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Sister warned Bryan Kohberger about ‘psycho killer’ on the loose before his arrest: ‘Be careful’
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Bryan Kohberger’s younger sister says she warned her brother that a “psycho killer” was on the loose after four University of Idaho students were killed, unaware she was speaking to the man later convicted of the brutal murders.
Mel Kohberger, Bryan’s sister, recalled the conversation with her brother during a recent interview with The New York Times, saying she felt a sense of alarm after hearing about the murders in Moscow, Idaho. Kohberger pleaded guilty to murdering Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Kaylee Goncalves, who were killed Nov. 13, 2022.
“Bryan, you are running outside, and this psycho killer is on the loose,” she remembers telling her brother. “Be careful.”
Bryan thanked her for checking in and assured Mel that he would be safe. Mel said Bryan was the kind of person who would go on late-night jogs and leave his door unlocked, prompting her to check in.
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Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse for his sentencing hearing July 23, 2025, in Boise, Idaho, for brutally stabbing four University of Idaho students to death nearly three years ago. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool)
Mel recalled how Bryan was constantly bullied as a teenager. Friends previously said he was overweight and had a standoffish personality. In online posts while Bryan was a teenager, according to the outlet, he said that he had no emotion, little remorse and felt like he was “an organic sack of meat with no self-worth.”
Bryan, who was addicted to heroin as a teenager, once stole Mel’s phone and sold it at a mall so he could buy more drugs, the sister said. Mel said her family was worried Bryan was on a pathway to an early death, something that happened to one of his friends. However, Mel said Bryan received treatment and was doing better.
“We were all so proud of him because he had overcome so much,” Mel said.
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Maryann Kohberger, (wearing sunglasses) mother of Bryan Kohberger, along with her daughter, Amanda Kohberger, exit the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, July 23, 2025. The pair were in attendance for Bryan Kohberger’s sentencing for the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
After treatment, while Bryan remained socially awkward and abrasive at times, Mel never saw him as a violent person, she said.
Bryan did not discuss the Idaho murders while staying at his parents’ Pennsylvania home in the days before the FBI raid, but Mel recalled him mentioning the case once, noting investigators were still searching for a suspect.
When Bryan was arrested Dec. 30, 2022, Mel recalled getting a phone call from her older sister, Amanda.
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The four victims of the quadruple homicide at the University of Idaho were Maddie Mogen, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Kaylee Goncalves. (Instagram: @maddiemogen, @kayleegoncalves, @ethanchapin4)
“She was like, ‘I’m with the FBI. Bryan’s been arrested,’” Mel said. “I was like, ‘For what?’”
“The Idaho murders,” Amanda responded.
Mel initially thought her sister might have been pranking her before becoming nauseous at the thought that her own brother was behind the murders of four college students.
Overnight, Mel said her world was flipped upside down. Bryan’s sister said she was training to start her new job as a mental health counselor in New Jersey but agreed to step down after the new employer became inundated with inquiries.
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Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders of four University of Idaho students. (The Idaho Department of Correction)
Mel said she became angry after seeing online posts from people who speculated that her family may have known that Bryan had killed the four University of Idaho students.
“I have always been a person who has spoken up for what was right,” Mel said. “If I ever had a reason to believe my brother did anything, I would have turned him in.”
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The “Flowers” singer is revisiting her Disney Channel roots, donning the signature blonde look of the fictional popstar ahead of the sitcom’s 20th anniversary in March.
At the Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on Jan. 3, Cyrus confirmed she is involved with plans for the milestone date.
“Absolutely. We’re working hard on them,” she told Variety.
While she said she couldn’t say more about what’s in store for fans, Cyrus pointed to her blonde hairstyle, adding, “You see the bangs.”
Cyrus starred in the series alongside Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso and father Billy Ray Cyrus, between March 2006 and January 2011, and starred in the 2009 feature film “Hannah Montana: The Movie.” Under the Hannah Montana persona, she also released multiple platinum-selling soundtracks and headlined the Best of Both Worlds Tour, which grossed over $54 million.
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The Grammy-winning musician first teased plans for the anniversary in a July 22 interview on SiriusXM.
“I want to design something really, really special for it because it really was the beginning of all of this,” she said. “Without Hannah, there wouldn’t really be this me.”
“It’s crazy to think that I started as a character that I thought was going to be impossible to shed, and now that’s something that when I walk into a space, it’s looked at as this sense of kind of, like, nostalgia or something that you have from your childhood,” she added. “So, that’s exciting to get to celebrate that.”
Will there be a Hannah Montana tour in 2026?
Cyrus has not announced plans to tour as “Hannah Montana” for the show’s 20th anniversary.
While exact anniversary plans remain under wraps, a tour seems unlikely, as Cyrus has previously expressed a lack of interest in touring.
During a May 2023 interview with British Vogue, the “Something Beautiful” singer added that while she enjoys performing for her friends, noting that “singing for hundreds of thousands of people isn’t really the thing that I love.”
Contributing: Edward Segarra, USA TODAY
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