Bryan Kohberger had a wound on his hand in previously unseen shirtless selfies shared by NewsNation, which were reportedly taken shortly after he killed four Idaho college students in November 2022.
Kohberger, 30, donned a serious expression as he looked directly into the camera in the two snapshots. He appeared pale and gaunt in the photos, while a seemingly fresh wound was visible on his hand. The injury was on the knuckle of Kohberger’s ring finger, which was clearly visible in one photo that saw him saluting to the camera.
It’s not currently clear if Kohberger sustained this injury during the murders. Additionally, the forensic experts who analyzed his phone confirmed to NewsNation that they found the selfies on his Android.
The injured part of his hand was on the same finger he had bandaged in a selfie taken a few hours after the murder, which was previously shared by authorities in March.
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In the photo, which was shared by People, Kohberger posed in the bathroom of his apartment in Washington state. He wore a Band-Aid over the knuckle on his ring finger, which could possibly be the same injury featured in the recently released shirtless selfies.
Other selfies that were released by NewsNation include an extreme close-up of Kohberger’s face in which bared his teeth and tucked in his upper lip, as well as a shirtless photo that showed him squinting his eyes and flexing his arm.
Amid the investigation into the murder case, investigators found several half-naked selfies of Kohberger on his phone.
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“Lots of him posing half-naked in the mirror while flexing,” digital forensics expert Heather Barnhart, who helped prosecutors in the case, previously told People about their findings, saying that the photo collection was “very vain, like American Psycho.”
Kohberger was found guilty of killing college students Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves and Ethan Chapin at an off-campus residence. He pleaded guilty to the murders on July 2 while accepting a plea deal. Later that month, Kohberger was sentenced to serve four life sentences at a maximum security prison.
While investigators were able to find DNA evidence connecting Kohberger to the murders, his motive behind the killings are currently unknown. In fact, Kohberger does not seem to have any connection to any of the victims, according to ABC News.
“The defendant has studied crime,” Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson said during the July 2 court hearing, according to People. “In fact, he did a detailed paper on crime scene processing when he was working on his Ph.D., and he had that knowledge skill set.
