The inmates making quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger’s time in prison a living hell knew he was coming to the high-security Idaho lockup and planned how they could carry out a campaign of harassment against him, according to a report.
Kohberger was transferred from jail to the only high-security prison in the state after he received four life sentences last month for the gruesome slayings of four University of Idaho students in 2022.
And the prisoners at Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna “were aware he was coming,” former homicide detective Chris McDonough told NewsNation Tuesday.
“The inmates were apparently waiting for him,” said McDonough, who now works for the Cold Case Foundation. “And when he got there, they are now making his life absolutely miserable.”
“They got together and said, ‘OK, well, you know, how do we harass this guy?'” the former cop said. “And apparently, they set this up long before he got there … the guards were unaware of it until it started happening.”
Kohberger is being held in solitary confinement in a restrictive unit called J block that only has 32 other prisoners, who are “the worst of the worst outside of death row,” McDonough said.
The unwelcoming neighbors decided to carry out a relentless taunting campaign against Kohberger by taking turns yelling through the vents into his cell around the clock.
“They’re utilizing the vent system. They’re kicking the doors. They’re taunting him,” McDonough said. “And they’re basically, you know, torturing him through, you know, using psychology. And my goodness, he’s complaining.”
The 30-year-old former criminology PhD student has been whining to the guards that he’s been unable to sleep at night because of the crusade against him. --->READ MORE HERE
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Experts say Idaho quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger will have 'target on his back' in general population
Bryan Kohberger admitted to killing four University of Idaho students to avoid the death penalty, but his life could still be in danger, according to a former prison pastor who is in touch with convicts around the country.
Kohberger, 30, was a criminology Ph.D. student at Washington State University when he snuck into a home 10 miles away and butchered Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, in a 4 a.m. knife attack. Some of them were asleep.
The motive remains a mystery. He left behind a Ka-Bar knife sheath with his DNA on it.
In exchange for his plea, he avoids the potential of facing a firing squad and instead gave up his right to appeal or seek a reduced sentence on four consecutive life prison terms without parole, plus another 10 years.
"He's going to have a target on his back as soon as he walks in the door in general population," said Keith Rovere, a former prison pastor who is now the host of the Lighter Side of True Crime podcast, in which he interviews a sampling of the nation's most notorious murderers and other convicts.
"Those who are doing life have nothing to lose," Rovere told Fox News Digital. "The badge of honor they would receive will get them much notoriety and respect in the prison and probably get them countless letters from the outside world — which could mean more money for them that people donate $5 here or $10 there for their commissary... Funny how notoriety will get you killed and how notoriety will get you respect in the same prison."
The convicts are going to eat him up.
— Seth Ferranti, former prisoner turned documentary filmmaker
According to Kohberger's own lawyers, he is noticeably awkward. A psychiatrist hired by the defense diagnosed him with autism spectrum disorder, finding he has "poor insight into his role in relationships," an awkward sense of humor and speaks in canned phrases.
His former boxing coach revealed last week that he never actually sparred in the gym and only showed up after his father, Michael Kohberger, brought him there to boost his confidence.
"The convicts are going to eat him up in Idaho state prison," said Seth Ferranti, a former prisoner and now a documentary and film director whose most recent work is "A Tortured Mind," which explores post-prison psychology.
"He’ll probably get protective custody, because of the high-profile case," he told Fox News Digital. "But killers don’t respect people who kill kids or students. He will get attacked even in protective custody, and some lifer might just end his miserable existence." --->READ MORE HERE
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