'Self-destructive': Idaho suspect Bryan Kohberger's pals say he picked up heroin after high school fat shaming
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: The quadruple Idaho murders' suspect lived a tragic life where he fell prey to his own demons. Bryan Kohberger, 28, who has shot up to the notoriety of America's most infamous mass murderer was allegedly bullied and dropped 100 pounds in his senior year of high school before hooking up on hard drugs, revealed his former friends.
PhD in criminology student Kohberger was indeed a secluded person. Two of his high school classmates, Casey Arntz and Bree, said the suspect was overweight and bullied. However, the tables turned after Kohberger drastically lost about 100 pounds in his senior year and became a bully himself. Arntz told CBS News, "He was rail thin. It was after that weight loss that a lot of people noticed a huge switch." Kohberger was arrested in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania in December for the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, in their off-campus three-story rented home on November 13, 2022.
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Kohberger's demeanor changed after losing weight and he started bullying Arntz's brother by putting him in chokeholds and getting physically aggressive with him. His other friend Bree added that "self-destructive" Kohberger started using heroin, adding, "You just saw him becoming more self-destructive. He really stayed secluded." However, he had self-realization and promised his friend that he was "going to be better." Bree revealed, "He was telling me that he wanted to get sober, that he was getting sober. And he wanted to let me know, 'I'm gonna do better. I'm gonna be better,'' reported Daily Mail.
Interstingly, Kohberger did make a change. Both the friends last met him at a friend's wedding in 2017 where they said he looked "good" and seemed to have his life on track. Arntz said, "I gave him a hug and I said, 'You look so good. I'm so proud of you.''' Whilst, Bree revealed Kohberger's new focus on his criminology studies and said, "his goal was just to change the world for the good around him. He wanted to do something that impacted people in a good way. People were not his strong suit."
She added, "And I think through his criminology studies, he was really trying to understand humans and trying and understand himself." Meanwhile, we would also like to shed light upon the fact that Kohberger is convicted of four University of Idaho student's murders he will be facing the death penalty. He will return to court for a status hearing on January 12.