Overview

• Digital forensics experts recovered non-consensual sex–related autofill search terms, including “sleeping,” “forced” and “raped,” from Kohberger’s scrubbed devices.
• Records show holiday 2022 downloads of materials on more than 20 serial killers, notably a PDF on Danny Rolling and a YouTube video about a Ka-Bar knife.
• Despite incognito mode, VPN use and data-eraser software, specialists retrieved shirtless selfies—among them a post-crime “thumbs-up” image—and cached photos of naked women.
• A July plea deal spared Kohberger the death penalty and prevented forensic experts from testifying, leaving key questions about motive and victim selection unanswered.
• At Idaho Maximum Security Institution, Kohberger is held in restrictive J Block housing and has formally complained of nonstop inmate taunts, prison officials confirm.