EXCLUSIVE – STROUDSBURG, Pa. – Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, aspiring to be an Army Ranger, appears in his high school yearbook working out in uniform, Fox News Digital has learned.
In Pleasant Valley High School’s 2011 yearbook, the accused murderer appears in a law enforcement class with other students mid-lizard.
A badge on his right sleeve displays a US flag while a badge hangs from his left pocket.
“Bryan Kohenberger, sophomore [sic] he does his daily push-ups as part of his law enforcement class,” the caption reads. Kohenberger [sic] he used the skills he learned to help him reach his goal of one day serving in the Army Rangers.”
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A yearbook photo of Bryan Kohberger in a high school law enforcement class doing push-ups.
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Kohberger’s name is misspelled in the caption of the yearbook photo. Yearbook records for 2011, 2012 and 2013 do not show any students named Kohenberger.
The Army Rangers, a premier infantry force, is a branch of the elite Special Operations Forces, according to the US Army website.
Army Rangers “specialize in conducting raids and assault missions deep into enemy territory,” the website says.
The Pennsylvania high school student, who was bullied about his weight, appears to have slimmed down in his senior year, yearbook photos show.
The caption below a photo of Bryan Kohberger as a sophomore doing push-ups in a law enforcement class.
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A former high school classmate, Sarah Healey, previously told Fox News Digital that Kohberger was shy and was mercilessly teased by a group of girls who threw things at him and told him to “go away, disgusting.”
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“Bryan was bullied a lot and I never got a chance to say anything to defend him because he was always running away,” added Healey, describing him as socially awkward.
One next to Kohberger’s Pleasant Valley High School yearbook photos for his sophomore and senior year. Kohberger is accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students.
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At some point, the 28-year-old Kohberger turned from his dreams of military valor to an academic career.
He was a Ph.D. student in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., a 10-minute drive from the rental home where he is accused of fatally stabbing four Idaho college students.
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Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle were stabbed to death in the early hours of November 13. Kohberger was arrested Friday at his parents’ home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, for the mass murder.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger was arrested Friday morning in connection with the murders of four University of Idaho students. Officials released few details about the killings or the suspect during a press conference on Friday.
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After finishing the semester, Kohberger and her father drove 2,500 miles from her campus to her parents’ house in Keystone State for winter break.
He was in his white Hyundai Elantra, the same model of car that police say was seen near the crime scene at the time of the murders and urged the public to provide tips to help them locate him.
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Kohberger waived extradition Tuesday morning at the Monroe County courthouse, wearing red prison jumpsuit and shackles on his wrists.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger arrives at the Monroe County courthouse for his extradition hearing on January 3.
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On Wednesday morning, he was en route to Idaho, where he is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary. If he is found guilty, he could face the death penalty.
Moscow police, working with the FBI and other agencies, were able to track down Kohberger through genetic genealogy, a law enforcement source told Fox News.
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Using DNA left at the crime scene, investigators were able to link him to a relative who submitted a DNA sample to a public database, the source added.
Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.
