Bryan Kohberger’s younger sister says she warned her brother that a "psycho killer" was on the loose after four University of Idaho students were killed, unaware she was speaking to the man later convicted of the brutal murders.

Mel Kohberger, Bryan's sister, recalled the conversation with her brother during a recent interview with The New York Times, saying she felt a sense of alarm after hearing about the murders in Moscow, Idaho. Kohberger pleaded guilty to murdering Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Kaylee Goncalves, who were killed on November 13, 2022.

"Bryan, you are running outside and this psycho killer is on the loose," she remembers telling her brother. "Be careful."

Bryan thanked her for checking in and assured Mel that he would be safe. Mel said that Bryan was the kind of person who would go on late-night jogs and leave his door unlocked, prompting her to check in.

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Mel recalled how Bryan was constantly bullied as a teenager as friends previously said he was overweight and had a standoffish personality. In online posts while Bryan was a teenager, according to the outlet, he said that he had no emotion, little remorse, and felt like he was "an organic sack of meat with no self-worth."

Bryan, who was addicted to heroin as a teenager, once stole Mel's phone and sold it at a mall so he could buy more drugs, the sister said. Mel said her family was worried Bryan was on a pathway to an early death, something that happened to one of his friends. However, Mel said Bryan received treatment and was doing better.

"We were all so proud of him because he had overcome so much," Mel said.

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After treatment, Mel said while Bryan remained socially awkward and abrasive at times, she never saw him as a violent person. 

Bryan did not discuss the Idaho murders while staying at his parents’ Pennsylvania home in the days before the FBI raid, but Mel recalled him mentioning the case once, noting investigators were still searching for a suspect.

When Bryan was arrested Dec. 30, 2022, Mel recalled getting a phone call from her older sister, Amanda.

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"She was like, ‘I’m with the FBI, Bryan’s been arrested,’" Mel said. "I was like, ‘For what?’"

"The Idaho murders," Amanda responded. 

Mel initially thought her sister might have been pranking her before becoming nauseous at the thought that her own brother was behind the murders of four college students.

Overnight, Mel said her world was flipped upside down. Bryan's sister said she was training to start her new job as a mental health counselor in New Jersey, but agreed to step down after the new employer became inundated with inquiries.

Mel said she became angry after seeing online posts from people who speculated that her family may have known that Bryan had killed the four University of Idaho students.

"I have always been a person who has spoken up for what was right," Mel said. "If I ever had a reason to believe my brother did anything, I would have turned him in."

President Donald Trump ordered a "large scale strike" against Venezuela to capture its leader and transport him to the United States, where his administration plans to put him on trial.

The U.S. Army’s Delta Force, an elite special operations unit, led the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a U.S. official briefed on the matter told Fox News. The operation has drawn reactions from those in the political arena as well as sports figures with close ties to Venezuela.

Jhonattan Vegas, a Venezuelan golfer who competes on the PGA Tour, appeared to react to the events.

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"Long live Venezuela, DAMN IT ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL," Vegas wrote on X in a post translated from Spanish.

Vegas, 41, is ranked No. 85 in the world. He had a historic run at the 2025 PGA Championship, becoming the first Venezuelan to take the lead at one of the four major tournaments. 

Vegas finished 8-under par after the first 36 holes, placing him atop the leaderboard at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, in May. He ultimately finished the major in a tie for fifth place.

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Vegas first took an interest in golf when he was just 2 years old.

"As a kid, I would hit anything that I could find. Rocks, broomstick, everything," he told reporters after the opening round of last year's PGA Championship. "I would grab anything that I could swing and I would do it. Feel like I was a good athlete as a young kid, so that’s kind of how things started.

"We grew up near a nine-hole golf course owned by the oil companies, and we had access to a course and, plus the love of my dad for the game, put it together, and we started playing."

Once he reached his teens, Vegas left Venezuela and relocated to the U.S. He learned English and later took his golf talents to the Texas Longhorns.

Vegas further cemented his name in history when he won the Bob Hope Classic in 2011, making him the first Venezuelan to win a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. He also represented his native country twice at the Olympics.

On Saturday, Trump described Maduro as being "highly guarded" in a presidential palace that was "a heavily fortified military fortress in the heart of Caracas." Maduro had nearly made it to a safe room inside it, Trump told reporters, although "he was unable to close it."

In an interview earlier Saturday morning on "Fox & Friends Weekend," Trump said that American forces were armed with "massive blowtorches," which they would have used to cut through steel walls had Maduro locked himself in the room.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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