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(NewsNation) —Bryan Kohberger’s erstwhile prof told investigators the convicted murderer was “obsessed” with serial killers, wrote a insubstantial connected burglary and was flagged by respective pistillate classmates for sexist behavior.
An interrogation that a criminology prof astatine Washington State University, wherever Kohberger was a teaching adjunct pursuing a Ph.D. successful criminology, gave to Idaho State Police was revealed successful a papers driblet archetypal reported connected NewsNation's "Banfield."
The professor, who wasn't named successful the documents, told investigators that she warned different professors and supervisors that Kohberger might beryllium a predator.
“Kohberger is astute capable that successful 4 years, we volition person to springiness him a Ph.D. Mark my word, I enactment with predators, if we springiness him a Ph.D., that’s the feline that successful galore years, erstwhile helium is simply a professor, we volition perceive is harassing, stalking, and sexually abusing,” the enactment read.
The informing was sent months before Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were killed connected Nov. 13, 2022.
The prof said she saw Kohberger successful people a week aft the murders with a bandage connected his fingers. When asked, Kohberger said it was from a “silly accident" astatine home, but the prof said she remembers it looking similar it was a scrape from asphalt.
She besides recalled respective incidents of pistillate students citing concerns implicit Kohberger's sexist and condescending remarks arsenic good arsenic harassment.
“Kohberger would spell into an bureau wherever respective pistillate grad students worked and physically artifact the door,” the prof said. “Once successful a while, she would perceive 1 of the pistillate grad students say, 'I truly request to get retired of here,' and she would intercede by going into the bureau and allowing the pistillate pupil to leave,” the study stated.
In different incident, a pistillate pupil came to the prof crying implicit Kohberger aggressively disagreeing with her to the grade that she felt she needed to permission the area.
The prof said Kohberger talked a batch astir serial killers successful people and wanted to survey burglars.
She besides told investigators she felt similar helium was “stalking people.”
The erstwhile postgraduate student accepted a plea woody weeks earlier helium was acceptable to spell to proceedings for the murders of 4 Idaho assemblage students.
That woody took the decease punishment disconnected the array successful speech for a blameworthy plea successful which helium besides agreed to waive his appeals successful the killings and burglary charges.
The erstwhile postgraduate pupil was handed 4 beingness sentences past month.
NewsNation's Patrick Djordjevic contributed to this story.
