Bryan Kohberger
Exploded at Hotel Clerk Before Student Murders
… You Overcharged Me!!!

Published August 28, 2025 1:00 AM PDT

Bryan Kohberger lost his temper at a hotel clerk he believed overcharged him after booking a room on a travel website … just months before the Idaho murders … according to a newly released police report.

According to police, the now-convicted serial killer arrived alone at the hotel in Pullman, Washington, on June 30, 2022, after reserving the room through Expedia.

The documents indicate Kohberger rushed to the front desk — where the female employee was apparently in training that day — and became upset when he thought she had overcharged him for the room during check-in.

Police reported that Kohberger became “really upset” over being double-charged, but once the mistake was corrected, he was “nice” and even began flirting with her.

The following day, the employee later told police, she ran into Kohberger again in the hallway and they discussed “sheaths and collecting knives,” as well as “self-defense weapons and knife collections.”

After their unsettling conversation, Kohberger left the hotel … and several months later went on to murder 4 University of Idaho students at an off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022.

Kohberger fatally stabbed Ethan Chapin, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21. He pled guilty to the 4 murders as part of a deal that sentenced him to life in prison without parole, avoiding the death penalty.

By the way … police discovered Kohberger had stayed at the hotel after someone called the FBI tip line following his arrest in December 2022.