Bryan Kohberger followed the three female victims killed in the Idaho quadruple homicide on Instagram, according to a new report.
People Magazine claimed Thursday that an account linked to Kohberger was following Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves and Xana Kernodle, who were killed along with Ethan Chapin in November.
However, none of the victims followed Kohberger, who was charged with her murder.
It comes as investigators are looking for links between the alleged killer and the victims in the case, University of Idaho students who were stabbed to death in an off-campus home on Nov. 13.
A multitude of fake Instagram accounts claiming to be Kohberger have proliferated since his arrest late last month, but People cited a source who claimed to be familiar with the criminology student’s real account.
According to a new report, Bryan Kohberger was following the three female victims killed in the Idaho quadruple homicide he is accused of committing
Kohberger reportedly followed Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle (together left) and Kaylee Goncalves (right) who were killed along with Ethan Chapin in November
The magazine didn’t name the account but said it has since been deleted from the service, a step Instagram parent company Meta often takes for suspects in high-profile violent crimes.
According to Fox News Digital, Kohberger’s Instagram account may have been @crim.kohberger based on the fact that it was deleted from Instagram while several apparent troll accounts remain.
Kohberger reportedly texted one of the female victims repeatedly two weeks before the killings, but she didn’t respond, an investigator familiar with the case previously told People.
“He slipped into one of the girls’ DMs multiple times, but she didn’t respond,” the person said. “Basically, it was just him saying, ‘Hey, how are you?’ But he kept doing it.’
The DMs were reportedly sent out in October, just weeks before the November 13 murders.
Kohberger has maintained his innocence in the murders and said through a lawyer that he expects exoneration
Kohberger, a criminology graduate student at Washington State University, was arrested December 30 at his family’s home in Allbrightsville, Pennsylvania.
He has maintained his innocence in the murders and has said through a lawyer that he expects exoneration.
On Tuesday, unsealed court documents revealed that investigators seized stained linens, strands of hair and a single glove — but no gun — during a search of Kohberger’s WSU college dorm.
Investigators found nothing suspicious in Kohberger’s office at WSU, where he was a teaching assistant and graduate student studying criminology.
They took 15 items from his on-campus apartment, including a black nitrite glove, clippings from a pillow with a reddish-brown stain, and a stained mattress cover.
Kohberger’s Pullman, Washington, home was searched by police for evidence related to the ongoing investigation
A new search warrant shows police found multiple strands of hair, including what may be animal hair, a black glove, a computer tower and an item that was a “collection of dark red” stains
The Washington State University Police Department searched the home on Dec. 30, the same day Kohberger was arrested at his parents’ home in eastern Pennsylvania.
Court records show eight strands of hair were recovered from the home, as well as a “possible” pet hair.
During their search, they also recovered a Fire TV stick. All items are now stored at the Washington State University Police Department.
Authorities reportedly said they wanted to see if any hairs were “transferred” to Kohberger and then back to his home – including that of Kaylee Goncalves’ dog Murphy.