New book reveals shocking details about Bryan Kohberger’s true target in the University of Idaho murders

A chilling new book purports to reveal the true target of the infamous University of Idaho murders – and reveals how suspect Bryan Kohberger’s family allegedly became suspicious of him even before his high-profile arrest.

Kohberger, 29, intended to kill 21-year-old college senior Madison Mogen when he broke into the off-campus house in Moscow on Nov. 13, 2022, journalist Howard Blum suspects in his new book, “When the Night Comes Calling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders.”

“I believe Maddie was his target,” Blum told ABC News about the heinous crime.

When 29-year-old Kohberger allegedly entered the house, he walked directly past the rooms of two other roommates and headed straight for Mogen’s room, Blum said.

“If he had just been on a killing spree, it would have been natural and instinctive to go to one of those doors,” the author said.

“Instead, he walks up this narrow staircase and turns straight into Maddie’s room.”

Kohberger – who was pursuing a doctorate in criminology at Washington State University in Pullman at the time of the murders – allegedly found Mogen in her bed with her best friend, Kaylee Goncalves.

The suspect is accused of brutally stabbing both girls to death and then killing their roommate Xana Kernodle and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin.

The other roommates – Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen – discovered the bloody crime scene hours later and alerted the police.

The murders remained unsolved for more than a month before Kohberger was arrested at his parents’ home in Pennsylvania on December 30.

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