MOSCOW, ID – Following Bryan Kohberger's guilty plea this past July for the four murders he committed back in 2022, even more questions emerge regarding the immediate aftermath of, and overall motive behind, the killings in light of evidence showing Kohberger called his mother several times after committing the heinous acts.
In the nearly three years since the November 2022 killings of 21-year-olds Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen and 20-year-olds Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, a motive in the slayings is still largely unknown. In a bid to avoid the death penalty, Kohberger accepted a plea bargain admitting guilt to killing the four young University of Idaho students, whom he seemingly had no discernible connection to prior to the actual murders on November 13th, 2022.
Considering a full-blown trial was avoided in light of the plea accepted by Kohberger, it’s fair to assess that many of these sorts of questions will likely remain unanswered, which has brought a recent revelation in the case even more attention, considering what testimony could’ve revealed if the matter had been probed at trial.
According to Heather Barnhart, a digital forensics expert who was in charge of the team responsible for reviewing Kohberger's electronics while the investigation played out revealed that he’d called his mother several times immediately after committing the murders during the early morning hours of November 13th, 2022.
Barnhart claims Kohberger first called his mother at approximately 6:17 a.m., less than two hours after the murders were committed, as he arrived back at his residence situated at the Washington State University campus. When his mother didn’t answer the phone, the convicted killer then tried to call his father, following that missed call with a text that read, “Father, why did mother not respond? Why is she not answering the phone?”
Kohberger’s mother reportedly answered the phone sometime thereafter, with the two speaking for approximately 36 minutes. A second call was made by Kohberger to his mother at approximately 8:03 a.m. that same day, with the two conversing for approximately 54 minutes the second time around, a point in time that is quite relevant to the case considering authorities say Kohberger returned to the scene of the crime at roughly 9:00 a.m. on November 13th, 2022 – meaning Kohberger was likely talking with his mother on the phone as he was driving back to revisit the scene of the quadruple homicide.
Additionally, Barnhart says Kohberger made another nine-minute call to his mother at approximately 9:00 a.m., then a two-minute call at 4:05 p.m., and finally a 96 minute call starting at 5:53 p.m. on the day of the killings. Overall, Kohberger and his mother Maryann spoke for over three hours on the phone on the day he murdered the four university students.
While Kohberger is serving four life sentences at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, whatever he and his mother discussed on the day of the murders will likely remain unknown short of the convicted killer’s mother openly sharing whatever the context of those conversations was.
In the nearly three years since the November 2022 killings of 21-year-olds Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen and 20-year-olds Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, a motive in the slayings is still largely unknown. In a bid to avoid the death penalty, Kohberger accepted a plea bargain admitting guilt to killing the four young University of Idaho students, whom he seemingly had no discernible connection to prior to the actual murders on November 13th, 2022.
Considering a full-blown trial was avoided in light of the plea accepted by Kohberger, it’s fair to assess that many of these sorts of questions will likely remain unanswered, which has brought a recent revelation in the case even more attention, considering what testimony could’ve revealed if the matter had been probed at trial.
According to Heather Barnhart, a digital forensics expert who was in charge of the team responsible for reviewing Kohberger's electronics while the investigation played out revealed that he’d called his mother several times immediately after committing the murders during the early morning hours of November 13th, 2022.
Barnhart claims Kohberger first called his mother at approximately 6:17 a.m., less than two hours after the murders were committed, as he arrived back at his residence situated at the Washington State University campus. When his mother didn’t answer the phone, the convicted killer then tried to call his father, following that missed call with a text that read, “Father, why did mother not respond? Why is she not answering the phone?”
Kohberger’s mother reportedly answered the phone sometime thereafter, with the two speaking for approximately 36 minutes. A second call was made by Kohberger to his mother at approximately 8:03 a.m. that same day, with the two conversing for approximately 54 minutes the second time around, a point in time that is quite relevant to the case considering authorities say Kohberger returned to the scene of the crime at roughly 9:00 a.m. on November 13th, 2022 – meaning Kohberger was likely talking with his mother on the phone as he was driving back to revisit the scene of the quadruple homicide.
Additionally, Barnhart says Kohberger made another nine-minute call to his mother at approximately 9:00 a.m., then a two-minute call at 4:05 p.m., and finally a 96 minute call starting at 5:53 p.m. on the day of the killings. Overall, Kohberger and his mother Maryann spoke for over three hours on the phone on the day he murdered the four university students.
While Kohberger is serving four life sentences at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, whatever he and his mother discussed on the day of the murders will likely remain unknown short of the convicted killer’s mother openly sharing whatever the context of those conversations was.
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