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A medical expert spoke out about the gruesome discoveries she made after conducting autopsies of all four victims in the Idaho murders.
The release of Netflix's The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare, has brought renewed interest to the gruesome killers, a year on from killer Bryan Kohberger's conviction.
A number of revelations were made in a crime doc, such as one of the two survivors telling police about what they heard Kohberger say in the house.
While his chilling words were enough to shoot fear down your spine, there's more information about the investigation that many aren't familiar with.
The documentary explores Kohberger's murders of four University of Idaho students: Madison May Mogen, Kaylee Jade Goncalves, Xana Alexia Kernodle, and Ethan James Chapin in their home.
Kohberger was sentenced to four life sentences, but he has recently threatened to withdraw the guilty plea that spared him from standing trial and the death penalty.
But a year ago, a forensic pathologist was set to tell jurors that the victims "endured a high degree of pain and/or suffering prior to their deaths as a result of the injuries inflicted," during the trial.
Dr.Veena Singh was meant to testify as an expert for the prosecution at Kohberger's trial as she conducted the autopsies of all the victims as the medical examiner for Spokane County, Wash., as reported by People.
According to the newly unsealed discovery disclosure obtained by the publication, Singh determined the manner of death to be homicide in all four cases.
She would have named Chapin specifically, finding that he "experienced a high degree of pain and/or suffering prior to his death as a result of the injuries inflicted but to a lesser degree than the other decedents."
According to autopsy reports, Chapin, Mogen and Goncalves were killed as they were in bed, suffering fatal injuries before being able to stand up.
Kernodle wasn't asleep during the attack, brutally battling Kohberger as she was stabbed 67 times, resulting in more injuries than the other victims.
In fact, her autopsy report was four pages longer than the others due to the extent of medical trauma she suffered.
But ultimately, the medical examiner did not need to provide testimony as Kohberger reached a deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to four counts of murder to avoid the death penalty.
Earlier this week, Kohberger filed a petition for post-conviction relief in Idaho's Ada County District Court, arguing that his conviction should now be overturned.
Court records now show Kohberger is representing himself in the filing.
According to documents obtained by NBC News, Kohberger claims his defense team provided "ineffective" legal representation and alleges he was "convinced to falsely confess" to murders he insists he did not commit.
He further argued that he was led to believe whether he was actually guilty was irrelevant when deciding whether to accept the plea agreement.
In the filing, Kohberger claimed he was "advised to lie" and told he would secure a "legal victory" by entering what he described as a "false plea".
The claims mirror remarks Kohberger recently made during an interview with The New York Times, where he again maintained his innocence and argued he had been manipulated into pleading guilty.
"My actual innocence is my truth, and the plea, hinged on by false promises and blatant disinformation, MUST be withdrawn," he said in a statement provided to the newspaper.
Kohberger also dismissed prosecutors' version of events, describing it as a "myopic narrative" and a "work of fiction."
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Netflix has released a documentary on the gruesome Idaho student murders, and a survivor recalled what he heard killer Bryan Kohberger say during his attack.
The crime doc features never-before-seen evidence, which includes bodycam footage of one of the two survivors speaking to police about what happened.
It's titled The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare, and the title was officially released on the streaming platform today (July 29).
The doc follows Bryan Kohberger's murders of four University of Idaho students: Madison May Mogen, Kaylee Jade Goncalves, Xana Alexia Kernodle, and Ethan James Chapin in their home.
Kohberger, who is serving four life sentences for the crime, is now attempting to withdraw the guilty plea that spared him from standing trial, as well as the death penalty.
But now, two of the victims' housemates have spoken out about hearing Kohberger in their home and hearing him speak.
Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke survived the attack, where Kohberger stabbed four students to death.
The 30-year-old admitted to the killings in July 2025 as part of a plea agreement that avoided the possibility of being put to death and provided favorable living conditions.
In the new documentary, there is police bodycam footage of Dylan speaking to a police officer, speaking about a man dressed in black in the home.
She explained: "I was in my room, and I was trying to go to bed and I heard Kaylee go upstairs. Like ‘Ok, I’m going to go to sleep now. She’s going upstairs.’
"And then all of a sudden I heard her scream. And she ran downstairs cause she saw someone."
Dylan further recounted: “I called her name, but I jumped up and locked my door because I was so scared. And then I heard her go in... I think it was the bathroom. And I remember her sobbing.
"I remember hearing this guy’s voice that I didn’t recognise saying, ‘You’re going be ok, I’m gonna help,’” the survivor recalled.
Dylan then opened the door to look for her housemates, as they didn't respond to calls, remembering seeing a "guy pass by" who looked at her, but didn't say anything.
She told police in an affidavit that he was in a mask and black clothing, while being in "frozen shock phase" when he walked past.
Kohberger has filed a petition for post-conviction relief in Idaho's Ada County District Court, arguing that his conviction should now be overturned.
Court records now show Kohberger is representing himself in the filing.
According to documents obtained by NBC News, Kohberger claims his defense team provided "ineffective" legal representation and alleges he was "convinced to falsely confess" to murders he insists he did not commit.
He further argued that he was led to believe whether he was actually guilty was irrelevant when deciding whether to accept the plea agreement.
In the filing, Kohberger claimed he was "advised to lie" and told he would secure a "legal victory" by entering what he described as a "false plea".
The claims mirror remarks Kohberger recently made during an interview with The New York Times, where he again maintained his innocence and argued he had been manipulated into pleading guilty.
"My actual innocence is my truth, and the plea, hinged on by false promises and blatant disinformation, MUST be withdrawn," he said in a statement provided to the newspaper.
