Since Bryan Kohberger was named the alleged perpetrator of the grisly murders of 4 College of Idaho college students, a number of folks have shared accounts of when their paths crossed.
It’s unclear but if these narratives are sturdy sufficient to result in trial testimony, Regulation&Crime’s Jesse Weber stated on the Sidebar podcast. However they provide a glimpse at Kohberger’s psyche — and the doable motive behind the deadly stabbings of scholars Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, to whom he seemingly had little connection.
Josh Ferraro, who studied legal justice with Kohberger when he was an undergraduate at DeSales College, appeared incredulous in his reflections on TikTok, remembering the now-criminology Ph.D. scholar as “actually pleasant.”
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“My first impression of him was that he’s slightly odd, however he’s a pleasant man,” Ferraro recalled. “He was a very nice man and he doesn’t appear like that good man anymore.”
They as soon as labored collectively on a biology challenge, the place Kohberger took the lead. “He was a fairly good man,” Ferraro said. However that was their essential interplay: “I wish to make it clear, this was not an in depth buddy.”
A girl who went to highschool with Kohberger shared on TikTok that she remembered him as a “larger child.”
Her brother was shut associates with him, she defined, her voice shaking within the video. She’s unnamed however has pictures of her and Kohberger from 2017. He graduated a 12 months behind her, she stated, talking in entrance of his photograph present in her previous yearbook.
“Clearly that’s Bryan, nonetheless has the lifeless face. It’s the eyes,” she identified.
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One other account got here from Kohberger’s faculty days — a one-time date, Hailey Willett, who was a sophomore in faculty when she met Kohberger on Tinder in 2015. They went to the flicks, the place he was “very well mannered and good,” she advised the Each day Beast. Nevertheless, as soon as he drove her again to her dorm, he “utterly modified gears” and have become “pushy” about coming in. She claimed he wouldn’t depart till she pretended to throw up.
Afterward within the night time, Willett stated that Kohberger messaged her that she has good birthing hips. They by no means spoke once more.
One of many extra eerie accounts got here from certainly one of Kohberger’s neighbors, who advised CBS Information that a number of days after the murders, when little or no info was accessible, Kohberger allegedly requested if they’d heard about what occurred. The neighbor claimed he stated, “Yeah, it looks as if they don’t have any leads. Looks as if it was against the law of ardour.”
One in every of Kohberger’s downstairs neighbors advised Regulation&Crime reporter Angenette Levy that he appeared to be an evening particular person, staying up late making feels like vacuuming or showering.
“We heard loud sounds in the course of the night time,” she stated. “Yeah, many instances.”
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Two fascinating accounts got here from two present classmates of Kohberger, who’s a Ph. D. scholar in Criminology at Washington State College. Ben Roberts, a legal justice graduate scholar, advised the Idaho Statesman that Kohberger appeared “gregarious and outgoing.”
“He was making the rounds,” Roberts continued. “He positively appeared slightly extra keen than among the others that had been current to go round and introduce himself.”
One other classmate, who selected to stay nameless, advised the Statesman that Kohberger “solely talked about his curiosity in forensic psychology.”
“He was an extremely sturdy scholar and talked throughout class each time,” they stated. “He sat entrance and heart and was not hiding or speaking again within the again or tucking again within the again.”
However this engaged scholar “grew to become utterly silent when it got here to discussing the Idaho murders,” the classmate continued.
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Weber took explicit curiosity on this account.
“Don’t be stunned if these classmates find yourself testifying in opposition to Bryan Kohberger in a bigger trial,” Weber stated. “And don’t even be stunned as time goes on if extra folks come ahead to debate their interactions with Bryan Kohberger, as effectively.”
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REXBURG—U.S. Highway 20 Exit 332 for University Boulevard in Rexburg will fully close starting Monday, September 30, for crews to complete final paving and striping operations. Work is not expected to take more than a few days, and the exit will be re-opened as soon as it is completed.
This closure was purposefully scheduled during Madison School District’s harvest break to least affect traffic. Detours include Exit 328 (Thornton), Exit 333 (Main Street) and Exit 337 (North Rexburg). After re-opening next week, construction work at Exit 332 will be minimal and off the roadway.
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Construction does continue at Exit 333, with one lane running in each direction. These projects to create safe and efficient diverging diamond interchanges at both Rexburg exits are still expected to be complete later this fall.
