Maryann Kohberger had a peculiar message exchange with her son.

Four days after Bryan Kohberger murdered four University of Idaho students in November 2022—for which he's serving four consecutive life sentences —his mom had reached out with information about one of his victims, Xana Kernodle , according to a forensic expert who examined his phone and hard drive.

"Nov. 17th stands out a little bit," Jared Barnhart , who led the forensic team alongside Heather Barnhart , explained on the Sept. 2 episode of NewsNation's Banfield . "He had more mother interaction that day than normal, which was a lot. He was on the phone with her for hours that day."

"That night, he received a link from his mom, and the link was to a news article basically describin

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