Chilling video showed cold-blooded killer Bryan Kohberger chatting about the brutal slayings with a Washington state DMV worker as he was changing his license plates days after the tragedy.

Kohberger casually strolled into the Department of Motor Vehicles branch in Pullman at 3:13 p.m. Nov. 18, 2022, requesting new plates for his car, only five days after he killed four University of Idaho students, according to video obtained by the YouTube channel Christy’s Chaos.

“I definitely need to get my license plate changed,” Kohberger told the worker.

Bryan Kohberger speaks with a DMV employee in Pullman, Washington, on Nov. 18, 2022.
Bryan Kohberger speaks with a DMV employee in Pullman, Washington, on Nov. 18, 2022.YouTube / Christy’s Chaos
Kohberger, then 28, struck up a conversation with the worker as he showed no hints that he had just killed undergrads Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, and Xana Kernodle, 20, while they slept inside their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.

During the conversation, the worker mentioned how much safer the area is compared to her native San Francisco, before unknowingly mentioning the murders to the actual killer.

“I like how small, quiet and I would say safe, but the whole Moscow thing, kinda makes it feel a little less,” the worker said as Kohberger nodded his head and said, “Yeah.”

The deranged killer made small talk with the worker over baseball and their seemingly shared love for the sport.

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“Are you a Giants fan?” Kohberger asked the woman, noting that she was wearing a San Francisco baseball sweatshirt.

“I’m actually from the East Coast, I’m a Yankees fan, I’m hoping you guys don’t catch up,” Kohberger said, seemingly referencing the Yankees’ 27 World Series titles.

Kohberger, wearing black gloves, fills out a form while carrying a casual conversation with the workers.
Kohberger, wearing black gloves, fills out a form while carrying on a casual conversation with the worker.YouTube / Christy’s Chaos

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Kohberger, wearing black gloves, filled out the paperwork to obtain new Washington state license plates for his white Hyundai Elantra.

The Pennsylvania native shared that his Yankees fandom stemmed from his family, claiming that his mother was from Brooklyn.

Kohberger killed Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, and Xana Kernodle, 20 while they slept inside their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.
Kohberger killed Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, and Xana Kernodle, 20, while they slept inside their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.Instagram/@kayleegoncalves

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“Aaron Judge wanted to go back to California, but it’s just a rumor,” Kohberger said about the push the Giants’ front office was making before the Yankees slugger re-signed with the team weeks later.

“Judge is obviously a very good player. Fans of baseball generally appreciate Judge,” he added. “You have respect for them.”

The conversation returned to talk of the license plates, and Kohberger chose a standard, non-specialty plate before the worker asked if he was a student at the University of Washington.

“Yeah, PhD,” Kohberger responded. “I’m definitely not an undergrad.

“It’s an interesting community,” he said. “Where I came from in Pennsylvania, I came from a very small university, so this is big.”

Roommates of the four college students killed speak to police after discovering the gruesome crime scene.
Roommates of the four college students killed speak to police after discovering the gruesome crime scene on Nov. 13, 2022.Moscow Police department
Kohberger was asked if he would stay in the area after graduation, but the killer revealed he would move to wherever his work took him.

“I do like Pullman, but I’m not entirely certain if I can. Depends if I can get a job. I may have to go pretty much anywhere. I like Washington state,” he said.

Bryan Kohberger is handcuffed moments after his arrest on Dec. 30, 2022.
Bryan Kohberger is handcuffed moments after his arrest on Dec. 30, 2022.Moscow Police Department
The worker brought up the beauty of the Evergreen State, including the national parks, nature and all the camping and hiking opportunities in the area, which Kohberger claimed to agree with.

“I like all that stuff. I do a bit more hiking than camping. I didn’t grow up necessarily going camping ‘cuz my parents were pretty busy to go and do that,” he said.

Blood is spread across the floor, clothes and furniture inside a bedroom of the Moscow home after the quadruple murder.
Blood is spread across the floor, clothes and furniture inside a bedroom of the Moscow home after the quadruple murder.Idaho State Police
Kohberger shared that he was driving back to Pennsylvania shortly and “picked the worst time” as the eastern Washington area was expecting a snowstorm.

Kohberger had broken into the off-campus home in the early hours of Nov. 13, 2022, where prosecutors believe he was searching for Mogen and trying to fulfill a “psychosexual fantasy.”

Law enforcement agents remove bedding and blood-stained mattresses from the off-campus home on Jan. 6, 2023.
Law enforcement agents remove bedding and bloodstained mattresses from the off-campus home on Jan. 6, 2023.Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
While inside the Moscow home, Kohberger found Mogen and Goncalves sleeping in the same bed, slashing the two young women multiple times, leaving behind a grisly, blood-filled scene.

The knife-wielding maniac then worked his way downstairs, where he encountered Kernodle, who put up a fight before she was fatally slashed.

Kohberger ended his rampage inside Kernodle’s room, where Chapin, her boyfriend, was sleeping at the time of the slayings.

Kohberger fled the home and eventually the state before he was arrested at his family’s home in Chestnuthill Township, Pa., on Dec. 30.

He pleaded guilty to four counts of murder on July 2, 2025, after three years of maintaining his innocence.

His plea deal saved him from the death penalty, but he was sentenced to four consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.