Bryan Kohberger posted creepy thumbs-up selfie hours after University of Idaho student murders
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Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of murder, took a disturbing selfie after the violent killings of four University of Idaho students. In the photo, his distinctive eyebrows stand out, while prosecutors are investigating a possible link between a knife bought on Amazon and the murders.

Kohberger snapped a photo of himself standing in front of a shower giving an eerie half-smile while giving a thumbs up at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2022.

He was wearing a dress shirt buttoned up to the collar and had wireless earbuds in his ears, but officials are hoping Kohberger’s eyebrows in the two-year-old picture lead to a conviction, according to court records viewed by The Post.

The photo was part of a set of 40 documents unsealed Wednesday in the latest round of potential evidence being released ahead of Kohberger’s murder trial scheduled for August.

Kohberger has been in custody since he was charged on Dec. 29, 2022, for the murders of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Xana Kernodle, 20 and Ethan Chapin, 20.

Investigators believe the students were killed between 4 and 4:25 a.m. — six hours before Kohberger posed for the selfie.

Prosecutors have relied on the interviews and testimonies of the two surviving roommates, identified in court records as DM and BF to build their case around Kohberger.

DM claims to have seen an unidentified “figure” walking the halls of the house in the early hours of Nov. 13.

She couldn’t get a good description of the person as he was wearing all black including a black, ski-like mask that covered the forehead and the nose, leaving only the eye area exposed.

The roommate has repeatedly described the suspect as having “bushy eyebrows,” and being a white male with a “slim build” and standing approximately 6 feet tall.

DM, who told detectives she may have still been drunk during the early morning encounter, did not identify Kohberger as the person she saw inside the home.

The coed has, however, given the same description of the suspect including “bushy eyebrows” without “variance” prosecutors wrote in the court documents.

Latah County prosecutors argued for their right to use the photo as it shows off Kohberger’s entire face around the time of the slayings.

Attorneys for Kohberger have asked the court to refrain from using the term “bushy eyebrows” along with other phrases including “murderer” and “murder weapon.”

Kaylee Goncalves father, Steve, praised the release of the files as they show the facts of what occurred the night his daughter was killed.

“I don’t know why we are two and a half years into this process that we’re finally letting out the facts, but man it feels good,” Steve Goncalves told NewsNation.

The grieving fathers claimed the selfie of Kohberger was a message to the Idaho authorities.

“That’s an ‘F you’ to Idaho. I just went into your state. I just killed your kids in their beds, and you’re not going to catch me. I’m just going to shower up here, clean off the last bit of the evidence,” he said.   

“I hope everyone from Idaho is paying attention, and we need to bring everything at this guy,” Goncalves added.

Prosecutors have also sifted through Kohberger’s internet history, which included his Amazon purchases

Officials obtained a search warrant for Kohberger’s Amazon account tailored between March 20 and March 30, 2022, the period it was known the alleged killer had purchased a Ka-Bar knife with sheath and sharpener.

A Ka-Bar knife sheath with a USMC logo was found at the crime scene beside one of the murdered college students.

The sheath, believed to be paired with the knife used in the stabbings, contained Kohberger’s DNA.

Lawyers for Kohberger have called for their client’s “click activity” not be counted as evidence.

Prosecutors argued, that with the discovery of the DNA evidence and the knowledge of his precious purchase, it was relevant.

The search warrant asked for data from Kohberger’s account from Nov. 1 to Dec. 6, 2022, the time before and right after the homicides.

“The Defendant’s DNA was found on the Ka-Bar knife sheath found on scene. Applying the test for relevancy, first, Kohberger’s click activity which shows a purchase of a Ka-Bar knife and sheath before the homicides makes it more probable (than it would be without the evidence) that the Ka-Bar sheath found at the crime scene was Bryan Kohberger’s,” prosecutors allege.

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