{"id":30495,"date":"2025-07-11T00:18:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30495"},"modified":"2025-07-11T00:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:18:47","slug":"inside-the-incel-theory-of-idaho-murders-did-bryan-kohberger-use-avatar-of-mass-killer-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30495","title":{"rendered":"Inside the &#8216;Incel Theory&#8217; of Idaho Murders: Did Bryan Kohberger Use Avatar of Mass Killer Online?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"loc article-header\">\n<div id=\"people-article-header_1-0\" class=\"comp people-article-header mntl-article-header\">\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"article-heading text-headline-300\">Inside the &#8216;Incel Theory&#8217; of Idaho Murders: Did Bryan Kohberger Use Avatar of Mass Killer Online?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty on Wednesday, July 2, to killing Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves in 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-content\">\n<div id=\"article__primary-video-container_1-0\" class=\"comp article__primary-video-container mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"figure-article_1-0\" class=\"comp figure-article mntl-universal-primary-image right-rail__offset text-utility-100 figure-landscape primary-image\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/I95xy0UiNvgUPoQjkE8C5kPyFMs=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/Bryan-Kohberger-1-071025-38834d86470b4ba3a7bb2c88d96dc89a.jpg\" alt=\"Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022, appears for a hearing at the Ada County Courthouse on July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for being spared the death penalty. \" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/I95xy0UiNvgUPoQjkE8C5kPyFMs=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/Bryan-Kohberger-1-071025-38834d86470b4ba3a7bb2c88d96dc89a.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022, appears for a hearing at the Ada County Courthouse on July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for being spared the death penalty. \" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Bryan Kohberger.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Credit :<\/span><\/span>Kyle Green-Pool\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"article-content_1-0\" class=\"comp article-content mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>On Wednesday, July 2, Bryan Kohberger admitted to the vicious stabbing murders of University of Idaho students Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves<\/li>\n<li>Kohberger has never divulged why he went on the murderous rampage<\/li>\n<li>Kohberger took a college class about serial killers, including Elliot Rodger, a 22-year-old virgin who fatally stabbed or shot six people and injured 14 in Isla Vista, California before killing himself in May 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The highly awaited trial for the alleged killer of University of Idaho students Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves was scheduled for August.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">But on Wednesday, July 2, in a surprise move, former PhD criminology student Bryan Kohberger admitted to the vicious stabbing murders that took place in an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">However, he has never publicly divulged why he went on the murderous rampage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;One Night in Idaho: The College Murders,&#8221; a new documentary premiering on Prime Video on July 11, investigates Kohberger\u2019s life, his interactions with women, and his reported fascination with serial killer Elliot Rodger \u2014 who has since become a figure in the Incel or involuntary celibates\u2019 movement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Two former students who studied criminology with Kohberger at DeSales University in Pennsylvania described him as a loner who didn\u2019t have very many friends.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/f6PbD2zb96dANp_g5wmI3R955YQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/4-Idaho-Victims-20191125_44-edb77a98e8a646eb929f68727d3fe5a0.jpg\" alt=\"4 Idaho Victims Ethan Chapin: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ethanchapin4\/ Xana Kernodle: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xanakernodle\/ Madison Mogen: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maddiemogen\/ Kaylee GonCalves: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kayleegoncalves\/\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/f6PbD2zb96dANp_g5wmI3R955YQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/4-Idaho-Victims-20191125_44-edb77a98e8a646eb929f68727d3fe5a0.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/f6PbD2zb96dANp_g5wmI3R955YQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/4-Idaho-Victims-20191125_44-edb77a98e8a646eb929f68727d3fe5a0.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"4 Idaho Victims Ethan Chapin: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ethanchapin4\/ Xana Kernodle: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xanakernodle\/ Madison Mogen: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maddiemogen\/ Kaylee GonCalves: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kayleegoncalves\/\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle; Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">instagram(2)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cHe was someone who traveled to school and then bounced,\u201d Kohberger\u2019s former classmate Josh Ferraro said in the four-part docuseries. \u201cYou didn&#8217;t really think too much of him, and you would try to get personal, and he wouldn&#8217;t give you much.