Idaho student murder suspect had interest in criminal minds

The New York Times 29 December 2022

About two weeks before four University of Idaho students were found stabbed to death in a home near campus, Bryan Kohberger was sitting in a criminology class at a college just a short drive away, leaning into a conversation about forensics, DNA and other evidence prosecutors use to win convictions, write Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Rachel Sun, Mike Baker and Serge F Kovaleski for The New York Times.

The 28-year-old graduate student seemed highly engaged in the discussion, a former classmate recalled. It was a subject that had long captivated Kohberger, who had researched the mind-sets of criminals, studied under a professor in Pennsylvania known for her expertise on serial killers and, for the last few months, pursued a PhD in criminology at Washington State University, about 10 miles from the Idaho crime scene.

Less than two months later, Kohberger would be the subject of a criminal inquiry, arrested on Friday December 30 2022, and charged with the murder of the four Idaho students.

Investigators have yet to outline a motive. However, the details emerging about Kohberger’s deep interest in the psychology of criminals has opened another layer of mystery in a case that has traumatised the college town of Moscow, Idaho, and spawned countless theories from people around the country who followed the case in captivated horror.
Full report on The New York Times site

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