{"id":6747,"date":"2026-04-25T11:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6747"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:47:30","slug":"bryan-kohbergers-mom-maryann-kohberger-refused-to-believe-her-angel-son-butchered-idaho-college-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6747","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Kohberger\u2019s mom Maryann Kohberger refused to believe her \u2018angel\u2019 son butchered Idaho college students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bryan Kohberger\u2019s mother reportedly refused to believe her \u201cangel\u201d son had slaughtered four University of Idaho students \u2013 insisting to federal agents they had made a \u201cmistake\u201d after hauling him into custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cold-blooded killer\u2019s mom, Maryann Kohberger, fiercely stood by her son in newly released police transcripts obtained by the Daily Mail \u2013 telling three FBI agents on the night of his December 2022 arrest that she was certain he didn\u2019t commit the heinous murders a month earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s my angel,\u201d the stunned mom said immediately after the feds stormed her Pennsylvania home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son would not do this. I will stake my life on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bryan Kohberger\u2019s mother, Maryann, and sister, Amanda, leave the Ada County Courthouse after the quadruple murderer\u2019s sentencing on July 23, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kohberger described her twisted son as a quiet \u201chomebody,\u201d telling agents the Washington State University grad student had a 3.8 GPA but no \u201cbig group of friends\u201d or \u201cany girlfriends.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She said he seemed happy and was \u201cmaking friends,\u201d adding he enjoyed running and the outdoors and wasn\u2019t into partying or drinking, the transcripts show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s going through my mind right now is that this is a really, really bad mistake, what\u2019s going on, like what\u2019s happening here,\u201d the mom-of-three told investigators of her youngest child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know what our, you know, who our children are, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bryan Kohberger attends his sentencing hearing in Boise, Idaho, on July 23, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kohberger admitted to fatally butcher Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, and Ethan Chapin on Nov. 13, 2022, in their off-campus house in Moscow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kohberger told investigators the pair were close and had frequent \u201cmother-and-son talks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She even said it was her idea for her son to purchase a knife to defend himself if he ever came upon a bear while hiking \u2013 but she said she didn\u2019t know if he had \u201cpurchased anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her son later used a knife to fatally butcher Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, and Ethan Chapin on Nov. 13, 2022, in their off-campus house in Moscow.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here\u2019s the latest coverage on Bryan Kohberger:<\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>The cold-blooded killer\u2019s mom told investigators nothing seemed unusual when her son came home for the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>But when pressed by agents if the convicted murderer had shown any behavior suggesting he could be capable of the vicious killings, she quickly shot it down, according to the transcripts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever, ever, ever,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a mistake, something is wrong somewhere. And that\u2019s what I believe. And that\u2019s what I know in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bryan Koberger wears a suicide vest during a mugshot at the Monroe County Correctional Facility after his arrest on Dec. 30, 2022. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The cold-blooded killer\u2019s mom told investigators nothing seemed unusual when her son came home for the holidays. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kohberger later called the situation an \u201cabsolute nightmare\u201d as she asked whether her \u201cson\u2019s face is gonna be plastered all across the country\u201d when the news of his arrest was made public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a nightmare,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is an absolute nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Kohberger is serving four life sentences without the possibility 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