My TA Looks Like a Murderer" Kohberger Student NAILED IT, BEFORE Crimes!
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Before his arrest, before the trial, before the name Bryan Kohberger became infamous, there were warning signs. His time as a teaching assistant at Washington State was riddled with complaints — thirteen formal grievances in just three months. Students said he belittled them, intimidated them, harassed them. One wrote flat out: “my TA looks like a murderer.” Professors saw it too, warning colleagues that if he graduated, he’d end up committing serious crimes.
In this segment, Tony Brueski and Jennifer Coffindaffer break down the chilling preview of who Kohberger really was. Professor Snyder described the “terrier routine,” where Kohberger would follow him endlessly, desperate to dominate even mundane interactions. Students and faculty alike called out the danger — but the machine of academia kept moving until it was too late.
Then there are the loose ends in the evidence: presumptive blood found on a blanket and coat months after the fact, documentation gaps that raise eyebrows. These don’t undo the mountain of evidence, but they raise questions about thoroughness. Were investigators so focused on the big picture that they missed small but critical details?
This conversation forces us to confront an uncomfortable truth: institutions often fail to act on red flags until tragedy makes them undeniable. Academia wrote him off as “odd.” Law enforcement may have left threads dangling. The result? Four innocent lives cut short.
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| 0:36.8 | I struggle most weeks to get up, get myself up and ready and go to therapy or whatever. |
| 0:42.2 | Even like to open the laptop to talk to, my therapist sometimes could be really difficult. |
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| 0:58.5 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. Here now, Tony Bruske. |
| 1:04.6 | As much as the Papa Roger debate in Koberger's prison unraveling grabs headlines, |
| 1:09.7 | there's another side of this case that |
| 1:11.3 | it's just as hard. What people saw when they were face to face with him before all of this. |
| 1:16.9 | His time is a teaching assistant at Washington State wasn't just a blit. It was a preview. |
| 1:24.0 | Think about this. In just three months, 13 formal complaints were filed against him. Students |
| 1:31.0 | described intimidation, harassment, belittling comments. One even wrote flat out, my TA looks |
| 1:36.6 | like a murderer. Professors too were unnerved. One warned colleagues that if they had handed him |
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