Kohberger’s Creepy Christmas Night Obsession with Danny Rolling EXPOSED

On Christmas night 2022, while families gathered around trees, Bryan Kohberger was at his computer. Instead of holiday cheer, investigators later discovered he was downloading files about Danny Rolling — the Gainesville Ripper, who in 1990 murdered five college students with a Ka-Bar knife after breaking into their apartments. Kohberger didn’t just glance at the story. He saved it. Twice.

Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer walks us through the significance of that moment. Kohberger had already been caught obsessively looking up serial killers, but the overlap with Rolling is striking. Both targeted college students. Both used the same style of knife. Both entered through sliding doors. Investigators even described Kohberger’s crime as “almost copycat.”

But that night wasn’t just about Rolling. Kohberger also searched for violent pornography, with terms like “sleeping” and “voyeur,” fantasies that echoed Rolling’s own fixation on unconscious victims. Was Kohberger simply curious? Or was he building a playbook?

We also explore the theories about crime scene staging. Rolling staged his victims. Did Kohberger intend to do the same before the scene spiraled out of control? Did the sheer chaos of four victims derail a plan he thought he could manage?

This segment pulls apart what those Christmas downloads really mean: not just obsession, but alignment. Kohberger wasn’t just reading Rolling. He was comparing himself to him.

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