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'It's really sad what happened to them': Bryan Kohberger's SICK words during his extradition to Idaho

Kohberger didn't speak directly to officers about the case, but a police source says that he did make an offhand comment about it

BY GARGI TYAGI

UPDATED JAN 11, 2023

Bryan Kohberger talked about the Idaho murders to officials during his extradition (@maddiemogen/Instagram, Latah County Jail, @xanakernodle/instagram)

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MOSCOW, IDAHO: Bryan Kohberger was charged with the murder of four Idaho students but has remained silent throughout. Kohberger was reported to have spoken with officials while he was extradited from Pennsylvania and booked into the Latah County Jail.

A police source who was involved in the extradition told People, "He seemed really nervous. He was narrating to himself everything that was happening." The source added, "At one point, he was saying something to himself like 'I'm fine, this is okay.' Like he was reassuring himself that this whole thing wasn't awful." He never spoke to the officers directly but he did make a comment about the slain students. "He did say, 'It's really sad what happened to them,' but he didn't say anything more. He's smarter than that," said the source.

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Bryan Kohberger was arrested on 30 December and has been charged with four counts of murders and one charge of felony burglary for the gruesome murders of Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21. All four victims were stabbed to death with a fixed-blade.

Bryan Kohberger, left, looks toward Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson, right, as he takes his seat in Latah County District Court on January 5, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Kohberger has been arrested for the murders of four University of Idaho students in November 2022. — Bryan Kohberger looks toward Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson as he takes his seat in Latah County District Court on January 5, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Kohberger has been arrested for the murders of four University of Idaho students in November 2022 (Ted S Warren/Getty Images)

It is still unclear how he knew the four students and what his motive was. Investigators have linked Kohberger to the murders through his cell phone records, his car and a knife sheath containing his DNA that was left at the scene. Phone records show he was near the students' home in Moscow, Idaho, at least a dozen times before allegedly fatally stabbing them in their beds. Kohberger attended Washington State University Pullman, which is only about 10 miles from the students' home.

Kohberger is now incarcerated in the Latah County Jail, which is adjacent to the courthouse and only 2 miles from the crime scene. Kohberger has been kept away from all other inmates in the jail for his own safety.

"He keeps to himself, he's away from the other prisoners," says a source in the jail told People. "But he will make small talk with the guards and seems to be getting used to the place."

Kohberger will return to court on 12 January for a pretrial hearing.