He Studied Why People Kill. Then He Stabbed Four Students and Never Said Why. — Bryan Kohberger Case

In the early hours of November 13th, 2022, four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were 20 and 21 years old. Two roommates survived. One of them saw the masked killer in the hallway and made eye contact with him. He walked past her and left. Bryan Kohberger was arrested 47 days later in Pennsylvania. He was a 28 year old PhD student in criminology at Washington State University — eight miles from the crime scene — studying criminal decision making. His phone had pinged towers near the house 23 times in the months before the murders. His DNA was on a knife sheath found next to one of the victims. On July 2nd 2025 he pleaded guilty to all four murders. He was sentenced to four consecutive life terms. He never explained why he did it. This is the full story.