Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the murders of four University of Idaho students, has requested body camera footage from two traffic stops in Indiana that occurred on 15 December, as he travelled from Washington to Pennsylvania with his father.
The footage, obtained by King5, shows a Hancock County Sheriff's deputy pulling over Kohberger for following too closely. The 28-year-old and his father told the officer they were returning from Washington State University (WSU), where a SWAT team had responded to an on-campus shooting. Separately, Indiana State Police released footage of a second stop shortly after, where a trooper warned Kohberger about tailgating a truck trailer.
During the stops, Kohberger and his father mentioned the university incident, which involved a seven-hour stand-off and a fatal police shooting of a man threatening roommates. The father also noted that Kohberger was a PhD student at WSU. The trooper, unaware of Kohberger's link to the Idaho homicides, issued no ticket or warning.
Kohberger was arrested on 30 December at his parents' home in Pennsylvania. He has waived extradition and faces murder charges for the deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in November 2022. The grieving father of one victim, Steve Goncalves, vowed to confront Kohberger in court, stating he wants the suspect to be "sick of seeing us."
