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-Lurid Crime Tales-
PhD student arrested over Idaho quadruple slaying studied under famed forensic psychologist who authored 68 books including 'How to Catch a Killer' and 'The Mind of a Murderer'
2022-12-31
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The suspect in the murders studied under a famed forensic psychologist

  • Bryan Kohberger was a graduate student of Dr. Katherine Ramsland until June

  • Ramsland has written extensively on murder as well as advised on TV shows

  • A classmate of Kohberger's in her class described him as 'very intelligent' but also 'seemingly detached.'

  • He is also a teaching assistant for the university's criminal justice and criminology program
Posted by:Skidmark

#15  The Times of Israel adds:

DNA evidence played a key role in identifying Bryan Christopher Kohberger as a suspect in the killings, and officials were able to match his DNA to genetic material recovered during the investigation, a law enforcement official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation.

WSU and UI are partners in several academic programs, and students sometimes attend classes and seminars or work at the neighboring schools. That doesn’t appear to be the case with Kohberger: University of Idaho President Scott Green wrote in a memo to students and employees on Friday evening that the Idaho school had no record of him.

DNA evidence isn’t always as clear cut as prosecutors and the FBI like to claim. 48 Hour Rule, guys, no matter how long that might actually be — so far the evidence is all circumstantial.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-12-31 19:26  

#14  How bout it, GD? You covering for somebody?
Posted by: M. Murcek    2022-12-31 13:59  

#13  Seems he went from a third to a forth or fifth tier school. Of course there are scholastic and financial reasons to do that. Or maybe he needed to be closer to people he was involved with.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2022-12-31 13:56  

#12  Oh, he's "vegan." Nothing to see here, you can all go home now... "

"Can you confirm it was an Ar17 knife?"

"I can't say anymore until the coroner's report comes out, but yes, it was a high clip knife..."
Posted by: M. Murcek    2022-12-31 12:45  

#11  A serial killer isn't scary. Sitting next to a serial killer at dinner is scary...

- Alfred Hitchcock
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-12-31 12:33  

#10  A distant relative met a man on a first date at a bookstore. She looked at books on home design. He looked at books on serial killers. End of date.
Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342   2022-12-31 12:28  

#9  My point is, did he know them for a while or just recently?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-12-31 12:17  

#8  The suspect graduated from DeSales with a Bachelor's in 2020 and a Master's in 2022. Moscow Police Chief James Fry said Friday that Kohberger attends Washington State University, which is only a few miles across the state line from Moscow.
Posted by: Thesing Gurly-Brown8929   2022-12-31 12:14  

#7  Bryan Kohberger wrapped up his studies under Ramsland at DeSales University, in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, in June

15 minutes away...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-12-31 12:08  

#6  The suspect lived 15mins from the victims. His school (Washington State University) is on the Washington-Idaho border.
Posted by: Thesing Gurly-Brown8929   2022-12-31 11:59  

#5  Well. Any effort put into the "investigation" will be rayciss because the vics were white. How does a guy going to school halfway across the country come into contact with these people so much younger than him? If there is any sort of ongoing criminal activity among them all, who needs it covered up?

Questions, questions, questions...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-12-31 11:45  

#4  Last night I watched the Clint Eastwood film on Richard Jewell and the ‘96 Olympic bombing. My starting assumption with this guy is that like Jewell he’s guilty of fitting a profile. Everything else is tbd.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal   2022-12-31 11:37  

#3  so a spook mentored the killer wow shocker!
Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751   2022-12-31 10:55  

#2  The criminal mind is not a degree earning university mind. Criminology is like trying to use an oscilloscope on a frozen lug nut.

Yes. This guy. Ted Bundy. Exceptions to the Ann Rule...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-12-31 10:34  

#1  So a mass murderer may have graded your homework. Was he in any clubs?
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-12-31 10:28  

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