Newly unsealed police records have revealed details about Bryan Kohberger’s alleged stalking of two female Washington State University (WSU) students in the months before the November 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students in Moscow.
According to police records viewed by People, the women, both WSU undergraduates, where Kohberger was enrolled as a Ph.D student in criminology and worked as a teaching assistant, told Idaho State Police investigators that he visited them at work “almost daily” and later appeared outside their homes, leaving them terrified and convinced they were being watched.
Daily visits and personal information
According to the reports, one woman, an employee at the WSU bookstore, stated that Kohberger seemed fixated on her soon after she began working there. He allegedly knew personal information she had never shared, including her name and work hours, despite her not wearing a nametag.
On more than one occasion, she described frightening encounters at her home. In one instance, she was changing in her room when someone knocked on her window. Another time, her husband saw a white car leaving their porch area, matching Kohberger’s white Hyundai Elantra.
Direct eye contact through a window
The second woman, who worked in the criminology department with Kohberger, told police he constantly sought her out even after she declined his advances and made it clear she was not interested. She recalled feeling unnerved when he made direct eye contact with her through a window late at night as she locked up her workplace.
On another occasion, a neighbor warned her about someone lurking outside her window. Police reports also indicate she once hid in a bathroom to avoid Kohberger after spotting him inside her building.
Both women said they believed Kohberger’s stalking was deliberate. Investigators later learned that both students lived relatively close to Kohberger.
Kohberger’s stalking allegations
The newly released documents add to a growing body of reports suggesting Kohberger exhibited stalking behaviors long before the Idaho 4 murders happened. Another WSU classmate, for instance, recalled discovering footprints in the snow outside her apartment that appeared to backtrack after reaching her window.
These accounts echo earlier reports from Idaho, where one of Kohberger’s eventual victims, Kaylee Goncalves, confided to friends that she felt she was being stalked before she was killed, according to her surviving roommates.
Meanwhile, Goncalves’ dog Murphy reportedly reacted as if someone was behind the residence. And not long before the murders happened, the roommates returned home to discover their door was off its hinges, survivors later told police.
While prosecutors have not formally tied the WSU stalking allegations to the Idaho murders, the new documents suggest a troubling pattern of predatory behavior. Experts note that stalking often precedes escalations in violent crime, raising further questions about whether red flags were missed before the tragedy.
Kohberger is serving four life sentences for the November 2022 murders of Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. In a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, Kohberger admitted he broke into their off-campus rental home in the early morning hours of November 13, fatally stabbing all four. Prosecutors say they were unable to determine a motive.
Published: Sep 10, 2025 12:17 pm