Prosecutors issued search warrants for Bryan Kohberger's social media as their probe into the Idaho quadruple homicide continues, courtroom docs present
- Investigators have demanded social media platforms turnover Bryan Kohberger’s account information.
- Prosecutors imagine his social media footprint may make clear the killings of 4 faculty college students.
- Kohberger is ready to face trial within the fall.
Investigators probing the deaths of 4 faculty college students in Idaho imagine suspect Bryan Kohberger’s social media historical past might shed extra gentle on the killings.
The Latah County Prosecutor’s Workplace issued search warrants to TikTok, Strava, Reddit, Google, and Snapchat, in search of Kohberger’s social media accounts, in line with courtroom paperwork obtained by Insider.
They imagine that his digital footprint might shed extra gentle on his relationship with the slain faculty college students — Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, and Madison Mogen — or what might need motivated the crime.
Prosecutors contend that Kohberger, a doctoral pupil in criminology at close by Washington State College, broke into the scholars’ house and stabbed them to dying.
In courtroom paperwork, forensic Det. Lawrence Mowery mentioned investigators wanted the information as a result of “there may be possible trigger to imagine” that the accounts embrace “info associated to the investigation into the crimes of murder and/or housebreaking” on the tackle the place the assault occurred in November 2022.
Investigators demanded Kohberger’s profiles, search historical past, usernames, all messages, images, and a listing of individuals he adopted or unfollowed, the warrants present.
Final month, a grand jury indicted Kohberger on fees, together with 4 counts of first-degree homicide and one rely of housebreaking. He remained silent throughout his arraignment, so the choose entered a plea of not responsible on his behalf.
Kohberger is predicted to face trial in October.
Insider has contacted the Latah County Prosecutor’s Workplace, which is main the investigation, for remark.
