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Digital Forensic Revelations and Leaked Footage Heighten Scrutiny of Kohberger's Motive and Prison Conditions

Investigators uncovered deleted search histories and disturbing cached content without identifying a motive as the Idaho Department of Correction weighs the authenticity of leaked solitary-confinement footage

Overview

  • Cellebrite examiners recovered autofill and cached searches for non-consensual sexual acts, serial killers and home invasions from Kohberger’s phone and laptop.
  • Analysis shows he used VPNs, incognito mode and data-eraser software days after the November 2022 murders in an effort to hide his digital trail.
  • Despite revealing chilling interests and selfies, forensic findings have not produced an official motive for the killings of the four University of Idaho students.
  • Kohberger is confined to IMSI’s restrictive J Block under 23-hour lockdown and has complained of relentless inmate taunting through ventilation vents.
  • The Idaho Department of Correction is investigating short videos purporting to show him in his cell but warns some clips may be fake or AI-enhanced and violate policy.