For more information about this project, visit https://itdprojects.idaho.gov/pages/us20rexburg. Drivers can also use the 511 app to see current status on this and other Idaho projects.
NAMPA, Idaho — Nampa had its inaugural Downtown Wine Fest in 2024. I met with people in the wine community to learn how the art is growing in Idaho.
Local wine lounge owner Andrew Medina told us, “I’m starting to see, the last two years, more people popping their heads in, more people walking the streets in Downtown Nampa on 13th Street, on 1st Street.”
Local winery Veer Wine Project opened in 2016 and has grown quickly, opening two locations since the founding of the label in 2016.
“People moving here that know wine because of the industry of the states that they came from.”
(Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
Yet another sign of Nampa’s growth. 2024 marks the city of Nampa’s inaugural Downtown Wine Festival. Just around the corner from Lloyd Square Park is Swirl Wine Shop & Lounge. Andrew Medina opened Swirl nearly three years ago.
“What has the change and growth look like in the patronage look like for you in that time?” I asked.
Medina responded, “I’ve already had a nice following working out at the wineries for the last 10 years. Now I’m starting to see, the last two years, more people popping their heads in, more people walking the streets in Downtown Nampa on 13th Street, on 1st Street. With more businesses opening up you’re just seeing more traffic down here.”
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It’s not just small business doing well in Nampa. Idaho wineries are beginning to make it big. Idaho Wine Commission data shows the number of wineries in the Gem State have grown 25% since 2017 to 65 total wineries. The workforce nearly doubling, and they expect it to continue.
The IWC sent me a message saying, “Most people don’t know that Idaho settlers first planted wine grapes and produced wine here in the 1860s, and today we have more than 65 wineries. The Idaho Wine Commission envisions significant growth in both the number of wineries and the quality of Idaho wines over the next 5 to 10 years. The state’s unique climate, with its high desert conditions and distinct terroir positions Idaho wines to continue standing out in the local and national market.”
Notoriety has been bolstered by consistent awards at local and national wine competitions, positive reviews in prominent wine publications and word-of-mouth from tourists and locals discovering Idaho’s wine industry. The growth of wine tourism in Idaho has further helped elevate the state’s reputation. As more wine lovers visit the state and share their experiences, Idaho wine has steadily built its presence in the market, and its reputation as an emerging wine region continues to gain momentum.”
“This is amazing for a town the size of Nampa to be able to sponsor a prestigious kind of event,” said wine festival guest Kathy Lacina.
Idaho is beginning to put itself on the map with vintners.
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Lacina adds on, “It’s actually starting to make a name for itself. We have begun to have some really outstanding wineries and wine selections.”
And Idaho has the data to back that up. Local winery Veer Wine Project opened in 2016 and has grown quickly.
“It’s been a lot of growth very quickly and then [we] opened the Caldwell tasting room in 2021 and expanded to Garden City just this spring in March we opened there so lots of rapid growth,” Veer Operations Manager Cheyenne Zumstein explained.
“It’s totally changed with the population growth. People moving here that know wine because of the industry of the states that they came from,” Medina concluded.
COEUR D’ALENE — When sheriff’s deputies were called to the northern Idaho home of distraught former state trooper Dan Howard, something didn’t seem right. Howard told investigators he found his wife, Kendy Howard, dead in their bathtub with a gunshot wound to her head.
Howard told police his wife took her own life. There was a gun found in the bathtub, though there were no prints or DNA that connected it to the trooper.
The case will be the focus of “48 Hours” this Saturday in a program entitled ‘The Bathtub Murder of Kendy Howard.’
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“From the beginnings, it looks odd,” Kootenai County sheriff’s detective Jerry Northrup tells correspondent Peter Van Sant.
Deputies on the scene noticed things out of place. A packed duffle bag was ready to go, and a clothes dryer was running full of clean bath towels. Howard also appeared to have recently showered and changed his clothes.
“Dan knows things that most normal people, ordinary people, don’t know,” says retired Kootenai County Sheriff’s Det. Sergeant Ken Lallatin. “Things like killing someone and staging it to look like a suicide.”
Two years after Kendy Howard’s death, Howard was charged with her murder.
“48 Hours” airs Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9-10 p.m. MDT on CBS and streams on Paramount+.
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Watch a preview of the episode in the video player above.
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