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In the preceding weeks Bryan Kohberger Killed four students from the Idaho University, there were strange events in their rental house near the campus.
One of the victims, Kaylee Goncalvessaid to her roommates that she had seen a man whom she did not recognize to look at her when she took her dog outside. Another time, the residents came home to find the door open, loose on its hinges. They caught golf clubs to arm against a possible intruder.
These details were included in hundreds of documents published by the police in the following hours Kohberger was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday for brutal knife murders of Gonclaves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin at the start of November 13, 2022.
It is not yet known if strange events had something to do with murders. But the documents illustrate the frantic efforts of the police to follow each possible advance to find and condemn Kohberger.
Here is an overview of the documents of the documents:
Curious events at 1122 King Road
Bethany Funke was one of Two roommates to survive The night of stab wounds. In interviews after the murders, she told the police that around a month earlier, Goncalves had taken her dog, Murphy, outside when she saw an unknown “above their house to the south”, looking at her.
It was quite worrying that Goncalves “spoke to everyone” and called his roommates to ask him if they would soon be at home, said Funke.
Then, on November 4, nine days before the attack, the roommates returned home at 11 am to find the door open, loose on its hinges, while the wind was blowing. Goncalves was absent at the time. Kernodle’s father fixed the door, said Funke.
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On November 13, the police found a horrible scene. Blood has gathered on bedflowers, covered floors and was splashed on the walls. One that the victims, Kernodle, suffered large defensive injuries; In his room, “it was obvious that an intense struggle had occurred,” wrote an office.
Retail the stages of the investigation
Advice has flocked. A Walmart staff member told the police that two to three weeks earlier, a white man of university age had come in search of a black ski mask that would cover his face. People who saw online flows of certain victims of a catering truck gave their reflection on a possible author, and the investigators also examined the tracks of bar lovers they had seen earlier in the night or an Uber driver whom they frequently used, according to documents.
A woman who lived nearby told the police in August or September 2022, she and her daughter had seen a man in their courtyard who “looked nervous”. She said she was almost sure that it was Kohberger.
The agents finally identified Kohberger – a doctoral student in criminology at the Washington State University nearby – using a DNA sample found on a knife sheath on the crime scene. Earlier this month, prosecutors revealed that DNA had found on a Q-Tip thrown turned out to be a crucial breakthrough in the case.
They followed his movements that evening with data on mobile phones, obtained online purchase files showing that he had bought a military knife and linked it to a car that led several times by the student house.
Documents include memos commemorating the assignments or mandates they have served in search of files and the responses to these requests. The investigators served a mandate on the Tinder meeting application, looking for accounts that Kohberger could have created with certain emails and which could link it to its victims.
No evidence of this type has emerged and the motive for murders remains a mystery.
Kohberger spoke with the police – briefly
Kohberger what Arrested at her parents’ home In Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, about six weeks after the murders. He was taken to a state police barracks to be questioned by police officers from the Moscow police service, the Idaho and FBI state police.
They discussed the Washington State football team, Kohberger doctoral studies in criminal justice, their functions required to be an educational assistant at university and why he wanted to become a professor.
Kohberger finally said that he understood that they engaged in small discussions, but he would appreciate that the police explained what they wanted. A detective told him that it was because of what had happened in Moscow. When asked if he knew what had happened, he replied: “Of course.”
Did he want to talk about it? “Well, I think I would need a lawyer,” Kohberger replied.
He continued to speak, however – to question what specific questions they had and ask him if his parents and dog were ok after his arrest.
Kohberger finally said that he would like to speak to a lawyer and that the police had ended the interview because he had invoked his fifth amendment.
Police at the time said they Evaluated DNA by Bryan Kohberger And grabbed a silver flashlight, four medical style gloves “, a white t-shirt from Arizona Jean Co., a black champion sweatshirt, a pair of black and white nike shoes, black armor socks, black shores and black underground armor.
Behind bars with Kohberger
A man incarcerated in Latah County prison, who was once hosted alongside the Kohberger cell, told a detective on September 16, 2024, that Kohberger would often ask him about his past criminal offenses and why he was in the maximum security wing of the establishment.
The man said that Kohberger’s habits had annoyed him, including how he washed the hands of tens of times a day and spent 45 minutes to an hour in the shower. He said Kohberger had been awake almost all night and would only take a nap during the day.
Kohberger pleaded guilty earlier this month at murders As part of a plea agreement that spared him death penalty. He was in the courtroom on Wednesday with an orange prison combination and listened to the families of the victims confronted him with powerful statements.
When asked by the judge if he wanted to make a statement during his conviction on Wednesday, Kohberger replied: “I respectfully refuse.”
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