Three University of Idaho students said they saw quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger at their sorority weeks before the killings.
The students told PEOPLE that they recognized him as a loner from the Union building after Kohberger’s arrest for the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Maddie Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and 20-year-old Ethan Chapin.
A student who identified herself as Chelsea, a sophomore, said she saw Kohberger, a student at nearby Washington State University, alone at the food store just weeks before the Nov. 13 murders Court ate.
“He was the type to stare,” she said. ‘He wouldn’t look away if you caught him staring.
“Like he wanted you to know he was looking at you. He didn’t smile, didn’t nod, didn’t say anything. Just stared.’
Three University of Idaho students said they saw Bryan Kohberger (above) on their campus just weeks before the grisly quadruple murders
Students said they saw him alone in the school’s student union building and noticed him staring at people and making them “awkward”.
Kohberger attended Washington State University, just 8 miles from the University of Idaho
Chelsea told PEOPLE that Kohberger’s look made her “uncomfortable” and that she and her friends went out to eat “because we wanted to get away from him.”
Another student at the school said she too became “uncomfortable” with Kohberger’s gaze after allegedly encountering him on campus several times.
She said because the school is relatively small, she got to know the people on campus and was certain she had seen Kohberger on several occasions.
“I’ve definitely seen him more than once,” she told PEOPLE. “He was just very still and very intense and staring. He made me uncomfortable.’
The alleged sighting of Kohberger on campus comes after police said they believe the quadruple murder suspect spent time on the University of Idaho campus before carrying out the brutal killings.
The university hired more campus police and increased the number of officers on site following the killings, and despite Kohberger’s arrest, officials said the increased enforcement will remain in place.
The University of Idaho did not immediately respond to ‘s request for comment on the alleged Kohberger sightings.
Idaho Police said the four University of Idaho students were murdered in their sleep between 3 and 4 a.m. (Pictured: victims Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Maddie Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and 20-year-old Ethan Chapin)
Kaylee and Madison were found on the top floor of the house in Moscow, Idaho. College lovers Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were found in a second-floor bedroom, while survivors Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke were sleeping on the first floor
The alleged sightings at the University of Idaho wouldn’t be the first time women have accused Kohberger of making them uncomfortable or putting them off.
Jordan Serulneck, 34, who runs Seven Siren Brewing Company in Kohberger’s native Pennsylvania, said the suspect had problematic interactions with women at his bar.
Serulneck told NBC staffers that their systems referred to Kohberger as a guy who “makes creepy comments,” and said he once called a staffer “ab***h” for declining his advances.
Reading his co-workers’ notes about Kohberger, Central Valley’s Serulneck said, “Hey, this guy is making creepy comments, keep an eye on him. He drinks two or three beers and then gets a little too comfortable.”
Kohberger, who studies criminology at WSU, was charged with the Nov. 13 murder of four University of Idaho students at their off-campus home
Kohberger, who is studying criminology at WSU, was charged with the murders of four University of Idaho students.
Officers called to the scene of the bloody crime on November 13 quickly discovered a K-Bar knife sheath next to the bodies of Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.
Unsealed court documents show the painstaking work of officers who matched the DNA found on the vagina to Kohberger’s by comparing it to his father’s DNA – which was 99.9998 percent matched and identified via a genetic genealogy website.
Court documents recently revealed that police discovered a pillow covered in “blood” at Kohberger’s Washington home.
A new search warrant released Jan. 17 shows police also found several strands of hair, including what they suspected to be animal hair, a black glove, a computer tower and an unnamed item with a collection of “dark red stains.”