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Moscow police, Idaho, published hundreds of files on Wednesday evening after the conviction of Bryan Kohberger—The aged 30 who was given to life in prison without possibility of parole – after pleading guilty in the vicious death of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.
The four students of the Idaho University were killed in an out -of -campus residence in November 2022.
AP photo / Ted S. Warren, file
Why it matters
The 314 newly published files examined by Nowsweek shed new light on the investigation and brutality of the murders. The files include stories of officers who responded for the first time on the stage.
What to know
Kohberger refused to provide a reason during his conviction after hours of declaration of impact by family and friends, including surviving roommates of the four slaughtered students.
In a story to emerge from police files, a graphic description is given from the discovery by an officer of Kernodle.
“I looked inside the room [where] Xana was lying down and it was obvious that an intense struggle had occurred, “said the officer in the story.” There was blood coated on various objects in the room and everywhere on the floor. There was blood flowing on the walls in various places, including above Xana’s body. “”
“I could see what seemed to be wounds with the defensive knife on the hands of Xana,” continues the story.
The officer said that Chapin had been found died in the bed in the same room as Kernodle, while Mogen and Goncalves were found in another room “covered with a pink blanket, which was covered with blood”.
Kernodle had suffered more than 50 injuries per stab, many defensives, indicating that she had fought for her life, The New York Times cited a Moscow officer as a writing.
An unidentified man who was detained alongside Kohberger in a Moscow prison told the police in September 2024 that Kohberger was the most intelligent person he had met in prison and that he had boring habits, in particular by washing the hands of the tens of times a day, the Times reported.
A man who, like Kohberger, had been a teaching assistant at the Washington State University, said that Kohberger “had started to speak much more than usual” during the period that followed the murders, according to a police report in October 2023.
He also said that Kohberger had acted inappropriately with students – the report does not develop this – and that Kohberger had spoken of wanting a girlfriend “on several occasions”.
Kohberger was also injured around October and November 2022, including a scratch on his face and injuries on his joints, remembers the man, adding that Kohberger had told him that he had been in a car accident, the Times reported.
Included in the files included a story of a Moscow police officer who arrived at work in January 2025 to note that an evidence refrigerator was broken, with dozens of blood, hair and other discourages of the case, including an apparent oral stamp from Kohberger. No DNA sample was stored there, and a separate proof freezer was not affected, according to the Times, while quoting the report. It was not clear if samples had been affected.
What people say
Bethany Funke, a surviving roommate, said in a declaration of impact on the victim to the court delivered by a friend: “Never in a million years, I would have thought that something like it would have happened to my closest friends.”
Another surviving roommate, Dylan Mortensen, said: “What happened that night has changed everything. Because of him, four beautiful, authentic and compassionate were taken from this world without reason.”
What happens next
Speculations on what prompted Kohberger to kill the four students will continue because he does not mention a reason and the authorities have offered no explanation. The judge, recognizing to fear that Kohberger will have a selfish story in a next book or a cinema agreement, urged the media to avoid providing him with such a platform “in the name of clicks, fees or profits,” reported Reuters.
