13 things about Chestnuthill Township, Pennsylvania’s MaryAnn Kohberger

MaryAnn Racquel Ragonese Kohberger is a resident of Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. She and her husband Michael Francis Kohberger have two daughters and one son together.

BIOGRAPHY

MaryAnn is an Italian-American retired teacher. She and Michael live in Indian Mountain Lake, a gated community in Chestnuthill Township.

MaryAnn’s father Charles Ralph Ragonese was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA to Giuseppe Ragonese and Maria “Mary” Lisi Ragonese, who were both Italian. On May 23, 1950, Charles married Madeline Amarando Ragonese in New York.

Before moving to Pennsylvania, MaryAnn lived in Brooklyn. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. Aside from Chestnuthill Township, MaryAnn has lived in other parts of Pennsylvania including Albrightsville, Tannersville and Effort.
2. From 1966 to 1974, she attended the St. Mary Star of the Sea in Brooklyn.
3. Her grandmother Marie turned 80 on April 24, 1972 and died in Brooklyn in December 1972.
4. In 1978, she graduated from St. Joseph High School in Brooklyn.
5. In 1988, she gave birth to Amanda Marie Kohberger.
6. In 1991, she gave birth to Melissa Anne Kohberger.
7. In 1994, she gave birth to Bryan Christopher Kohberger.
8. In 1995, she and Michael filed for bankruptcy.
9. Her mother turned 66 on August 4, 1998 and died on March 1, 1999.
10. From 2003 to 2020, she started working for the Pleasant Valley School District in Brodheadsville, Monroe County as a paraprofessional, teaching pupils under the supervision of qualified instructors.
11. Her father turned 84 on October 12, 2008 and died in Monroe County, Pennsylvania on June 17, 2009.
12. In 2010, she and Michael filed for bankruptcy again and listed $154,719.11 in assets against $260,173.18 in liabilities.
13. In February 2025, she turned 65.

TIMELINE

MaryAnn is a registered Democrat. She is 5 years younger than Michael.

2000s

• In a letter to the editor published in March 2008 in The Pocono Record, she wrote, “I do not personally support abortion, and by all means do not support the death penalty. State-sanctified murder is still just that – murder.”

2020s

• In a letter to the editor published on June 2, 2022 in The Pocono Record, she commented about the shootings in Uvalde, Texas, USA on May 24, 2022, saying, “As I sat this morning, reeling from yet another school shooting, I found myself wrestling with which actions need to be taken to stop all the madness. What is the answer? Gun control measures? Mental health intervention?”
• On November 13, 2022, her son Bryan killed Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, who were all attending the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, USA.
• On December 30, 2022, her son Bryan was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents at their home in Indian Mountain Lake.
• On January 1, 2023, she, her husband and their daughters released a statement via Bryan’s public defender Jason LaBar, saying in part, “We will continue to let the legal process unfold and as a family we will love and support our son and brother. We have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote his presumption of innocence rather than judge unknown facts and make erroneous assumptions.”
• On July 2, 2025, she and Michael went to the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho where their son Bryan pleaded guilty to four counts of murder in exchange for the U.S. government not pursuing the death penalty.
• On July 23, 2025, she and Amanda went to the Ada County Courthouse where her son Bryan was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders of Goncalves, Mogen, Kernodle and Chapin.