The suspect in the murders of four University of Idaho students in November reportedly dined in the weeks before the killings at a restaurant where two of the victims worked.
A former employee of the Mad Greek restaurant in Moscow, Idaho, told PEOPLE that Bryan Kohberger came in at least twice for vegan pizza.
Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle — two of the four murdered students — worked at the restaurant, but it’s unclear if they interacted with Kohberger or were even working when he came in.
Mogen, Kernodle, Mogen’s best friend Kaylee Goncalves, and Kernodle’s boyfriend Ethan Chapin were stabbed to death early in the morning of November 13, as CrimeOnline reported. Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington — less than 10 miles from Moscow — was arrested as his parents home in Pennsylvania on December 30.
An investigator familiar with the case told PEOPLE that investigators were aware of Kohberger’s trips to Mad Greek and had interviewed employees and the restaurant’s owners. They also took surveillance video from the restaurant and nearby businesses.
PEOPLE also said it had confirmed that a now-deleted Instagram account that appeared to belong to Kohberger followed Mogen, Kernodle, and Goncalves.
CrimeOnline reported earlier that PEOPLE learned Kohberger sent repeated messages to one of the victims via Instagram.
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“Basically, it was just him saying, ‘Hey, how are you?’ But he did it again and again,” an investigator said.. “He was definitely persistent.”
An attorney for Kaylee Goncalves’ family previously said that Kohberger had no known connections with any of the victims.
Those officially connected with the case are prohibited by a gag order from discussing anything that is not revealed through the courts, but that order doesn’t apply to those “familiar” with the case, who have been a steady supply of information about the investigation since Kohberger’s arrest.
He is not due in court again until June.
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[Featured image: Bryan Kohberger, right, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, is escorted into a courtroom for a hearing in Latah County District Court on January 5, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)]
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