Kohberger Crossed Paths With Idaho Four Survivor Before Stabbing Spree | CRIME ALERT RECAP 01.03.2026

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🗓️ 3 January 2026

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Convicted killer Bryan Kohberger may have crossed paths with one of the University of Idaho Four Victims' surviving roommates just three days before his brutal stabbing spree.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.5	Crime alert, hourly update.
0:06.7	Breaking Crime News now.
0:08.1	I'm Dave Mack.
0:09.2	Idaho murderer Brian Coburger may have come face to face with one of his
0:14.3	victim's roommates.
0:15.3	Just three days prior to the heinous killings,
0:19.2	Coburger was in the same target within two hours of one of his victim surviving
0:23.1	roommates, Bethany Funk.
0:24.8	A police report shows a receipt at the department store for BF at 409 p.m. November 10,
0:31.2	2022, three days before the massacre and roughly an hour and a half before Koberger checked
0:37.1	out at the same store at 542 p.m.
0:40.3	BF is an apparent reference to one of the surviving roommates, Bethany Funk. Funk shared the off-campus house
0:47.3	with five roommates in the small town of Moscow, Idaho, living roughly 15 minutes from Coburger's
0:52.3	apartment in Pullman, Washington. It is unclear what town the target was in.
0:57.8	Now, since Coburger began living his lifelong stint in prison,
1:01.8	he's been making headlines for repeatedly complaining to staff about inmates harassing him
1:06.3	and even complaining about the type of bananas he's being given.
1:10.4	Coburger is not responding well to his
1:12.5	new status as reflected in his frequent complaints just days after his arrival at the facility.
1:18.9	Brian Coburger is also said to be deeply unpopular with the other inmates and guards, which seems
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