It has been three weeks since Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for the November 2022 murders of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, plus 10 years for burglary.
A bombshell plea deal controversially spared Kohberger the death penalty, but new reporting suggests his life has been a living hell since arriving at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna. A law enforcement source told NewsNation earlier this week that the 30 year old is suffering relentless torment from his fellow prison mates.
‘Taunting’ and ‘Torture’
Kohberger is in solitary confinement and, according to the Idaho Department of Corrections, being housed on “J Block,” a secure housing unit with individual cells where inmates are moved in shackles, limited to one-hour of outdoor activity a day, and get access to shower every other day.
Retired homicide detective Chris McDonough told Ashleigh Banfield on NewsNation Wednesday that while Kohberger has been placed in “J Block” for his own protection, his experience has been far from solitary. “The good news is the inmates apparently were waiting for him and when he got there,” he said. “They are now making his life absolutely miserable.”
It is not physical but rather mental torment that Kohberger is experiencing. “They’re utilizing the vent system, they’re kicking the doors, they’re taunting him, and they’re basically torturing him through using psychology,” McDonough explained.
And apparently the murderer is not taking kindly to the treatment. “My goodness, he’s complaining,” he added. “And the guards at this point, the most they can do is write it down and or tell him, ‘Hey, there’s nothing we can do; you’re not in physical harm.'”
Megyn’s Take
On Thursday’s AM Update, Megyn said this is welcome news. “So many people wonder how Bryan Kohberger, convicted last month in the brutal killing of four University of Idaho students, sleeps at night,” she noted. “And we are happy to report the answer is he doesn’t.”
She wondered if the convicted killer expects sympathy. “So, the prisoners taunt him day and night and he is whining to the guards that he can’t sleep and we’re expected to feel sorry for him,” Megyn asked. “This is a man who attacked his defenseless victims with a knife as they lay sleeping. Where was his mercy for them?”
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