The two surviving roommates who were in an Idaho home when theirfour college friends were murderedtexted one another to say how frightened they were on the morning of the killings, court documents show.
Madison Mogen, 21,Kaylee Goncalves, 21,Xana Kernodle, 20, andEthan Chapin, 20, were brutally stabbed to death in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022 at an off-campus residence in Moscow, near the University of Idaho.
Bryan Kohbergeris accused of killing the victims and is scheduled to go on trial on Aug. 11. A judge has entered a not guilty plea on his behalf, per theAssociated Press.
Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves.Courtesy of Chapin Family; Maddie Mogen/Instagram; Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram; Xana Kernodle/Instagram
Courtesy of Chapin Family; Maddie Mogen/Instagram; Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram; Xana Kernodle/Instagram
The suspect is facing the death penalty, despitehis defense team’s pleato keep capital punishment off the table because Kohberger is on the autism spectrum.
The University of Idaho students were killed on Nov. 13, 2022.instagram(2)
“I’m freaking out,” D.M. messaged B.F., claiming she’d seen a man with “like [a] ski mask almost” over his head and mouth.
“I’m not kidding [I] am so freaked out," D.M. followed up, as B.F. replied, “So am I.”
“Come to my room,” B.F. messaged D.M., adding, “Run,” per the docs.
The four victims had arrived back at the King Road home at approximately 1:45 a.m., perABC News. D.M. messaged an Uber driver to inquire if he was driving at 2:10 a.m., the court documents stated, suggesting she was heading home at that time.
According to the affidavit, one of the surviving roommates said they saw the killer, described as “a figure clad in black clothing and a mask,” walk past her as he left the crime scene, and she heard crying on the night of the killings. Kohberger was linked to the crime scene from DNA and cell phone pings, the affidavit alleged.
Bryan Kohberger.Monroe County Correctional Facility via Getty
Monroe County Correctional Facility via Getty
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Kernodle received a DoorDash order around 4 a.m. and was on TikTok on her phone at 4:12 a.m., the previously-released affidavit alleged. Goncalves, Mogen, and Kernodle were roommates and Chapin was staying the night with Kernodle, his girlfriend.
At the time of the slayings, Kohberger was a Ph.D student at Washington State University studying criminal justice and criminology. The university, which is in Pullman, Wash., is approximately eight miles away from the residence in Moscow, Idaho where the four students were killed.
source: people.com
