Internet Sleuths 'Becoming A Problem' In Idaho Murders Case, FBI Says

A former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent has shut down internet sleuths on the Idaho Murders case, saying that the social media users' allegations are becoming a problem.

In an interview with Fox News, former FBI special agent Jonathan Gilliam said the armchair detectives are inciting issues during the investigation.

Gilliam's statement came after a video of a man who allegedly looked like Kohberger attending a prayer vigil for the four victims went viral on Twitter.

"That's actually pretty common for killers to somewhat show back up at the crime scene or at a vigil, and as we saw that he returned back to the crime scene even later the day after he allegedly did this," Gilliam said. "I don't think it would be a far-fetched thing for him to show up to this vigil."

However, he said that they are causing the public to speculate against certain people.

"One problem I'm having today is with these internet sleuths. I didn't have a problem with him at first, but I think now the problem is that they are inciting things," Gilliam noted.

"In the case of the girl who... the roommate who didn't call police immediately. They're making mountains out of molehills, and they're actually, in the case of this girl, causing the public to turn on certain people. So the online sleuths are becoming a problem, and also mainstream media is starting to report things that they say that don't really make any difference at all to the entire case," he continued.

The expert was talking about the victims' surviving roommates, who got criticized on social media because of an eight-hour gap between the incident and the time the roommates called the police, a report by the New York Post said.

Meanwhile, Jennifer Coffindaffer, another ex-FBI agent, said that the accused quadruple killer loves the attention the internet sleuths are giving him.

"They want to be in the midst of what's happening, listen to the rumors, be abreast of everything," Coffindaffer said. "I would believe whoever committed this murder watched closely on social media, mainstream media, not only eating it up for tips as to what the investigation, the direction it was going, but also sort of seeing before him what he had done play out in the media. He loves this attention."

Kohberger is currently being held without bail and could face life imprisonment or the death penalty for four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary in relation to the deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20 and Ethan Chapin, 20.