Bryan Kohberger’s younger sister said she once warned her brother to be careful after learning that a killer was on the loose following the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students — unaware he was responsible for the crime.

In an interview with The New York Times, Mel Kohberger described conversations, family dynamics, and the shock that followed her brother’s arrest, offering a rare look at how the case unfolded from inside the Kohberger family.

The DX Brief

  • Kohberger’s sister said she warned him a “psycho killer” was on the loose after the November 2022 murders in Moscow, Idaho
  • Bryan Kohberger later pleaded guilty to killing Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Kaylee Goncalves
  • Mel Kohberger said her brother often went on late-night jogs and left his door unlocked, prompting her concern
  • She told the Times that Kohberger was bullied as a teenager and struggled socially
  • The family believed he had turned his life around after overcoming heroin addiction and completing treatment
  • Kohberger was arrested on Dec. 30, 2022, following an FBI raid at his parents’ home in Pennsylvania
  • Mel Kohberger said she would have reported her brother if she had believed he was responsible for the murders
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