Brett Payne met a student of the Washington State University.
His name was redacted and he was referred to as “L,” which is his first initial, according to the document information dated October 10, 2023.
This student was a former teaching assistant for the criminology program with Kohberger, and they shared an office during the Fall 2022 semester.
“L” described Kohberger as very intelligent but also selfish, saying Kohberger would often mislead him when it came to their shared work and would have “L” complete work meant for Kohberger.
“L” said Kohberger asked him to help fight allegations that threatened his teaching assistant position with a Dr. “S.”.
After the homicides, “L” said Kohberger began to talk much more than usual and characterized those conversations as coming from someone who wanted to vent.
He said he asked Kohberger about it who told him he had been in a car accident. »