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A recently surfaced video captures Bryan Kohberger at a Washington DMV office, where he was seen replacing his license plates just days after the tragic killing of four University of Idaho students in 2022.
Kohberger, then 28, is seen in the surveillance footage at a Department of Motor Vehicles building in Pullman on November 18, 2022. YouTube user Christy’s Chaos was the first to obtain the footage, in which Kohberger is heard telling staff that he needed his license plate changed.
During his visit to the DMV, a staff member remarked on the perceived safety of the area compared to San Francisco, her hometown. “I like how small, quiet, and I would say safe it is,” she said, before adding, “But the whole Moscow thing, kinda makes it feel a little less.” Kohberger acknowledged her comment with a nod and simply replied, “Yeah.”
The footage also shows Kohberger filling out paperwork while wearing black gloves. He opted for non-specialty plates and mentioned to the DMV employee that he was pursuing a Ph.D. in criminology at Washington State University.
Kohberger, now 30, later confessed to the fatal stabbings of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves, which occurred on November 13, 2022, at the students’ residence near campus in Moscow. To avoid the death penalty, he accepted a plea deal, agreeing to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole and waiving his right to appeal.
To avoid the death penalty, Kohberger, 30, admitted to fatally stabbing Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves on November 13, 2022, at the women’s off-campus home in Moscow. The plea deal meant Kohberger will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. He also waived his right to appeal.
Before accepting a plea, Kohberger’s attorneys said he was not at the crime scene and was driving around alone the night the four students were fatally stabbed. The defense wanted to present “alternative perpetrators at trial, but Judge Steven Hippler rejected the list, whose names have not been released to the public.
Police claimed Kohberger visited the area 12 times before the slayings and that he turned off his phone on the night in question. Kohberger’s DNA was found on a knife sheath located near Mogen and Goncalves’ bodies, according to prosecutors. The murder weapon has not been found.
Meanwhile, defense attorneys accused prosecutors of withholding evidence about unidentified DNA samples — including DNA on a glove outside the home which also remains unidentified. The judge rejected those contentions as well.
Investigators tested DNA from a trash can outside Kohberger’s family home in Pennsylvania against DNA found on the sheath at the crime scene. Testing determined that “at least 99.9998% of the male population would be expected to be excluded from the possibility of being the suspect’s biological father.”
At the time of the slayings, Kohberger was working on his Ph.D. in criminology from Washington State University, which is located 10 miles from the crime scene. He was arrested in Pennsylvania in December 2022, after taking a cross-country road trip with his father from Washington to Pennsylvania for the holidays.
Despite a plea deal, a motive in the quadruple murder remains undisclosed.
[Feature Photo: YouTube]