Well, we’re starting to get a clearer picture of what was happening leading up to the murders of 4 young, innocent live in Idaho. We now know that the suspect, Bryan Kohberger was actually sending Instagram messages to one of the girls just before the murders. Lots of messages. Messages that she never responded to… but that he just kept sending. Remember, Bryan followed all the girls on Instagram, although they didn’t follow him back.
The New York Post reported that accused University of Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger slid into one of the girl’s direct messages on Instagram just weeks before the four students were killed in their beds, a report said Tuesday.
An Instagram account that belonged to Kohberger repeatedly sent Instagram messages to one of the college students found dead — but she never returned his advances, an investigator close to the case told PEOPLE.
“He slid into one of the girls’ DMs several times but she didn’t respond,” the anonymous source said. “Basically, it was just him saying, ‘Hey, how are you?’ But he did it again and again.”
The message were reportedly sent in October.
University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were found stabbed to death in their off-campus house on Nov. 13.
The source did not disclose which of the girls Kohberger messaged. The suspect followed accounts for all three girls on the social media platform.
The messages from Kohberger’s account were sent around the same time that detectives claim the supect was stalking the victims. His cellphone data pinged in the same location as the four students in the weeks before the murders.
Kohberger — who was pursuing a criminology doctorate at Washington State University, 10 miles from the University of Idaho — has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and a count of felony burglary in the gruesome quadruple homicide.
Authorities aren’t completely sure why the victim didn’t respond to Kohberger’s repeated messages but said it could be simply because she hadn’t noticed them.
“She may not have seen them, because they went into message requests,” the source said, implying that the victim didn’t follow Kohberger back on Instagram. “We’re still trying to determine how aware the victims were of his existence.”
So, a pattern is starting to form here. We’re seeing this awkward, gooby-looking guy who’s obsessed with a pretty girl, who’s out of his league… because all three of the girls were very attractive, and likely very popular and outgoing.
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