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New body camera video released by the Latah County Prosecutor's Office shows convicted killer Bryan Kohberger interacting with law enforcement after being pulled over for speeding months before the University of Idaho murders.
Why It Matters
Kohberger was sentenced last week to four consecutive life sentences in the November 2022 murders of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in an off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho.
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What To Know
The traffic stop happened on August 21, 2022, in Latah County, according to an incident report released by the prosecutor's office. The officer stated that he stopped Kohberger's vehicle for traveling at a speed of 42 mph in a 35 mph zone.
In the newly released video, Kohberger tells the officer twice that he is an "honest" person.
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He first admits that he was not wearing a seat belt.
"Were you wearing your seat belt when I stopped you?" the officer is heard asking in the video, to which Kohberger replies, "No."
When the officer tells him, "That's no good," Kohberger responds with, "I'm just being honest with you."
"There's absolutely no point in not being honest, you have a radar," Kohberger says.
The officer, later in the video, gives him a $10 citation for not wearing a seat belt and asks Kohberger for his phone number for the citation.
Kohberger tells the officer, "I'm obviously an honest person."
He then asks the officer about people who lie about wearing a seat belt.
"Do you honestly go back and look at that?" Kohberger asks.
During his sentencing, which came after taking a plea deal that would require no trial, District Judge Steven Hippler questioned Kohberger's honesty, saying, "Even if I could force him to speak, which legally I cannot, how could anyone ever be assured that what he speaks is the truth?"
"Do we really believe after all this, he's capable of speaking the truth or giving up something of himself to help the very people whose lives he destroyed?" Hippler said.
The prosecution and victim family members tore into Kohberger during victim impact statements, with Alivea Goncalves, sister of Kaylee Goncalves, telling him in part, "You just exposed yourself as the coward you are. You're a delusional, pathetic, hypochondriac loser."
What People Are Saying
District Judge Steven Hippler, at Bryan Kohberger's sentencing: "I suspect the so-called reason would be dished out in enticing self-serving and aggrandizing untruthful bits, leaving people wanting more information, more insight, and thus enhancing even further the power he seeks to hold."
Alivea Goncalves, sister of Kaylee Goncalves, at Kohberger's sentencing: "Disappointments like you thrive on pain, on fear and on the illusion of power, and I won't feed your beast. Instead, I will call you what you are: sociopath, psychopath, murderer."
What Happens Next
Kohberger is serving four life sentences on the murder charges and 10 years on a burglary charge. Hippler ordered the sentences to be served consecutively.
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Update 7/30/25, 12:58 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
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