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cHe never had any friends he really associated with,\u201d another former classmate Brittany Slaven said. \u201cI don&#8217;t think too many people paid much mind to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong>Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-true-crime-newsletter-sign-up-8692775\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Ferraro said that while at DeSales, Kohberger took a class about serial killers and their motives, including that of Rodger \u2014 a 22-year-old virgin who fatally stabbed or shot six people and injured 14 in Isla Vista, California before killing himself in May 2014.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">He had posted a video online about his plan to kill as revenge for being rejected by women.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI\u2019m 22 years old and I\u2019m still a virgin,\u201d he said in the video, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/05\/24\/us\/elliot-rodger-video-transcript\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">CNN<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve never even kissed a girl\u2026I don\u2019t know why you girls aren\u2019t attracted to me, but I will punish you all for it. It\u2019s an injustice, a crime, because\u2026 I don\u2019t know what you don\u2019t see in me. I\u2019m the perfect guy and yet you throw yourselves at these obnoxious men instead of me, the supreme gentleman. I will punish all of you for it.\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/4Au9rVJ1sPNye7QsgqopXWe1JKs=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/Bryan-Kohberger-2-071025-68f901d7f7df439c8618a2a0bcd19ef7.jpg\" alt=\"Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022, appears for a hearing at the Ada County Courthouse on July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for being spared the death penalty\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/4Au9rVJ1sPNye7QsgqopXWe1JKs=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/Bryan-Kohberger-2-071025-68f901d7f7df439c8618a2a0bcd19ef7.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/4Au9rVJ1sPNye7QsgqopXWe1JKs=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/Bryan-Kohberger-2-071025-68f901d7f7df439c8618a2a0bcd19ef7.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022, appears for a hearing at the Ada County Courthouse on July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for being spared the death penalty\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Bryan Kohberger.<\/span>Kyle Green-Pool\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Rodger said he planned to enter \u201cthe hottest sorority house\u201d and \u201cslaughter every spoiled, stuck-up, blonde slut I see inside there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Rodger\u2019s attack seemingly inspired Alek Minassian to run down 10 people, mostly women, on a Toronto street in 2018. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-43883052\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">BBC<\/a>, before his attack, Minassian posted on Facebook: &#8220;The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys! All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Minassian was convicted of the murders in 2021, The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/03\/world\/canada\/toronto-van-alek-minassian.html\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">New York Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In the docuseries, Kristine Cameron, administrator of the University of Idaho Murders Facebook page, said shortly after the murders a Facebook user named Pappa Rodger began leaving disturbing messages in their discussion group.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cDid the killer stop at 4 victims out of exhaustion, convenience, or lack of knowledge?\u201d Pappa Rodger posted. \u201cDid the killer shower at the crime scene afterward?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Other posts included mentions of the fixed blade knife used in the crime and the discovery of a sheath left behind, though at the time no information about a sheath being left behind had been made public.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cAfter Bryan Kohberger is arrested, I start thinking, okay, Pappa Rodger, Elliot Rodger, if you listen to some of the manifestos of Elliot Rodger, he talks about hating all the girls from Alpha Phi, the same sorority that Kaylee [Goncalves] was in.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Posts from Pappa Rodger stopped following Kohberger&#8217;s arrest, and the profile was deleted. Cameron believes it was Kohberger behind the screen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cBryan was interested in a lot of things that we learned, but he did have more of an interest in Elliot Rodger,\u201d said Slaven, the former classmate. \u201cI talked to other girls in the class where we were all bothered by what Elliot Rodger did, but Bryan did not seem bothered.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_43-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Ferraro referred to Kohberger as an &#8220;oddball&#8221; in the docuseries. &#8220;He is smart, but he&#8217;s like a robot,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Purely based off the fact of his social inability to perform in a normal human manner, I can absolutely see someone like him being involved in something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside the &#8216;Incel Theory&#8217; of Idaho Murders: Did Bryan Kohberger Use Avatar of Mass Killer Online? 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