Bryan Kohberger: New crime scene photos reveal haunting glimpse inside Idaho murder house
Bryan Kohberger
Grim new evidence from the Bryan Kohberger murder case has surfaced, offering a disturbing look inside the Moscow, Idaho, residence where four University of Idaho students were brutally stabbed to death.
On Friday, the Moscow Police Department released more than 200 crime scene images and videos—many partially blurred—from the now-demolished King Road home. The chilling collection includes photos of blood-stained doors, walls, and floors, as well as the sliding glass door investigators say Kohberger used to gain entry, according to NBC News.
Some images capture seemingly ordinary college house scenes: red plastic cups scattered across tables, drink cans abandoned on a staircase, and remnants of a beer pong game. Yet the mundane details are overshadowed by darker elements, including two eerie handprints pressed against a dirty exterior window and debris scattered across the home’s floors.
One photo shows the open patio door through which Kohberger allegedly slipped inside before attacking roommates Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in the early hours of November 13, 2022. Surveillance footage from a neighbor’s camera reportedly captured Kohberger’s white Hyundai Elantra making multiple passes by the house that night.
Other pictures show empty bedrooms, clothing flung across the floor, and what appears to be blood spatter on an interior door. The snapshots portray a chilling juxtaposition: a place that could easily have been mistaken for a typical student home, forever marked by the violence that occurred within its walls.
Kohberger, a former Washington State University graduate student, pleaded guilty to the murders last month and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He is currently being held in solitary confinement at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.
Who Were Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle?
Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, 20, were University of Idaho students who lived in an off-campus apartment.
On Nov. 12, 2022—the night before their bodies were found—Goncalves and Mogen were at a nearby sports bar, while Kernodle and Chapin were at the latter’s fraternity party. By 2 a.m. on Nov. 13, the four roommates and Chapin were back at the three-story rental house.
Goncalves was a senior majoring in general studies at the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. She was expected to graduate in December before heading to Austin, Texas, for a job at a marketing firm, her friend Jordyn Quesnell told The New York Times.
Mogen, who was studying marketing, was best friends with Goncalves since the sixth grade. She had plans to move to Boise after graduation, family friend Jessie Frost shared with The Idaho Statesman.
Kernodle was a junior majoring in marketing, the University said at the time. She and Chapin—who majored in recreation, sport and tourism management—had been dating since the spring, the roommates’ neighbor Ellie McKnight told NBC News.
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