Share and Follow
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
Bryan Kohberger is up for a rude awakening as he attempts to settle into life at Idaho’s maximum security prison in Kuna, according to current and former inmates and a former prison minister.
“I think he’ll have a target on his back – child molesters, rapists and woman beaters get smashed, and he’ll be stereotyped like that,” said Seth Ferranti, a former most wanted fugitive who became a documentarian after serving a 21-year sentence for trafficking marijuana and LSD. “Depends on the security level he’s at or if he’s in a protection unit.”
Kohberger, 30, is serving four consecutive life sentences plus another 10 years with no chance of parole after pleading guilty just weeks before the expected start of what could have been the most high-profile U.S. murder trial since OJ Simpson’s in the 1990s.
Police documents unveiled Wednesday revealed new details about Kohberger’s encounters with other inmates in jail. They described him as a “f—ing weirdo” and complained of his obsessive-compulsive tendencies like excessive handwashing and staying up most of the night. One also said he hogged the shower and spent hours talking to his mom on video calls.
“Prison is all about blending in and not standing out,” Rovere told Fox News Digital. “His people skills are not going to be where they need to be in a place like prison, when you’re dealing with murderers.
Kohberger is expected to begin his prison term in isolation, but things could get ugly quickly if he’s introduced to the general population or placed with a cellmate, Rovere said.
“I can’t imagine a scenario where Bryan doesn’t aggravate [them] by staying awake all night when he’s trying to sleep, or constantly washing his hands, among other idiosyncrasies,” he said.