A DoorDash driver told police she saw Bryan Kohberger on the night he was accused of killing four college students and will testify in his upcoming trial.
The woman made these statements on September 4, 2024, when she was arrested by Pullman Police Department officers following an unrelated traffic stop.
Body camera footage obtained by PEOPLE shows the woman telling the officer who booked her into jail, “I’m the DoorDash Driver.” I saw Bryan. I parked right beside him.”
Just before that, she told the officer, “Now I have to testify in the big murder case, too.”
When the officer asked what murder case she was referring to, she said, “The murder of the college girls.”
A nondissemination order prohibiting extrajudicial statements about the case prevented prosecutors and police from confirming or denying the woman’s claims. However, the woman’s initials are the same as the DoorDash driver known as M.M. in court filings.
She is one of only two people believed to have seen Kohberger near the murder scene, the other being his surviving roommate, who told police she saw him leave the house that night.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the DoorDash driver arrived at Xana Kernodle’s Moscow home at 4 a.m. with a Jack in the Box delivery.
Authorities believe the killer entered the home a few minutes later and left by 4:20 a.m. after fatally stabbing four students: Kernodle and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, both 20; and Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen, both 21.
According to the probable cause affidavit, authorities linked Kohberger to the killings using DNA found on a knife sheath, cell phone location data, and surveillance footage showing a car matching his make and model driving to and from the crime scene.
In a motion laying out his alibi, Kohberger’s lawyer, Anne Taylor, stated that the suspect was driving alone on the night of the murders but did not kill the four victims.
Kohberger’s murder trial is set to begin on August 11 in Ada County, following the defense’s successful request for a change of venue. If convicted, he could face death. Jury selection will begin on August 4, one week before the start of the trial.
Kohberger informed the public defender who represented him after his arrest in Pennsylvania that he expects to be exonerated at trial. He refused to enter a plea in court when the judge formally charged him with four counts of murder, so a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf.
