<p class="mol-para-with-font">The Idaho murder suspect used to get tormented in school and and was a self-destructive overweight heroin addict in the years before the horrific slayings, according to his old classmates. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/news/bryan-kohberger/index.html" id="mol-7f948770-8f66-11ed-9e4e-4b46c8b0f35f" target="_blank">Bryan Kohberger</a>, 28, was bullied and dropped 100 pounds in his senior year of high school before taking up hard drugs, two of his former friends have <a href="https://openclipart.org/search/?query=revealed">revealed</a>.  </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">PhD student Kohberger is currently<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" href="/news/article-11611105/Idaho-murders-vigil-video-sweeps-web-online-sleuths-claim-spotted-suspect.html" target="_blank"> charged with the quadruple murders</a> of Idaho students Xana Kernodle, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/news/university-of-idaho-murders/index.html" id="mol-7f965c30-8f66-11ed-9e4e-4b46c8b0f35f" target="_blank">Ethan Chapin</a>, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves - who were found dead in a college home on November 13.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Details about<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" href="/news/article-11603641/How-Idaho-cops-linked-Bryan-Kohberger-crime-scene-four-students-murdered.html" target="_blank"> the suspect's past</a> are now coming to light - including that he was a 'secluded' person who used his criminology studies to 'try to understand humans and understand himself.' </p><div class="mol-img-group artSplitter" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-8a43093334e10769" website height="425" width="634" alt="Kohberger 'stalked' the house of his four victims on twelve occasions before killing them, evidence seems to suggest" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Kohberger 'stalked' the house of his four victims on twelve occasions before killing them, evidence seems to suggest </p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-493702c00b8f2acd" website height="380" width="634" alt="Casey Arntz, who was friends with Kohberger, has revealed what he was like at school" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Casey Arntz, who was friends with Kohberger, has revealed what he was like at school</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"><div class="splitLeft"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-d58c7d75e2825bf1" website height="393" width="306" alt="Undated high school photo of Kohberger" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div></div><div class="splitRight"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-75d64938f1318cae" website height="393" width="306" alt="Undated photo of Kohberger" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div></div><div class="clear"></div><p class="imageCaption">Kohberger lost 100 pounds in high school, and was previously bullied, according to his former friends</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">Two of his high school friends, Casey Arntz and Bree, who asked to have her last name kept <a href="https://teknokrat.ac.id">Best Private University</a>, said Kohberger was overweight and was bullied in school.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The suspected Idaho killer shed nearly 100 pounds in his senior year after being the brunt of his classmates' jokes - which was when <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/people%20noticed">people noticed</a> a switch in him.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Arntz told<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website CBS' 48 Hours:</a> 'He was rail thin. It was after that weight loss that a lot of people noticed a huge switch.'</p><div><div data-track-module="am-related_carousel^related_carousel" data-track-selector=".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])" data-dm-rotator-rotate="false" data-track-pos="static" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled="" data-dm-rotator-auto-init="" id="p-26" class="related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half" data-dm-rotator-active-class="active" data-dm-rotator-page-count="1.0" data-dm-social-article-auto-init="" data-dm-rotator-page-size="1"> <div class="rotator bdrcc"> <div class="rotator-title"> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class="rotator-pages link-xocc"> <li class="rotator-prev"><a href="#" data-page="prev">Previous</a></li> <li><a href="#" data-page="1">1</a></li> <li class="rotator-next"><a href="#" data-page="next">Next</a></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox"> <li> <a href="/galleries/article-11611881/Idaho-suspect-allegedly-spotted-vigil-17-days-killings.html"> <img website width="62" height="60" /> <span>Idaho suspect allegedly spotted at vigil, 17 days after...</span> </a> <a href="/news/article-11611105/Idaho-murders-vigil-video-sweeps-web-online-sleuths-claim-spotted-suspect.html"> <img website width="62" height="60" /> <span>Idaho murders vigil video sweeps the web after online...</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <b><div class="fb"></b><br> <br> <h2>Share this article</h2><br> <br> <div class="share"><span class="wai">Share</span></div><br> <br> </div><br> <br> <br> <br> </div> </div><p class="mol-para-with-font">After losing the weight, it was Kohberger who started bullying Arntz' brother - putting him in chokeholds and getting physically aggressive with him.