he was very interested in how the mind works,” his friend told Fox News Digital. “Just people in general, what makes things healthy.”
A yearbook photo of Bryan Kohberger in a high school law enforcement class doing a push-up. (Stephanie Pagones/Fox News Digital)
Kohberger’s interest in law enforcement dates back to his junior years at Pleasant Valley High School in Pennsylvania, where he also aspired to enter the military. A 2011 yearbook shows Kohberger in a law enforcement class doing push-ups with a badge hanging from his left pocket.
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The yearbook said Kohberger used the class to “help him achieve his goal of one day serving in the Army Rangers,” an elite special operations force.
Kohberger was arrested Dec. 30 at his parents’ home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, and was extradited Wednesday to Idaho, where he faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.
A shared photo showing the crime scene and the victims — University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital/ Instagram/ @xanakernodle/ @kayleegoncalves)
The front view of the home where four Idaho students were killed in November 2022. (Adam Sabes/Fox News Digital)
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Authorities allege Kohberger entered an off-campus apartment near the University of Idaho in the early morning hours of Nov. 13 and killed Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Maddie Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
He allegedly left behind a tan leather knife sheath that had “Ka-Bar” and the United States Navy eagle, globe and anchor embossed on it, according to the affidavit. Investigators wrote that they found DNA belonging to Kohberger on the holster.
Fox News’ Chris Eberhart, Michael Ruiz, Stephanie Pagones and Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.
Paul Best is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @KincaidBest.
