Bryan Kohberger's neighbor says the murder suspect once told him the Idaho killings seemed like a 'crime of passion'
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- The Idaho killings suspect once told his neighbor the incident seemed like a "crime of passion."
- He also said that serial killers are "rare," when talking about Netflix's Jeffrey Dahmer miniseries.
- The suspect is facing four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary.
One of Bryan Kohberger's neighbors said the suspect in the University of Idaho killings once told him that the stabbing deaths seemed like a "crime of passion."
The neighbor, who asked to not be identified, told CBS Mornings on Thursday about conversations he had with Kohberger — the sole suspect accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November — after the slayings took place.
"He brought it up in conversation, asked if I had heard about the murders," the neighbor told CBS Mornings.
After the neighbor said he had heard about the killings, he said Kohberger told him that "it seems like they have no leads."
"It seems like it was a crime of passion," the neighbor said Kohberger told him.
In another conversation, the neighbor told CBS Mornings that Kohberger asked if he had watched Netflix's "Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," a limited series that tells the story of the notorious serial killer's life.
He said that in that conversation, Kohberger mentioned how "rare" serial killers are.
The neighbor recalled a third conversation in which Kohberger asked whether he'd be able to kill someone as a member of the military.
Kohberger, 28, was arrested in his home state of Pennsylvania on December 30, 2022, after police linked his DNA to the crime scene — an off-campus rental where three of the four victims lived.
He was then extradited to Idaho where he is currently facing four charges of first-degree murder and one charge of felony burglary in connection to the killings.
The four victims are University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.