Ex-Detective Says Inmates Are Making Bryan Kohberger's Life 'Miserable' After 'Waiting' For The Idaho Killer

Before Bryan Kohberger even set foot in the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, inmates had allegedly organized a coordinated effort to torment him with taunts.

According to reports, these inmates were "waiting" for him, and upon his arrival, they have been "making his life absolutely miserable." The convicted murderer is said to have lost sleep due to the harassment and has also been "left frustrated" and "extremely annoyed."

Bryan Kohberger was moved to maximum security after agreeing to a plea deal of four consecutive life sentences for the murder of four University of Idaho students.

Life in solitary confinement at IMSI has offered little relief for Bryan Kohberger, as the convicted murderer has reportedly been the victim of a taunting campaign by inmates.

A source who revealed this information now claims the harassment was not a spur-of-the-moment decision but rather planned in advance, with inmates "aware he was coming."

"The inmates were apparently waiting for him," said former homicide detective Chris McDonough in a chat with NewsNation. "And when he got there, they are now making his life absolutely miserable."

According to the ex-detective, the entire idea was planned without the knowledge of the prison officials.

"They got together and said, 'OK, well, you know, how do we harass this guy?'" McDonough revealed further about Kohberger's predicament. "And apparently, they set this up long before he got there … the guards were unaware of it until it started happening."

As previously revealed by McDonough, the taunt campaign by these inmates has taken a toll on Kohberger.

"It's driving him crazy," McDonough told the Daily Mail. "The inmates are tormenting him at night and almost all hours of the day.

At the time, the ex-detective also revealed the nature of the harassments, sharing that these inmates taunt Kohberger "through the vents in his cell" by "getting up into the grate and yelling at him."

Speaking about the actions of the inmates toward Kohberger, McDonough noted that they have been "relentless" with their taunts.

"The inmates are taking turns doing it. It's relentless," added McDonough, who also shared Kohberger has been left "extremely annoyed and frustrated" by the antics.

According to McDonough, Kohberger has lost sleep because of the harassment and has reported to prison officials about the situation.

He also believes that prison officials aren't likely to stop the inmates' antics since they do not pose a physical threat to Kohberger while he remains in solitary confinement.

Outside of prison, one of the victims' families has also taken steps to further discomfort Kohberger.

TMZ reported that Steve Goncalves, the father of victim Kaylee Goncalves, has held talks with two Idaho legislators to propose a law that will possibly confiscate some or all of the commissary funds of convicted murderers like Kohberger.

He claimed the intention was to use these funds to reimburse taxpayers for the costs of investigating the crimes of these criminals, although he initially imagined such funds should be better spent on a firing squad.

As of April 2024, more than $3.6 million had reportedly been spent on investigating and prosecuting the murder case.

While the final amount remains unclear, it was likely significantly higher by the time Kohberger ultimately agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors.

At the time of Kohberger's sentencing, the convicted murderer was given a chance to make a statement.

However, he respectfully declined the opportunity, dashing any hope the victims' families had that the former PhD student would share his motives.

A prosecutor who worked on the case recently hinted that the motives may remain unknown and that other questions, such as the location of the murder weapon, may never be answered.

"Why this happened, what the connection was between him and the victims," Laatah County prosecutor Bill Thompson told Fox 13. "We don't believe we will ever know."

Thompson added that this was also the sentiment shared by FBI profilers when the investigation into the murders began.

"They told us to expect to never know why this happened, and that even if the murderer talked about it at some point, that whatever the murderer said wouldn't make any sense to ordinary people like us, and it will mostly be self-serving," Thompson continued.