Bryan Kohberger Talked About Idaho Murders With Neighbor: 'It Was Crime Of Passion'

A neighbor of Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the killings of four Idaho college students, revealed that the suspect talked to him about the murder case before his arrest.

In an interview with CBS News Wednesday, a neighbor of Kohberger's in a Pullman, Washington, apartment building near Washington State University, where Kohberger is a student of the criminal justice graduate program, said the suspect asked him during a conversation if he had heard about the November 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students.

The neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said he told the suspect that he had heard about it, and Kohberger replied, "Yeah, [it] seems like they have no leads. [It] seems like it was a crime of passion."

Kohberger's neighbor explained that his conversation with the suspect happened a few days after the crime had taken place so there weren't many "details out" yet at the time.

His neighbor's revelation came after Kohberger reportedly commented about the murder victims during his extradition to Idaho.

A police source told People that Kohberger had small talk with police officers when he was being transported from Pennsylvania to Idaho.

Kohberger allegedly expressed sadness about the fate of the victims, but he didn't further elaborate.

The police source added that Kohberger was nervous throughout the trip, and at one point, he was reassuring himself, saying, "I'm OK, this is OK."

Meanwhile, a former classmate of Kohberger's in graduate school noticed that the suspect was "completely silent" when their class discussed the killings.

Ben Roberts, a criminal justice graduate student at Washington State University, said Kohberger was always active in criminology classes and seemed outgoing.

Kohberger is currently detained at Latah County Jail in Moscow, Idaho. He was charged with four counts of murder and one count of burglary in the deaths of Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, on Nov. 13, 2022.

But despite Kohberger's detention, students at Washington State University and the University of Idaho are still shocked and worried about the incident, which led them to carry mace and flashlights.

College student Lucy Selph said she is now always carrying a heavy flashlight that could double as a baton.

Heather Selph, Lucy's mother, said she was worried about sending her daughter back to the campus months after the murders happened.

The incident has also pushed some students to take self-defense classes and change their habits, such as walking with friends at night and always locking the door.