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'Plot thickens': Internet shocked as reports claim Bryan Kohberger had photos of victim on his phone

According to the source, authorities found pictures of the victim on the device

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MOSCOW, IDAHO: Months after the gruesome Idaho murders, it has been revealed that the suspect, Bryan Kohberger, had pictures of one of the female victims on his phone. A phone belonging to Kohberger was collected after his arrest, in which authorities discovered pictures of the victim. It is unclear if the photos were taken by Kohberger or downloaded from the victim's social media. NewsNation reporter Brian Entin tweeted this recent development in the case.

"He had more than one picture of her," a source told People. "It was clear that he was paying attention to her." Kohberger, 28, has been accused of fatally stabbing 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. He was arrested in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, on December 30, 2022.

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It was reported by People in the past that two weeks before the murders, Kohberger sent a series of messages to one of the victims on Instagram. He reportedly had a clean report apart from a drug problem. He was a PhD student in Washington State University’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology and maintained a disciplined diet and fitness routine. 

It has been revealed that Kohberger returned to the crime scene area and may even have stalked the home of his victims about 12 times before the attack. His cell phone pinged its location in the area of the house where the crimes were committed at around 9.am on November 13, which was just five hours after he killed the students. He now reportedly plans to fight the probable cause evidence in a June 26 preliminary hearing, according to his attorney Kootenai County Public Defender Anne Taylor.

'The plot thickens'

The Internet erupted after the news surfaced, with one user saying on Twitter, "Just like I suspected- if this is, in fact, true…BK was infatuated with either K or M. They were the target, X&E were collateral damage". "Whoa. The plot thickens indeed. Thanks for sharing," said another. "Is it Kaylee? They said she reported a missing person, went to the Moscow PD. Bryan supposedly interviewed at Moscow PD for a possible consultant or internship…did they run into each other there ????" one user wondered.

"Photo of victim as in a random shot, copied photo, or crime scene shot?" one user wondered, while another said, "Oh WoW. That's the first seen of that info on photo. Creepy!"

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