According to a police report, a roommate who managed to escape the University of Idaho murders met the perpetrator shortly after her companions were brutally murdered in their beds. Dylan Mortensen, 21, recalled her unnerving experience with the black-clad individual when she opened her bedroom door just after 4 a.m. after hearing a disturbance
According to the police report: “[Mortensen] saw a figure dressed in black clothing and a mask covering the person’s mouth and nose walk towards her. Mortensen described the figure as 5′ 10″ or taller, masculine, not very muscular, but athletically built with bushy eyebrows. The male passed by [her] while she was in a ‘frozen shock phase’. The man walked to the rear sliding glass door. Mortensen locked herself in her room after seeing the man.
Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were all killed by a masked assailant at their home in Moscow, Idaho, seconds earlier. Bethany Funke, 21, was also a roommate and she escaped the incident unharmed. Although Mortensen’s interaction took place around 4 a.m., it’s not clear why police were not notified until lunchtime — more than eight hours later.
The statement also describes how authorities determined that Bryan Kohberger, a Ph.D. criminal justice student from the neighboring town of Pullman, Washington, was responsible for the murders since his DNA was recovered from the crime scene. He appeared in an Idaho court on Thursday to face four counts of first-degree murder.
According to the police report, the six individuals – all close college friends – were at home in the three-story residence located at 1122 King Road in Moscow around 2am. Nearly two hours later, the killer attacked. Mortensen, who lived on the first floor, claimed she fell asleep, but was then awakened at 4 a.m. “she heard who she thought was Goncalves saying something along the lines of ‘there’s someone here’.”
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Looking out the window, she saw nothing unusual. After hearing what she thought were Kernodle’s cries, Mortensen “opened her door a second time,” as stated in the police report. Shockingly, the article states that Mortensen “Then she said she heard a man’s voice say something like ‘It’s okay, I’m going to help you.'”
“I have done nothing.”
“Shopping is better in Idaho.”
That is what #Idaho According to sources, murder suspect Bryan Kohberger told prison staff in Pennsylvania @TVAshleigh.
Kohberger was described as “creepy” in custody.
— JB Biunno #HeyJB (@WFLAJB) January 5, 2023
After that, the suspect apparently fled the horrific scene, while surveillance footage from surrounding homes showed a vehicle matching Kohberger’s description driving away. Both surviving housemates allegedly cooperated with authorities and were immediately excluded from suspicion after the brutal murders.
The two finally spoke out at the funeral ceremony in early December, reading heartfelt letters about the “four beautiful people” they had known. The pastor of Real Life Ministries read aloud from the letters of the two survivors, saying things like: “Maddie, Xana, Kaylee and Ethan were all unique.”
“To Xana and Ethan, they were the perfect couple together and had an unstoppable relationship,” Mortensen wrote. “My people who have changed my life in so many ways and made me so happy. I know it will be hard not to have all four of them in our lives, but I know Xana, Ethan, Maddie, and Kaylee would want us to live and be happy and they want us to celebrate their lives.
According to Funke’s essay, the world “were all gifts to this world in your own special way – and it just won’t be the same without you.” On December 30 at about 02:00 in the morning, a SWAT The team raided the home where the alleged killer’s parents lived in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, and captured the suspect. Kohberger landed by plane in Idaho on a Wednesday night after immediately waiving his right to an extradition hearing.
As required by Idaho law, the affidavit was made public after its initial appearance on Thursday. He faces four counts of first degree murder and one count of burglary.
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He has not yet pleaded the charges against him, and Thursday’s meeting was not an indictment, but it is widely expected that he will. He will appear in court again on January 12 for a status hearing. The suspect was a Ph.D. criminology student Washington State University Pullman and lived about 10 miles from the crime scene. Authorities have yet to say whether there is a connection between Kohberger and the deaths.
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A college roommate who escaped the gruesome murders at the University of Idaho apparently encountered the killer shortly after her friends were killed in their sleep.
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