Woman Claims Bryan Kohberger Spoke Of Murder & Criminology On Tinder Before Idaho Killings

The released documents are shedding even darker light on the already-ugly story of Bryan Kohberger. Hours after he was sentenced to life in prison for the grisly November 2022 slayings of four University of Idaho students, a supplementary police report exposes a strange and disturbing Tinder interaction between Kohberger and one "C."

The woman said she matched with Kohberger on Tinder a month or two before the slayings, according to the March 2024 filing from lead detective Brett Payne. Unable to find a local match, she had paid for a feature on the app that enabled her to connect with people across the country. That choice, she said, brought her straight to Bryan Kohberger. Their chats quickly turned dark and perverse. Kohberger, who said he was majoring in criminology at Washington State University, reportedly talked about the subject of death and murder topics that would soon take on a chilling relevance in the weeks ahead.

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'C' relayed to investigators that not only was Kohberger just obsessed with the intricate details of criminology, but that he also divulged brooding interests. Intended visits. For much of the semester, Jacko, for instance, was planning to visit her at Christmas break, chilling to think of now, in light of the horrifying brutality he would inflict just before the holidays. The trip never took place, but it does raise serious questions about Kohberger's mental state at the time of the crime. It was a glimpse into his thought life, his obsessions, and maybe even his intentions.

The new findings are part of a larger probe into Kohberger's actions and contacts leading up to the murder. Now, law enforcement officials are poring over every bit of minutiae, attempting to assemble the puzzle of what set him off on a rampage that brutally snuffed out four innocent lives. The Tinder profile of "C" could seem like a small piece of evidence, but in the world of criminal psychology, small clues can tell large stories. Kohberger's purported talks on murder, couched in banal online dating, give a chilling peek inside a man who mistook academic curiosity for deadly reality. The warnings are becoming clearer as the case unfolds. They were there, but regrettably, they were only understood too late.