Idaho murders: Roommate saw killer in mask leaving the house, docs say - ABC News

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A roommate who survived the quadruple murders astatine the University of Idaho told constabulary she saw a antheral successful achromatic apparel and a disguise walking past her successful her location connected the nighttime of the killings, and she stood "frozen" and successful "shock," according to recently released tribunal documents.

The roommate said she didn't admit the man, who walked toward the backmost sliding solid doorway astatine her off-campus location successful Moscow, Idaho, according to documents released connected Thursday. She locked herself successful her country aft seeing him, the documents said.

Other chilling details revealed successful the tribunal documents see that the suspect's telephone was adjacent the victims' location astatine slightest 12 times earlier the murders, astatine slightest arsenic acold backmost arsenic August, but his telephone was disconnected erstwhile the murders unfolded.

Two roommates, who constabulary said are not suspects, survived the onslaught successful the aboriginal hours of Nov. 13. Later that morning, the roommates called friends implicit to their location due to the fact that they thought 1 of the victims connected the 2nd level had passed retired and wasn't waking up, constabulary said. Around noon, a 911 telephone from 1 of the roommate's phones requested assistance for an unconscious person, constabulary said.

Responders recovered University of Idaho students Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin each stabbed to death.

A photograph posted by Kaylee Goncalves a fewer days earlier their deaths shows University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.

The mysterious slayings went unsolved for weeks and garnered nationalist interest. The 28-year-old suspect, Bryan Kohberger, was arrested successful his location authorities of Pennsylvania connected Friday and was extradited to Idaho connected Wednesday.

Here's what we learned from the tribunal documents:

DNA

DNA from the fishy was recovered connected a tan leather weapon sheath near connected Mogen's bed, according to the documents.

On Dec. 27, constabulary recovered trash from Kohberger's parents' location successful Pennsylvania, and a laboratory past determined that the DNA from the trash was the begetter of the idiosyncratic who near DNA connected the weapon sheath, the affidavit said.

A footwear people believed to beryllium from the intruder was recovered extracurricular 1 of the survivors' rooms, the affidavit added.

The timeline of the murders

Police judge the murders unfolded betwixt 4 a.m. and 4:25 am., according to the tribunal documents.

Kernodle got a DoorDash bid astatine the location astatine astir 4 a.m., according to the affidavit.

One of the surviving roommates said she woke up astir 4 a.m. from what sounded like Goncalves playing with her canine successful 1 of the 3rd level bedrooms, according to the affidavit.

A backstage information steadfast took implicit the work of protecting the transgression country astatine a location successful the 1100 artifact of King Road successful Moscow.

"A abbreviated time" after, the roommate said "she heard who she thought was Goncalves accidental thing to the effect of 'there's idiosyncratic here,'" the documents said. But that could person been Kernodle connected her telephone due to the fact that records showed she was on TikTok astatine astir 4:12 a.m., the affidavit said.

The roommate said "she looked retired of her chamber but did not spot thing erstwhile she heard the remark astir idiosyncratic being successful the house," the documents said. "She opened her doorway a 2nd clip erstwhile she heard what she thought was crying coming from Kernodle's room."

The roommate "then said she heard a antheral dependable accidental thing to the effect of 'it's ok, I'm going to assistance you,'" according to the documents.

FILE - Four University of Idaho students were recovered dead, Nov. 13, 2022.

The roommate said she opened her doorway again erstwhile she heard the crying, and that's erstwhile she saw the fig successful the mask, the documents said.

She described the intruder arsenic 5-foot-10 oregon taller, and "not precise muscular, but athletically built with bushy eyebrows," according to the documents.

At astir 4:17 a.m., a information camera little than 50 feet from Kernodle's country picked up sounds of a barking canine and "distorted audio of what sounded similar voices oregon a whimper followed by a large thud," according to the documents.