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Bree said that 'self-destructive' Kohberger started also using heroin. She added: 'You just saw him becoming more self-destructive.<br> <br> <br> <br> He really stayed secluded.' </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">In the years after high school, the suspect seemed to be getting his life back on track, and would tell Bree that he was 'going to be better.'</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-fd3c6f2aeb027819" website height="797" width="634" alt="" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div><div class="clear"></div><p class="imageCaption">Kohberger, 28, is accused of murdering Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on November 13 in the quiet, college town of Moscow, Idaho</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-4abe983b9942a65" website height="359" width="634" alt="Bree (pictured) said that 'self-destructive' Kohberger started also using heroin. She added: 'You just saw him becoming more self-destructive. He really stayed secluded'" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Bree (pictured) said that 'self-destructive' Kohberger started also using heroin. She added: 'You just saw him becoming more self-destructive.<br> <br> <br> <br> He really stayed secluded'</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">She revealed: 'He was telling me that he wanted to get sober, that he was getting sober. And he wanted to let me know, 'I'm gonna do better. I'm gonna be better.'' </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Both of the women last saw Kohberger at a friend's wedding in 2017 - where they said he looked 'good' and seemed to have a new lease of life.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Arntz said: 'I gave him a hug and I said, 'You look so good.<br> <br> <br> <br> I'm so proud of you.''</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">And Bree said that his new focus on his criminology studies: 'His goal was just to change the world for the good around him. He wanted to do something that impacted people in a good way. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'People were not his strong suit.<br> <br> she added, 'And I think through his criminology studies, he was really trying to understand humans and trying and understand himself.' </p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-3ccc4d36c212bc1d" website height="446" width="634" alt="The suspect was attending college in nearby Washington State, where he pursued criminology" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">The suspect is believed to have driven some 2,300 miles from Moscow to Pennsylvania.<br> <br> <br> <br> He was attending college in nearby Washington State</p></div><div class="mol-img-group artSplitter" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-b7e7f3fa65fdbb7" website height="418" width="634" alt="Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November, smiles in court on January 5, 2022 after being denied bail" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November, smiles in court on January 5, 2022 after being denied bail</p></div><div class="moduleFull mol-video"><div><div itemprop="video" itemscope="itemscope" website content="Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger arrives in court" itemprop="name" /><meta content="PT03M26S" itemprop="duration" /><meta website itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /><meta website itemprop="contentURL" /><meta content="2023-01-05T19:12:19+0000" itemprop="uploadDate" /><meta content="576" itemprop="height" /><meta content="1024" itemprop="width" /><meta content="Bryan Kohberger accused of stabbing four University of Idaho college students to death in November arrives in court after extradition." itemprop="description" /><div class="item"> <div class="vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news" id="v-283612025475386940"> <video controls="" class="video-js vjs-default-skin" website website Pool&quot;,&quot;playerId&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger arrives in website Kohberger accused of stabbing four University of Idaho college students to death in November arrives in court after extradition.website preload="none"> <source website type="video/mp4"></source> </video> </div> </div> </div></div></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">Speaking about Kohberger allegedly being the Idaho killer, Arntz said: 'I honestly think he did it because he wants to see if he can get away with it. Where did it go wrong?<br> <br> <br> <br> What happened…why didn't I see it?'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Damning evidence <a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" href="/news/article-11603723/Read-affidavit-Bryan-Kohbergers-arrest.html" target="_blank">from a newly-unsealed affidavit</a> this week showed how police were able to link Kohberger to the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/news/crime/index.html" id="mol-7d252af0-8d3e-11ed-bf33-591dbd779870" target="_blank">crime</a> scene - after he allegedly 'stalked' the college home twelve times before the murders, and also returned to the crime scene five hours later. </p><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-6a8e6fc0-8f62-11ed-854d-69b0bf9b5897" website Kohberger was &apos;overweight and bullied before becoming addict&apos;