Episode Details

Bryan Kohberger arrived at Washington State University in Pullman in 2022 to pursue a Ph.D. in criminology, just months before the murders of four University of Idaho students in nearby Moscow. He worked as a teaching assistant while attending classes and studying criminal justice, but accounts from his short time at WSU described increasing friction with students and faculty. Kohberger reportedly received complaints about his grading and interactions with students, and university records later showed that faculty had discussed concerns about his professionalism and performance. His academic life placed him only about 10 miles from the University of Idaho campus, a geographic proximity that became a major focus after investigators identified him as a suspect in the November 2022 killings.


Kohberger’s time at WSU ended abruptly after his arrest in Pennsylvania in December 2022. He had completed only one semester of the doctoral program, and the university subsequently terminated his enrollment and teaching position. Investigators searched his Pullman apartment and office, seized property and examined his activities as they reconstructed his life in Washington during the months leading up to the murders. What had begun as the start of an advanced academic career in criminology ultimately became a central part of the investigation, with detectives scrutinizing his studies, employment, relationships, movements and behavior during the brief period he lived just across the state line from Moscow.



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