PULLMAN, Washington — Newly released body cam video shows the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students who were pulled over for allegedly running a red light about a month before the murders.
Video shows Washington State University campus police detaining Bryan Kohberger on Oct. 14, 2022 in Pullman, the Idaho Statesman. reported Thursday.
During the nearly 10-minute video, WSU Police Officer Isobel Luengas parks her vehicle behind Kohberger’s 2015 Hyundai Elantra in a parking lot. Luengas approaches Kohberger as he sits in the car and she says that she ran a red light. She asks for Kohberger’s license, vehicle registration, and proof of insurance.
Kohberger tells the officer that he was stuck in the middle of the intersection.
“I was behind you the whole time,” he said. «You’re not supposed to enter the intersection for that reason because if the light turns red, then you’re stuck in the intersection.»
Kohberger, then a WSU graduate student who lives in Pullman, says he’s unfamiliar with driving through crosswalks because he’s from rural Pennsylvania and asks for more explanation.
“It didn’t even occur to me that there was actually something wrong,” Kohberger said. “I’m just curious about the law. I don’t want to disagree with anything.»
Luengas notes in the video that Kohberger’s registration was current, expiring on November 22, 2022. The officer eventually lets him go with a warning.
Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of first degree murder and robbery in connection with the stabbing deaths in Moscow, Idaho.
The bodies of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were found on November 13, 2022, in a rental home across the street from the University of Idaho campus.
The murders shocked the Idaho community and neighboring Pullman, Washington, where Kohberger was a graduate student studying criminology at Washington State University.
Kohberger remains in custody with a court hearing scheduled for the end of June.