Idaho college quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger previously investigated for Washington home invasion: report

Bryan Kohberger, 30, was named as a "person of interest" in the case thirteen days after the Idaho slayings. Investigators said the home invasion had similarities to that of Idaho; however, police ultimately could not find sufficient evidence to link Kohberger to the crime, ABC News reported.

Pullman police responded to reports of a masked home intruder around 3:30 am in October 2021.

"I heard my door open and I looked over, and someone was wearing a ski mask and had a knife," a woman told police. "I kicked the sh*t out of their stomach and screamed super loud, and they like flew back into my closet and then ran out of my door and up the stairs."

The woman's roommate called 911, but the case went unsolved as investigators with the Pullman Police Department were left without a suspect.

On Nov. 13, 2022, Kohberger, a now-former criminology student at Washington State University in Pullman, is alleged to have traveled approximately 10 miles east to Moscow, Idaho, where he allegedly broke into an off-campus house at Idaho State University and stabbed four college students to death around 4:00 am while wearing a mask. The victims were identified as Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Madison Mogen, 21.

Thirteen days following the Idaho quadruple homicide, the Pullman Police Department initiated an investigation into Kohberger due to the similarities between the break-in and the masked knife-wielding suspect. However, authorities said the suspect in the Pullman case was described as being shorter than Kohberger, who stands at 6 feet tall, therefore the agency has "no reason or evidence to believe he was involved in this burglary at this time."

Police said the case is now closed, but it remains unresolved. Furthermore, Pullman PD stated that Kohberger was not enrolled at WSU at the time of the 2021 break-in.

Kohberger has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary. He was arrested at his parent's home in Pennsylvania on Dec. 30, 2021. Kohberger has since pleaded not guilty and his trial is scheduled to begin in August 2025 in Boise, Idaho. If found guilty, he could face the death penalty.