Bryan Kohberger, the Idaho quadruple homicide suspect, applied for an internship with the Pullman Police Department

Four-time Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger applied for an internship with a Washington police department just a month before the brutal murders of four college students, a police affidavit revealed.

New details in the case were revealed in a wealth of documents released by the Idaho Police Department Thursday ahead of Kohberger’s first court appearance following his extradition from Pennsylvania.

The 19-page affidavit revealed that 28-year-old Kohberger, who was a criminology student at Washington State University, applied for an internship with the Pullman Police Department in September with an essay expressing his interest in becoming cops in rural areas to help “better collect and analyze technological data”. in public safety operations.’

Kohberger was arrested on December 30, more than a month after Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were murdered on November 13 in the quiet college town of Moscow, Idaho.

Idaho quadruple homicide suspect Bryan Kohberger applied for an internship with the Pullman Police Department in Washington state and wrote an essay saying he wanted to help the rural police

Kohberger, 28, is accused of murdering Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on November 13 in the quiet college town of Moscow, Idaho

When Kohberger applied for the internship, he wrote an essay expressing his interest in helping rural law enforcement better collect and analyze technological data in public safety operations, the affidavit revealed.

Prior to his arrest, Kohberger was a graduate student studying criminology. He lived eight miles from the scene of the crime in a dorm on the University of Washington’s Pullman campus.

He has maintained his innocence through his public defender. His family, who hid their faces at a Pennsylvania court hearing earlier this week, also believe he is innocent.

Moscow PD officer Brett Payne’s affidavit claims that Kohberger’s DNA was found on a knife sheath left next to one of the bodies and that he tracked the property through 12 visits prior to the night in question.

Today the documents revealed:

• Surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen saw Kohberger in a black mask
• She had heard screams and the victim Goncalves said, “There’s someone here”
• Xana Kernodle ordered a DoorDash, which arrived 20 minutes before the murder
• Kohberger visited the home at least 12 times prior to the murder
• He turned off his phone on the night of the murders to avoid detection
• Mortensen told police the killer had “bushy eyebrows” – which they noticed in Kohberger after they identified him

Kohberger, 28, a criminology student at Washington State University, applied for an internship at the Pullman Police Department in September with an essay expressing his interest in helping rural police officers use “technology data in public safety operations to collect and analyze better”.

The sheath was a US Marines tan leather sheath, which the documents said was found next to the body of Maddie Mogen.

Kohberger’s DNA was found on the scabbard’s snap-button housing and was later positively identified as matching him.

Police officers obtained a DNA sample December 27 while stealing trash from his family’s home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania. This sample matched 99.98 percent with the sample Kohberger’s father found at the crime scene.

Five months before the brutal killings, Kohberger appealed to Reddit to have participants fill out his survey on how they chose their targets and committed crimes.

He also asked participants to provide information to “understand how emotions and psychological characteristics influence decision-making when committing a crime.”

Five months before the murders, Kohberger appealed to criminals on Reddit, asking them to share their experiences to help him with his college studies

“Hi, my name is Bryan and I invite you to participate in a research project that seeks to understand how emotions and psychological characteristics influence decision making when committing a crime.

“Specifically, this study seeks to understand the story behind your recent crime, with a focus on your thoughts and feelings throughout your experience,” he said.

Questions included, ‘Did you prepare for the crime before leaving your home?’, ‘Why did you choose this victim or target over others?’ and ‘What was the first step you took to achieve your goal?’

Questions included, ‘Did you prepare for the crime before leaving your home?’, ‘Why did you choose this victim or target over others?’ and ‘What was the first step you took to achieve your goal?’

“What did you think and feel after you committed the crime?” was another.

He also asked how criminals “leave the scene” and whether they acted alone. In the context of a degree in criminology, the survey may seem perfectly harmless.

But given his arrest last month on suspicion of quadruple murder, it gained harrowing darkness.