Unseen Walmart video shows Bryan Kohberger acting differently after Idaho student murders
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EXCLUSIVE TO FOX: Newly released surveillance footage from Walmart reveals that Bryan Kohberger, who was convicted of murder, frequently visited the store during his brief time in the Pullman-Moscow area. Notably, these videos show him starting to wear gloves while shopping following the brutal slaying of four University of Idaho students.

The videos, which had not been made public before, were acquired by Fox News Digital through a public records request. Law enforcement gathered this footage as part of the extensive investigation into Kohberger, who entered a guilty plea in July to avoid facing the death penalty for the November 2022 killings.

The surveillance captures Kohberger making at least 13 visits to the Pullman Walmart from October 28, 2022, to December 8, 2022, with all but one of these trips occurring after nightfall.

The tragic murders took place on November 13, and it is believed that Kohberger left the area around December 15, embarking on a cross-country drive with his father to Pennsylvania. He was apprehended at his parents’ residence on December 30.

A split image shows Bryan Kohberger shopping at Walmart wearing dark clothes and gloves

A split image from the footage shows stills from two Walmart cameras, featuring Kohberger shopping with gloves on in the weeks following the Idaho student murders. (Courtesy of the Moscow Police Department)

A visit to Walmart on Nov. 12 was the last time cameras recorded Kohberger at the checkout without gloves on. He checked out at 10:34 p.m., according to police reports, then committed the murders just after 4 a.m. the following morning.

WATCH: Bryan Kohberger started shopping with gloves on after Idaho student murders

Subsequent videos show he returned to Walmart with gloves on multiple times and only exposed a single thumb after that, when he pulled his credit card out of his wallet to pay while keeping his other fingers covered. The only exception appears to be his final visit to the store, on Dec. 8, when he arrived with gloves on but took them off before searching through his wallet and paying.

On one occasion, Dec. 2, Kohberger arrived and left with another person, although they paid at separate self-checkout registers. The supplemental report detailing his Walmart purchases does not include any references to this person, and Kohberger is believed to have acted alone in the crime.

Kohberger was studying for a Ph.D. in criminology at Washington State University, which is about 10 miles away from the crime scene, over the state line. The Walmart store is between the two schools.

Bryan Kohberger during his sentencing hearing

Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse for his sentencing hearing, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Boise, Idaho, for brutally stabbing four University of Idaho students to death. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool)

According to previously released court documents, a Walmart worker told police that a suspicious White male had come in looking for a black ski mask.

Police confirmed that Kohberger used the same debit card on all 13 visits to the store and purchased only two items of evidentiary interest, according to Moscow Police Department documents.

Those were a beanie, purchased during his Nov. 7 visit, and “utility clothes” on Dec. 1. Police were unable to uncover specific details about the beanie, including whether it qualified as a ski mask. The second item turned out to be a nine-pack of gray hand towels, according to the documents.

Search warrant returns also show police seized a Walmart receipt from Kohberger’s home and that they served warrants on the retail giant as they tracked down where he bought the murder weapon, a Ka-Bar knife.

Police ultimately discovered Kohberger bought one on Amazon and later searched for another after the murders. The murder weapon itself was never found, but Kohberger left a Ka-Bar sheath with his DNA on it at the crime scene.

Idaho victims last photo

Madison Mogen, top left, smiles on the shoulders of her best friend, Kaylee Goncalves, as they pose with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and two other housemates in Goncalves’ final Instagram post, shared the day before the four students were stabbed to death. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)

Investigators later revealed the killer entered the home at 1122 King Road in Moscow, Idaho, wearing a black balaclava over his face, through which the lone eyewitness said she could see only his “bushy eyebrows.”

Inside, he killed 21-year-old Madison Mogen, 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle and 20-year-old Ethan Chapin. All but Kernodle were asleep at the start of the massacre, according to authorities.

Kohberger is serving four consecutive life prison sentences without the possibility of parole, plus another 10 years.

He has given no explanation for the crime.

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