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Wednesday, more than 300 documents published by the Moscow police department revealed that new macabre details on the 2022 murders of four students from the Idaho University and the exhaustive survey that led to the apprehension of Bryan Kohberger.
Kohberger, 30, what sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday After pleading guilty of having fatally stabbed the seniors of the Kaylee Goncalves college and Madison Mogen, both 21; Junior Xana Kernodle, 20 years old; And the first year student Ethan Chapin, 20, in a house excluding campus in the early hours of November 13, 2022.
The former doctoral student of the Washington State University pleaded guilty to crimes in exchange for a death sentence, to circumvent a long trial and to allow the authorities to disclose information on the case once linked by an order of gag. Shortly after the conviction of Kohberger, during which the family members of the victims provided statements of emotional impact, the vast trip of documents was released to the public.
The new documents highlight the brutality of the killings, the details of the days and weeks which led to the murders and in the vast basin of evidence investigations combined against Kohberger.
Here are some of the details never revealed barbaric murders.
Body found suddenly saved
When the police entered the room of Xana Kernodle, the officer who replied detailed that “it was obvious that an intense struggle had occurred”, according to one of the reports.
“There was blood coated on various articles in the room and everywhere on the floor,” said the document. “There was blood flowing on the walls in various places, including above Xana’s body.”
The police found Kernodle lying against the ground on the floor in the center of the room in its underwear and a gray sweatshirt, covered with blood, according to the document. The officer recorded that he had seen “what seemed to be defensive wounds with a knife on Xana’s hands” and a “deep cut on Xana’s left hand between his pointer and his thumb”.
An autopsy revealed that Kernodle had more than 50 stabs, according to documents.
The agents found the other three students covered with blood, according to the documents. In addition to injuries on the forearm and the hands of Mogen, his face was mutilated.
“Madison had a notch under his right eye which seemed to go from the corner of his eye to his nose,” reads the document.
Goncalves was found “unrecognizable because its facial structure has been extremely damaged,” according to the document.
Moments leading to the call of 911
Bethany Funke, one of the two surviving roommates, told investigators that her door had been locked when she fell asleep in the early hours of November 13, according to one of the police reports.
Funke told the police that she woke up after falling asleep to hear what she thought was “a firecracker” to leave, and “she thought she saw a magic candle go out by the crack under her door”, the report, who identifies her as “B”, said.
Funke said that she then called the other surviving roommate, Dylan Mortensen, or Mortensen called her – the report indicates that she does not remember – who told her “she thought she had just seen someone dressed in all black from the house” and a ski mask, according to the report.
Mortensen, which is identified in the report as “D”, said later “the male in black came out through the rear door and that they had established a visual contact with each other”, that it was “white with a big nose” and holding “a small type of empty object”, told Funke to the detectives, according to the report.
According to the report, Funke then told Mortensen to descend into his room, and Mortensen did it. Funke then called the phones of the four victims, but no one answered, which Funke said that she thought normal since she was late.
Funke told the detectives that the pair did not call 911 at the time because Funke thought that Mortensen thought that she may have been wrong and that they were both drunk and groggy. She also said that she thought that one of Chapin’s brothers of fraternity could have played a farce on them.
When Funke woke up at 7:30 am, she called her parents about a teeth before falling back, according to the report. She then woke up around 11:00 am and noticed that no one else in the house was awake. She added that the Kernodle snapchat location was not on, “and that should have been.”
The couple then called two of their friends and asked them to come because they were afraid, according to the report. When one of the friends arrived and went upstairs to check things, the friend told the couple to get out of the house and call for help.
Funke told the detectives that thanks to the slightly open door of Kernodle, she saw Kernodle on the ground in her underwear and her sweatshirt, the report said.
Funke then called 911.
Goncalves thought she was followed
In the weeks preceding his death, Goncalves told a series of annoying events to the two surviving roommates, according to police reports.
Goncalves said that she thought someone followed her two or three weeks before the stab wounds, said one of the surviving roommates.
The same roommate recalled that Goncalves said that she had seen a shadow while she was outside with her dog about a month before the murders, according to a distinct report.
The second surviving roommate told investigators that, almost at the same time, Goncalves had seen an “unknown man” above their house outside campus, looking at her when she took the dog outside.
The documents did not link Kohberger to events.
Kohberger had scratch-marchs at the time of the murders, his friend told the detectives
One of Kohberger’s friends, a WSU student whose name has been exposed, told the detectives that he had noticed to scratch on Kohberger’s body twice in October and November 2022, according to one of the police reports.
The friend said that an injury was a big scratch brand on Kohberger’s face, which the friend “describes as resembling the nail scratches,” the report. The friend added that he had also seen injuries to the Kohberger phalanges twice.
When the friend interviewed Kohberger on the brands, Kohberger “replied that he had been in a car accident,” said the report.
Tinder Match tells a scary conversation with Kohberger
A woman who paired with Kohberger on the Tinder meeting application in the fall of 2022 made a tip to the authorities in March 2024 and was then interviewed by detectives, according to one of the police reports.
The woman, whose name has been expounded, told the detectives that the pair had discussed the murder of one of her friends and horror films after Kohberger told the woman that he was a criminology student in WSU, the report.
At one point through their conversation, Kohberger asked what she thought was the worst way of dying, according to the report. She said she thought it would be by a knife.
To this, “Kohberger then asked him for the effect of” like a ka bar? “” According to the report.
Prosecutors said Kohberger bought a Ka-Bar knife and sheath on Amazon before the murders. The sheath was found at crime scene, but the knife has never been recovered, according to officials.
The Kohberger Tinder match stopped talking to Kohberger “because his questions made her uncomfortable,” said the report.
Kohberger’s only conversation with the authorities revealed
Kohberger has repeatedly refused to answer questions from the authorities after the murders. However, he spoke briefly with detectives during his initial interview at the end of 2022, after his arrest at the home of his family in Pennsylvania.
At the start of the interview, Kohberger said he was concerned about his parents and his dog after operation Swat at his family home, according to one of the police reports. Kohberger then engaged in a small conversation with the detectives, telling them that he was a student in WSU, discussing his aspirations to become a teacher and explaining how competitive the admission process was competitive for his doctorate. program.
After making small conversations, the detectives then asked Kohberger if he knew “what happened in November” right next to the Idaho University campus, according to the report. Kohberger then replied: “Of course”, adding that he had read the homicides because of an alert he received on his university phone.
The detectives then explained that the homicides were the reason why Kohberger was there, to which Kohberger replied: “Well, I think I need a lawyer,” said the report.
Kohberger then asked the detectives what questions they would have for him, according to the report. The detectives then informed him that, as he had invoked his rights to the fifth amendment, they would not ask him any other question.
Unanswered questions remain
Police reports do not reveal if the authorities have ever been able to determine a reason for the murders. They also do not establish a clear link between Kohberger and his victims.
During the condemnation hearing, the judge of the District Court of the County of Ada, Steven Hippler, described Kohberger as a “coward without face”. Hipler said he shared the desire to understand why Kohberger had made the killings, but that it gives Kohberger more power and control.
“There is no reason for these crimes that could tackle everything that resembles rationality,” he said. “In my opinion, the moment has now arrived at the end for the 15 minutes of glory of Mr. Kohberger.”
The authorities said at a press conference on Wednesday that they had never found the weapon or clothes that Kohberger used that night.
