Overview

• Judge Steven Hippler approved public release of the August 2022 footage following Bryan Kohberger’s July 2 guilty plea and life-without-parole sentence.
• The clip captures Kohberger calmly admitting a seatbelt violation and receiving a $10 citation while driving a white Hyundai Elantra on Aug. 21, 2022.
• Investigators later determined his cell phone pinged near the King Road house the same night, linking him to the Nov. 13, 2022, killings of four University of Idaho students.
• Prosecutors had intended to use the bodycam video at his capital murder trial to establish his identity, contact information and vehicle ownership.
• The release underscores how investigators combined deputy bodycam footage, phone-tower data and neighborhood surveillance to secure evidence in the quadruple homicide case.