Newly revealed video shows a car resembling the one owned by Bryan Kohberger lurking around the off-campus student house on the night he’s accused of murdering four University of Idaho students there, according to a report.
A white Hyundai Elantra was captured on a neighbor’s home surveillance camera circling the block of the students’ Moscow home multiple times on Nov. 13, 2022, the night of the shocking quadruple murders, according to video obtained by NBC’s “Dateline.”
The car approached the house repeatedly before it sped away 13 minutes later, according to the footage.
A forensic examiner with the FBI determined the car was likely a 2011-13 Hyundai Elantra, though subsequently said it could be a model as late as 2016, according to an affidavit obtained by the outlet.
Kohberger drives a white 2015 Hyundai Elantra. He was stopped in it by Indiana authorities on Dec. 15, 2022, while driving with his dad.
Kohberger has been accused of stabbing the four students to death in the off-campus home.
He has pleaded not guilty, but could face the death penalty if convicted at his trial, set for August.
Prosecutors have accrued more evidence — including cell phone tower data and a disturbing internet search history — that allegedly maps out Kohberger’s movements around the time of the killings.
An FBI cellphone expert said Kohberger’s phone connected to a cell tower roughly 300 feet from the student’s rental house over 23 times in four months, all during the night.
One documented visit was just six days before the killings, according to cellphone tower data obtained by the outlet for a two-hour special set to air at 9 p.m. Friday.
Phone data from Kohberger’s phone also showed the accused killer made chilling internet searches before and after the killings, including searches on serial killer Ted Bundy and pornography that used the words “forced,” “passed out,” “drugged” and “sleeping,” the outlet reported.
His defense has argued in court filings that Kohberger often took long drives at night for stargazing and contended that cell phone data did not link him to the crime scene when the killings occurred.
Kohberger faces four counts of murder and one count of burglary for the deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. Two surviving roommates will testify at trial.
His trial is planned to start on Aug. 11 before Ada County Judge Steven Hippler.
Kohberger, 30, was in the process of getting his Ph.D. in criminology from Washington State University, a school that is just 10 miles from where the murders occurred.