MOSCOW, Idaho (TND) — The sister of the suspected killer in the University of Idaho murders apparently starred in a low-budget slasher film years ago.
Amanda Kohberger, sister of Bryan Kohberger, starred as "Lori" in the 2011 horror film "Two Days Back."
The 96-minute flick focuses on a group of young adults who trek through the woods and up a mountain to "catch forestry students suspected of illegal foresting," according to a synopsis on IMDb, that is until "people go missing and bodies begin to surface."
Many of the characters in the movie meet grisly ends, often as a result of being stabbed to death. Amanda's character, however, subverts horror-movie expectations by simply leaving when the situation becomes dangerous, appearing alive and unharmed at the end of the film.
Bryan Kohberger, 28, is accused of murdering four University of Idaho students. Those four students were stabbed to death, and autopsies reportedly show that all four were likely asleep when they were killed. Bryan is a PhD student and teacher's assistant at Washington State University, which sits about 15 minutes west of University of Idaho.
The killing of those students "bares eerie similarities" to the fictional killings of the students in "Two Days Back," according to the New York Post, which reached out to the film's director for comment.
You’re f**king kidding me, her brother is that guy? Goddamn man, holy cow," the film's director, Kevin Boon, reportedly said.
Boon claimed that "Two Days Back" was a film he made as a student, and that Amanda was cast after an open audition, the New York Post reports. Boon had nothing but nice things to say about Amanda.
I remember her well. I directed the movie, wrote the movie, I cast her,” Boon reportedly said. “She is a lovely woman, who was very nice. I liked her a lot."
There was nothing weird about her,” Boon added about Amanda while speaking with the New York Post. “I cannot believe that’s her brother."
Bryan Kohberger is expected to be arraigned on Thursday, and is also expected to plead not guilty to the alleged murders. The bodies of the four University of Idaho students were discovered at a rental home on Nov. 13. A DNA analysis reportedly ties Bryan to the crime scene, and he was arrested on Dec. 30 while he was visiting family in Pennsylvania.
Karen Conti, a defense attorney who has been a part of several high-profile cases, including serial killer John Wayne Gacy, spoke with The National Desk's Jan Jeffcoat on Thursday morning about Bryan Kohberger and the DNA analysis, saying "that is something that is going to convince the jurors."
This would be the first time that genealogical analysis was used, not just for cold cases, but for an ongoing investigation,” Conti added. “The idea is that there was evidence found at the crime scene – DNA, blood, whatever it was – and they did an analysis. It wasn’t in the database, meaning he had never been arrested but they put it in the system, and they found family members and then they extrapolated from there, and perhaps they even went to his home, found some items in his trash can, and tied him to the crime. That’s what I’m thinking might be the case here because that would definitely tie him to the crime scene."
Bryan was transported from Pennsylvania to Latah County Jail in Idaho, where he is housed in a cell without bond, visitation or phone calls.
A hearing is expected to occur on Thursday, but exact details have yet to be released.
"Two Days Back" is available online, but reviews are mixed.
