KUNA, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger, serving four life sentences for the murders of four University of Idaho students, is reportedly complaining to corrections officers about constant harassment from fellow inmates at Idaho’s maximum-security prison.
According to retired homicide detective Chris McDonough of the Cold Case Foundation, inmates have been shouting through the vents into Kohberger’s solitary confinement cell “almost all hours of the day,” disrupting his sleep.
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“It’s driving him crazy,” McDonough told the Daily Mail. “They are literally getting up into the grate and yelling at him. The inmates are taking it in turns doing it. It’s relentless.” He added that Kohberger has told prison staff he “can’t sleep” because of the noise.
Kohberger, 30, was moved to the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in July after pleading guilty to the November 13, 2022, stabbings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. He is housed in solitary confinement, spending 23 hours a day in a single-person cell and one hour outside under restraints.
McDonough said the harassment likely stems from Kohberger’s notoriety: “There’s some inmates that would want nothing more than to hurt him just to make a name for themselves,” he said, noting that prison staff may not step in since Kohberger is not in physical danger.
