Bryan Kohberger, the suspect accused of killing four University of Idaho students, said the murders were ‘really sad,’ according to police officers in Pennsylvania, who said that Kohberger appeared nervous.
Kohberger, 28, is accused of murdering Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on November 13 in the quiet college town of Moscow, Idaho.
While he was being extradited from his home in Pennsylvania, a police source said Tuesday that Kohberger ‘seemed really nervous.’
The source added: ‘He was narrating to himself everything that was happening. At one point, he was saying something to himself like ‘I’m fine, this is okay.’ Like he was reassuring himself that this whole thing wasn’t awful.’
Bryan Kohberger, the suspect accused of killing four University of Idaho students, said the murders were ‘really sad,’ according to police officers in Pennsylvania, who said that Kohberger appeared nervous
At one point, Kohberger even offhandedly said ‘it’s really sad what happened to them,’ the source told People Magazine.
The anecdote matches what a source at the Latah County Jail in Moscow has said of Kohberger: ‘He keeps to himself, he’s away from the other prisoners. But he will make small talk with the guards and seems to be getting used to the place.’
Kohberger, 28, was arrested December 30 in connection with the murders of Chapin, 20, Kernodle, 20, Mogen, 21, and Goncalves, 21. All four victims were stabbed with a fixed-blade knife.
He denies the charges, despite DNA from the scene matching a sample taken from his house, and says he will prove his innocence in court.
While police have laid out some of their evidence against him, no motive for the killings has yet been suggested.
Kohberger is due back in court on Thursday. Last week, he was denied bail after a brief hearing in Idaho following his extradition from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested.
FBI agents staked out his home for days before swooping in to arrest him.
Their smoking gun was the DNA evidence against Kohberger; a sample found on the button snap of a knife sheath left at the scene was a 99.98 percent match to DNA taken from his family home, that could only belong to him or his father.
The Monroe County Correctional facility in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, where Kohberger spent time before being extradited to Idaho
(L-R) Dylan Mortensen, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen (on Kaylee’s shoulders), Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Bethany Funke
Kohberger is due back in court on Thursday. Last week, he was denied bail after a brief hearing in Idaho following his extradition from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested
He denies the charges, despite DNA from the scene matching a sample taken from his house, and says he will prove his innocence in court
At the time of the murders in November, Kohberger was living seven miles from the scene, studying at the University of Washington’s Pullman campus.
His white Hyundai Elantra also matches the car seen driving in the area on the night of the attacks, and police say he suspiciously turned off his cell phone in the hours surrounding the attack in an alleged effort to evade detection.
Kohberger has not yet submitted a plea or a full defense, but his public defender in Pennsylvania said he was eager to prove his innocence.
He maintains the support of his family, who joined him in court for his first appearance.
Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show Michael Kohberger at the family’s Pennsylvania home Sunday, dressed in a jeans and gray hoodie emblazoned with the words ‘life is good’ on the back
Shannon Gray – the attorney representing Kaylee’s family – says Kohberger didn’t even know any of the victims.
‘No one knew of this guy at all,’ Gray said in an interview with Business Insider.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed in court last week, Kohberger visited the students’ home on multiple occasions.
‘It appears from the affidavit that he was in the area of the house on several occasions. That’s all we know,’ Gray added.
Kaylee’s family previously revealed her fears that she was being stalked, but no stalker has ever been identified.