Murder In Moscow: Bryan Kohberger And The Dateline Special

Months before the University of Idaho murders, Bryan Kohberger was accused in a 2023 Dateline report of carrying out a disturbing scheme involving a female colleague at Washington State University. According to unnamed sources cited by the program, the woman returned to her apartment and found that someone had entered and moved belongings around, although nothing had been stolen. She did not initially call police and instead contacted Kohberger, whom she had befriended at WSU, for help. Kohberger then reportedly offered to install a video security system inside her apartment, and she agreed. Investigators later came to suspect that Kohberger himself may have been responsible for the original break-in and had deliberately frightened the woman so that she would turn to him for assistance.


The allegation became even more troubling because Kohberger knew the woman’s Wi-Fi information and was believed to have had the technical ability to access the security cameras after installing them, potentially allowing him to watch her remotely. Former FBI profiler Greg Cooper told Dateline that, if the account was accurate, the episode could have reflected a desire for power and control, with Kohberger allegedly creating the problem and then presenting himself as the person who could solve it. The claim attracted enormous attention after Kohberger was charged with murdering Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin because it appeared to describe intrusive and manipulative behavior toward another young woman before the killings. However, the break-in and spying allegations came from unnamed sources and were not, at the time of the reporting, established through an official police filing or court finding.



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