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BRYAN KOHBERGER: IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY MURDERS.

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BRYAN KOHBERGER: IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY MURDERS.

On the morning of November 13, 2022, four students from the University of Idaho in Moscow
were severely assaulted in an apartment off-campus. Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28 years
old, was detained on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary on 30
December 2022 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
BACKGROUND
In Moscow, Idaho, University of Idaho students rented a residence off campus. The three-story
home has six bedrooms in total.
EVENTS
On the morning of November 13, 2022, it was discovered that a number of University of Idaho
students had been stabbed to death in a rented home near campus. There were three women
and one male among the victims. Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle's boyfriend who was staying
there, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Kaylee Gonclaves, who had recently moved out but
returned to the area for a celebration, were all murdered. There were two additional women
living there, and they were left alone (Mogen et al., 2023).
Chapin and Kernodle attended a celebration hosted by the local chapter of Sigma Chi between
8:00 and 9:00 p.m. on November 12, 2022. Best friends Mogen and Kaylee spent 10 p.m. to
1:30 a.m. at The Corner Club, a downtown sports pub. The couple returned to their residence at
1:45 a.m.
At 1:41 a.m., four blocks south at Friendship Square, a livestream video captured Mogen and
Kaylee laughing and conversing as they purchased lunch from the Grub Truck. They took an
Uber home after ten minutes of waiting. They traveled approximately one mile and arrived at
their residence at 1:56 a.m.
At 1:56 a.m., all students had returned to the resident house, including the two remaining
housemates.
Seven calls from Kaylee's and Mogen's phones were disclosed to have been interrupted during
the investigation. Between 2:26 and 2:52, Kaylee contacted her long-lost beau, a classmate.
Mogen had called Kaylee's ex-boyfriend three times between 2:44 and 2:52 a.m., but received
no response. After examining the data, the authorities concluded that the recipient of the
missed calls was unlikely to be involved in the crime. Kernodle received a call from Doordash at
4:00 a.m (Mogen et al., 2023).
Prior to further investigation, it was assumed that the two surviving companions were asleep
on the ground floor during the murders, had not heard or witnessed anything, had not been
held as hostages, and had not been attacked.
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One of the surviving housemates, according to a subsequent declaration, shared a second-floor

