Bryan Kohberger claimed he was diagnosed with four “mental health disorders” just months before pleading guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students in July.
In a June court filing attesting to his ability to make a plea, Kohberger, 30, said he was diagnosed with autism (level 1), OCD, ADHD and ARFID, an eating disorder, in February this year.
Kohberger said he was taking just one prescription medication, levothyroxine, for his illnesses at the time, per a court filing obtained by People on Wednesday, September 3. Levothyroxine is a drug used to treat hyperthyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid fails to produce enough of the thyroid hormone thyroxine.
Level 1 autism is a form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). People diagnosed with the level 1 autism may struggle wi