Idaho murders: Web sleuths' theory that Bryan Kohberger made ‘noise complaints against victims’ debunked
MOSCOW, IDAHO: Web sleuths have been actively proposing a myriad of theories ever since the investigation of the University of Idaho killings has begun. The brutal stabbing of four students — Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, and Xana Kernodle, 20, has had the police working on the case for more than a month, with Bryan Kohberger now named as a sole suspect in the case. A recent theory, which has since been refuted, claimed that Kohberger was the source of the noise complaints made about the deceased students. According to FOX News, court documents do not contain any evidence to support the same.
It is imperative to note that Kohberger is a 28-year-old criminology PhD student who had also applied for an internship with the local police. A probable cause affidavit also stated that he may have even been stalking the home that the students shared. Investigators had also stated that his phone had pinged near the house multiple times before the murder and once after. He had also been pulled over at a traffic stop less than a week after what was the first noise complaint.
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It was also recently reported that Washington State University, where Kohberger studied, had a crime lab with access to bodycam footage from several departments, though the University has vehemently denied that he was given access.
"To be clear, Bryan Kohberger never had access to any footage from the Complex Social Interaction Lab at Washington State University," Phil Weiler, WSU’s President of Marketing and Communications said. He added, "Access to that facility is strictly controlled. All research assistants must complete a background check, an FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Level 2 certification, be fingerprinted by the FBI, and sign a confidentiality agreement to enter the facility."
But given his criminology background and the apparent stalking, web sleuths were quick to speculate about Kohberger’s involvement in the noise complaints. However, police documents do not suggest anything as such.
Out of the three complaints, the first one is said to have been made on Thursday, September 1, and the second on Friday, September 2. Both complaints have been made by neighbors of the King Road home, from houses on Walenta Drive. The third complaint does not have the name of the one who filed it, but it was on Tuesday, August 16. However, the responding officer on the bodycam video keeps repeating that the loud music is disturbing the neighbors.