Deborah Roberts

So I said, hey, do you want to be my partner?

And yeah, that's how we met.

He was like, yeah, you know, my mission is to be a cop, something I want to do.

But he didn't delve too much into his personal life.

The offer is there, but no problem.

It's just trying to be nice.

One of the classes the two men share as undergrads is psychological sleuthing, and it's taught by the renowned professor of forensic psychology, Dr. Katherine Ramsland.

2020 spoke with Dr. Ramsland back in 2019 about her work studying the serial killer known as BTK.

In that class, you study mass murders, you study serial killers, and she really delves into the psyche of their mind.

Brian Koberger was really, really invested in the class.

He took really quick notes, and he'd ask a lot of questions.

His eyes really opened up when he's asking a question or getting to the answer, talking about Jeffrey Dahmer or BTK or Ted Bundy.

He was very proud of his intellect.

While at DeSales, Coburger conducts a Reddit survey for an academic research project, looking to understand the mind of a criminal.

He put an online request to speak to convicted criminals to discuss the emotions they were feeling and decision making that they went through when they were committing crimes.

How did they choose their victims?

All this stuff.

In June of 2022, Koberger moves across the country to Pullman, Washington, pursuing a PhD in criminology at Washington State University.

The University of Idaho and Washington State University are located just seven miles from each other.

The student body are constantly traversing to come over to the different areas, whether it be for classes or social.