A backstage information officer, right, walks to his car aft talking the occupants of different conveyance astatine left, Jan. 3, 2023, successful beforehand of the location successful Moscow, Idaho wherever 4 University of Idaho students were killed successful Nov. 2022.

The achromatic Hyundai Elantra

After the victims were discovered, authorities reviewed surveillance video from the country and saw the suspect's achromatic Hyundai Elantra spell by the victims' location 3 times, earlier entering the country for a 4th clip astatine 4:04 a.m, according to the documents.

Police said they traced the car's question that nighttime backmost to adjacent Pullman, Washington, wherever the fishy lived portion attending Washington State University.

Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of sidesplitting 4 University of Idaho students, is escorted to an extradition proceeding astatine the Monroe County Courthouse successful Stroudsburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.

Kohberger was a Ph.D. pupil successful Washington State's section of transgression justness and criminology astatine the clip of the murders. Washington State's field is little than 10 miles from Moscow, Idaho.

Moscow constabulary asked instrumentality enforcement to look retired for achromatic Elantras, the affidavit said, and connected Nov. 29, a Washington State University constabulary serviceman searched cars that matched that statement astatine the assemblage and recovered 1 registered to Kohberger.

Kohberger registered his achromatic Elantra successful Washington authorities connected Nov. 18 -- 5 days aft the murders -- and received a caller licence plate, according to the documents. The car had antecedently been registered successful Pennsylvania and his Pennsylvania sheet was acceptable to expire connected Nov. 30.

Tracking Kohberger's phone

Kohberger's telephone was tracked heading to Moscow earlier the onslaught and arsenic the operator of the achromatic Elantra returned to Pullman. However, the telephone was disconnected from 2:47 a.m. to 4:48 a.m., which "is accordant with Kohberger attempting to conceal his determination during the quadruple homicide," the papers said.

His telephone was adjacent the victims' location astatine slightest 12 times earlier the murders, astatine slightest arsenic acold backmost arsenic August, the papers said. All of those times, but for one, were precocious astatine nighttime oregon aboriginal successful the morning.

The greeting aft the murders, helium went adjacent the location betwixt 9:12 a.m. and 9:21 a.m., the documents said, citing cellphone data.

Who is Bryan Kohberger?

Police said they learned Kohberger applied for an internship with the Pullman constabulary successful the autumn of 2022, and successful an effort helium said helium wanted to assistance "rural instrumentality enforcement agencies with however to amended cod and analyse technological information successful nationalist information operations," the affidavit said.

"Kohberger besides posted a Reddit survey which ... asked for participants to supply accusation to 'understand however emotions and intelligence traits power determination making erstwhile committing a crime,'" the affidavit said.

This photograph provided by Monroe County (Pa.) Correctional Facility shows Bryan Kohberger.

Kohberger appeared successful tribunal successful Pennsylvania connected Tuesday connected the first-degree execution and burglary charges and agreed to beryllium extradited to Idaho, wherever helium is present successful custody.

Kohberger's lawyer successful Pennsylvania, Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason LaBar, said successful a connection his lawsuit was "eager to beryllium exonerated of these charges and looks guardant to resolving these matters arsenic promptly arsenic possible."

Bryan Kohberger, left, who is accused of sidesplitting 4 University of Idaho students successful Nov. 2022, looks toward his attorney, nationalist defender Anne Taylor, right, during a proceeding successful Latah County District Court, Jan. 5, 2023, successful Moscow, Idaho.

Moscow constabulary said Tuesday nighttime that an Idaho justice has issued a nondissemination bid successful the case

"The bid prohibits immoderate connection by investigators, instrumentality enforcement personnel, attorneys, and agents of the prosecuting lawyer oregon defence lawyer concerning this case," constabulary said. "Due to this tribunal order, the Moscow Police Department volition nary longer beryllium communicating with the nationalist oregon the media regarding this case."

ABC News' Luke Barr, Kayna Whitworth, Jenna Harrison and John Capell contributed to this report.

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