bedroom with Kernodle and Chapin. Kaylee was carrying her puppy, and the dog's barking
awakened her roommate, who was still alive. The alleged companion of Kaylee overheard her
mutterings about an intruder. The roommate opened her door twice in quick succession; the
second time, she heard a crying-like sound from Kernodle's room, followed by a male voice
assuring her that everything is fine and that he will assist her (Mogen et al., 2023).
The third time the roommate opened the door, she saw a black-clad individual with a mask
covering his lips and nose. At the time, the individual was approaching her on foot. The man
strolled past her and out the sliding door without checking to see if she was still present. The
frightened companion barricaded herself in her room.
Investigations revealed that Kernodle may have been speaking at 4:12 a.m., when the
roommate believed Kaylee was speaking. During the commission of the offense, Kernodle was
using the TikTok app, according to forensic evidence.
As part of the investigation, surveillance footage from the area surrounding the residence was
also reviewed. At 4:17 a.m., this security camera captured the noises of whimpering, a hard
impact, and a dog barking. In the minutes following the calamity, there were no documented
calls to 911 until 11:58 a.m., when an unidentified caller reported an unconscious victim. Using
their smartphone, one of the surviving companions tracked the call back to the residence.
The crime scenes were established in the chambers of Mogen and Kernodle. Mogen and Kaylee
were found in Mogen's room, while Kernodle and Chapin were found in Kernodle's room. None
of the victims appeared to be restrained or gagged. Four dozing victims were discovered
stabbed to death on the second and third floors of their residence. The walls of these
apartments were stained with blood.
When the police arrived, they discovered an open door, but no evidence of forced entry or
property damage inside. No objects were missing from the residence.
During the analysis of the phone calls associated with this case, the security recording revealed
the sound of sobbing. Additionally, the forensic evidence located Kernodle's TikTok usage at
4:17 a.m. The investigation was aided by the roommate's forthright account of what she saw
and heard. On the basis of forensic evidence, the authorities determined that the homicides
occurred between 4:00 and 4:25 a.m. Kaylee's dog was found unharmed and alive at the site. At
12 p.m., it was reported that all victims had perished (Mogen et al., 2023).
Using the testimonies of the surviving roommates and the timing of events, the investigators
examined the crime scene. In this instance, the neglect to investigate the 911 call further may
have been an error. The caller's identity has not been determined, and a significant amount of
time passed between the homicides and the roommate receiving the call.
ANALYSIS
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The Moscow Police Department is leading the investigation, with assistance from the Idaho
State Police and the Latah County Sheriff's Office. On November 17, autopsies were performed
on the remains of the four victims, verifying that each had sustained multiple fatal stab wounds
to the chest and upper body and that a large knife or knives very similar to it had been used.
Although the murder weapon was never found, detectives believe it was a knife with a fixed
blade (McGee, 2022).
The roommate characterized the stranger as an approximately five-foot-ten-inch tall man with
a slender but athletic build. The police determined after their investigation that this was a
targeted assault. Thanks to public reports and information from Kaylee's classmates who used a
dedicated tip line, Kaylee's stalker was identified. The proprietor of a suspicious Elantra was
identified using CCTV footage captured prior to and after the crime. Three times between 3:29
a.m. and 4:04 a.m., witnesses saw an Elantra pass by the victim's residence. At 4:20 a.m., it left
at a high rate of speed. With the aid of The public tip line was a brilliant concept that expanded
the scope of the investigation and provided investigators with multiple leads to investigate and
eventually narrow down in order to identify the perpetrator. In a perfect world, I would employ
the same method (McGee, 2022).
Bryan Kohberger is the legitimate proprietor of this car. For the holidays, he and his father
drove to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. In less than five miles, he was stopped twice
for speeding and tailgating. Following the collection of his mobile phone records, it was
discovered that his phone was disconnected from the network at approximately 2:47 a.m. on
November 13 and reconnected at 4:48 a.m. on the same day. Five hours after the homicides, at
approximately 9 a.m., his phone was used in the vicinity of the victims' homes. His phone was
connected to the local cell tower twelve times near the victim's residence.
The police presumed he was involved in the murders and monitored his every move in his
neighborhood, assuming he was a suspect. He was discovered using surgical gloves and
dumping his trash in his neighbors' trash cans. A portion of the trash was sent to the laboratory
for examination. The DNA was extracted from a knife scabbard made of tan leather that was
found on Mogen's bed. The results of an analysis of Kohberger's garbage were identical. Bryan
Kohberger was arrested after a match was discovered. When he was apprehended, a glove
contained a knife, a pistol, a black face mask, and a parcel containing identification cards
(McGee, 2022).
APPENDIX
In court documents, prosecutors assert that Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the stabbing
deaths of four University of Idaho students last fall at an off-campus residence in Moscow, is a
"statistically significant match" to DNA found on the knife's sheath.
A "STR" DNA comparison was conducted between Kohberger's DNA and DNA from the knife
sheath, according to the complaint filed on June 16. The samples were discovered to have a
"statistical match," according to the reports (McGee, 2023).
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The FBI initially publicized the DNA profile from the knife sheath on free genealogical websites,
according to court documents.

The FBI allegedly constructed family trees of the genetic relatives of the suspect DNA found at
the crime site in an effort to identify the source of the unknown DNA, which led to a tip that
Kohberger should be investigated. According to court documents filed earlier this year, a DNA
sample collected from the Kohberger family home in Pennsylvania and sent to the Idaho State
Laboratory for analysis also helped authorities identify Kohberger as a suspect in the murders
(McGee, 2023).

According to the documents, a DNA profile recovered from the sheath "identified a male as not
being excluded as the biological father of the Suspect Knife Profile," and the same person was
further identified using DNA found in domestic garbage.
WORKS SITED
Novroski, N. M. (2023). The Idaho Student Homicides and the Future of Forensic Genetic
Genealogy. Forensic Genomics, 3(1), 3-8.
Mogen, M., Kernodle, X., & Goncalves, K. University of Idaho case last year in which four
students were slain inside an off-campus home sent.
McGee, D. (2022). The Wild West of Investigatory Genetic Genealogy: The Impact of the Use of
Investigatory Genetic Genealogy in the Idaho Murders on the Future of Criminal Investigations
and the Need for Regulation. NCJL & Tech., 24, 31.

BACKGROUND CHECK
The ISC has conducted an investigation to determine whether malfeasance has occurred. No
recordings or images pertaining to my identity or the topic can currently be found on any of the
social media platforms. Each site has been thoroughly analyzed, and the information to be
provided is entirely supported by the cited reports.
My investigations into this matter have produced no evidence that contradicts the results of a
comprehensive profile verification.