Multiple letters of protest

“I am confident he will be a positive influence to his future, family and society upon release,” the coordinator wrote. Kohlhepp’s request to commute his sentence was denied.

Kohlhepp’s record also shows several disciplinary actions against him.

In March 1991, Kohlhepp “thumbed his finger” at a guard while a group of nearby inmates laughed.

Later that year, Kohlhepp was not at his cell during roll call. He was seen running away from the yard and a lockdown was put in place. Additional details on the incident were heavily redacted, as was the extent of disciplinary actions.

In 1993, he was accused of attempting to steal a screwdriver from another inmate. The report states Kohlhepp and another inmate were “horse playing” when Kohlhepp attempted to grab the screwdriver out of the other inmate’s pocket. The inmate had been issued a screwdriver for work and said he prevented Kohlhepp from taking it. Another inmate told officials they had heard Kohlhepp say he intended to “stick someone.”

Asked about the incident, he denied it happened.

“I go to work and lift weights,” Kohlhepp told the official. “The only thing I’ve done the past few days was that.”

Kohlhepp also destroyed and stole prison property.

The majority of his violations were “minor” except for one “major” violation for striking a person, said Andrew Wilder, DOC spokesman.

After his initial years in prison, Kohlhepp seemed to have quieted down. He didn’t have another disciplinary action or investigation for the rest of his time inside.

Although disciplinary issues abated, Kohlhepp remained vocal while he was inside. In 2001, Kohlhepp wrote multiple letters appealing the denial of some of his reading materials.

Kohlhepp had been receiving the popular men’s magazine Maxim while he was inside but one issue was kept from him for “security reasons.” The issue in question contained instructions on how to brew your own alcohol. Reading material with this sort of information is prohibited in Arizona prisons.

“Just because we read some things doesn’t mean we are going to do it,” Kohlhepp said in a letter addressed to the warden. “I think your censorship of our reading material is getting to be a bit overzealous.”

Later that year, Kohlhepp petitioned to receive a copy of a knife catalog he had ordered. The prison ultimately decided against Kohlhepp in both cases.

Around this time, the record showed, Kohlhepp earned a certificate in microcomputer

Kohlhepp is awaiting trail in South Carolina on the murders there, and he could face the death penalty.

Brown’s family, along with the families of other victims of his alleged crimes, also plan to bring civil lawsuits against Kohlhepp.

In an exclusive interview with Greenville Online, Kohlhepp’s mother, Regina Tague, said her son told her he killed Charlie Carver, who was Brown’s boyfriend; Johnny and Meagan Coxie, residents of Spartanburg, S.C.; and Scott Ponder, Beverly Guy, Brian Lucas and Chris Sherbert, slain in 2003 at Superbike Motorsports in South Carolina.