by With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Bryan Kohberger, the Washington State University criminology student accused of killing four University of Idaho students, isn’t without his admirers.
In a series of love letters posted on social media, a woman named Brittney Hislope gushes about Kohberger, declaring him her “love interest” and a “perfect man.”
“I don’t know if Bryan is or was single when he allegedly committed the murders, but I wonder if he and I would have ever met, if he would have liked us and if we could have connected well,” Hislope wrote. in a long note.
Hislope, a self-described single mother from Kentucky, said she was initially drawn to the fact that she and Kohberger apparently have the same birthday, making them both Scorpios. She said she has seen several videos, including bodycam footage, of Kohberger, and has kept up with the case.
Her missives first appeared on Facebook in early January, not long after Kohberger was arrested in the murders of 21-year-old friends Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, their roommate Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, also 20.
Authorities found all four students dead of fatal stab wounds Nov. 13 inside a Moscow, Idaho home near the University of Idaho campus. The female victims shared the residence with two other women, who were both at home and survivors of the violence.
Kohberger was arrested at his family home in Pennsylvania on December 30, nearly seven weeks after the quadruple homicide. He is being held without bail at the Latah County Jail on four counts of murder and one felony burglary.
“I don’t think about being with others the way I think about being with him,” Hislope wrote in a statement, “and even thoughts of being with him give me feelings that I wouldn’t feel when thinking about someone else, because I have feelings deep into Bryan and I’m fixated on him.
In another post, she said she wondered if Kohberger was her “divine male counterpart,” outlining her belief that those with similar birthdays are more likely to be compatible.
She also acknowledged some of her commenters, who likened her romantic feelings to women who swooned over Ted Bundy, the notorious 1970s serial killer who confessed to 30 murders.
Jeffrey Dahmer and Charles Manson, both prolific killers, also had their admirers. The “Night Stalker”, Richard Ramirez, visited many women in prison, including Doreen Lioy, whom he later married.
Ramirez killed at least 13 people in California between June 1984 and August 1985.