Kohberger also dismissed prosecutors' version of events, describing it as a "myopic narrative" and a "work of fiction."
Published 10:31 06 Jun 2026 GMT
Further heartbreaking details have been revealed about the final moments of four University of Idaho students before they were killed by Bryan Kohberger.
In the early hours of November 13, 2022, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were killed when Kohberger broke into the property on King Road in Moscow, Idaho. Two roommates, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, were also in the property but were not harmed.
Now, almost a year after Kohberger pleaded guilty to the horrifying crimes as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty, further details have been shared from the students' autopsies.
The new documents, shared by CourtTV, reveal that Spokane County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Veena Singh detailed that Mogen, Kernodle, and Goncalves "endured a high degree of pain and/or suffering prior to their deaths as a result of the injuries inflicted," and Chapin "also experienced a high degree of pain and/or suffering prior to his death as a result of the injuries inflicted but to a lesser degree than the other decedents.”
The report states that Mogen suffered 28 stab wounds, with 13 centered around her face and neck, with others injuring her lung and liver.
Chapin was also stabbed several times, with the report stating that while he had fewer injuries than the female victims, one stab wound to his neck reached a depth of 7 inches.
Kernodle's is the only autopsy that highlights that some of her injuries appeared to be defensive wounds, with they autopsy report stating that they "could be caused by Kernodle fighting and/or holding/touching the knife and/or hand that is holding the knife, causing the injury."
Goncalves' autopsy noted she not only suffered multiple sharp force injuries consistent with being stabbed in her scalp, face, neck, chest and upper extremities, similar to her three friends, but was also subjected to blunt force injuries and asphyxial injuries
She was the only one found with blunt force injuries, which caused bleeding around her brain and a nasal fracture, as well as bruises to her lower face, and one of her teeth was knocked out in the attack.
Singh also identified evidence that Goncalves had been suffocated, and that "an unidentified object was placed across Goncalves’ mouth."
The sharp force injuries were stated to be consistent with the Ka-Bar-style hunting knife that was found after Kohberger’s arrest, with the reports stating that Kohberger inflicted over 150 sharp-object injuries in less than 20 minutes.
Kohberger, who was a student at Washington State University at the time of the attack, is currently serving four consecutive life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 10 years for burglary.
He pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal which meant he avoided the death penalty, and also meant he was not required to reveal a motive for the murders.
The former criminology grad student is currently held at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna, Idaho, where he is held in isolation for 23 hours a day, only being allowed out of his cell for an hour of exercise each day.
Published 15:54 29 Jul 2026 GMT
The murders of four University of Idaho students have created headlines again following the release of the show The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare, four years after the brutal killings took place.
Bryan Kohberger, who was convicted of the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle and sentenced to four life terms back in July 2025, broke into their house and stabbed them to death, it was revealed last year.
The show, which is revisiting the tragic events, draws on evidence, including witness accounts and police interviews, to examine the case in all its gory and harrowing detail.
Kohberger, a mature PhD student at the same university, was 28 years old at the time of the murders, killing four of the six housemates who resided in their off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho.
Kohberger pleaded guilty to all four counts of murder in a reported plea deal, which secured his conviction, ensuring that he would avoid the death penalty.
Following the release of the gruesome details of the case that shocked both the state and the country as a whole, and there are questions that remain unanswered, according to the families of the victims.
Kaylee’s aunt, Tami, claimed, “He got off, in a sense, in our eyes, easy,” because when the judge asked if he committed the crimes, all he had to say was, “Yes.”
“That’s not enough,” she added.
“The biggest answer I want is why. Why would you choose these kids, and this house.”
Another asked, “Tell all of us parents why he did it, if he was gonna get the plea.”
“What I want is for him to die. Justice would be if the kids came back … they’re never coming back, but I want him to die,” Kristi Goncalves, Kaylee’s mother, said.
As yet, the motive behind the fatal attacks has remained a mystery to investigators, but with Kohberger filing a petition to overturn his guilty plea on the grounds that it was a “false plea”, and claiming that he was “advised to lie”, the parents’ painstaking wait for answers is likely to carry on.
A new Netflix show has revealed chilling new details about the murders of four University of Idaho students, including why two surviving roommates didn't call police for hours and the lasting impact the case had on investigators.
The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare revisits the killings of four students, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, who were all stabbed to death in an off-campus home by PhD student Bryan Kohberger.
Kohberger later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four consecutive life terms, although he has since attempted to withdraw his guilty plea.
Among the documentary's biggest revelations is the account of surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen, who recalled hearing one of her housemates say: "Someone's here," before locking herself in her bedroom because she was frightened.
"I locked my door, because I was so scared," she said, adding that she later heard a man say: "You're going to be OK. I'm gonna help." Mortensen said the words weren't reassuring, but delivered "in a weird way" and "in a weird tone".
The series also addresses why police weren't called until nearly eight hours later. Kaylee Goncalves' mother, Kristi, revealed she asked the coroner whether her daughter could have been saved if help had arrived sooner.
"The answer was no," she claimed.
The local Police Chief, Anthony Dahlinger, defended the surviving roommates, explaining: "People are in shock, it's traumatic. I mean, I can't imagine being of that age, and being able to comprehend that this horrific thing just occurred."
The documentary also explores Kohberger's interest in criminal psychology before the murders. Former classmate Lilly Karaban said he "adored" a serial killer course at university, while Kaylee's sister Alivea pointed to an alleged questionnaire Kohberger posted online asking convicted criminals questions including: "Why did you choose that victim or target over others?"
Looking back, she said it "almost seemed like preparation for the perfect crime."
The emotional toll extended beyond the victims' families. Dahlinger described the crime scene as "absolutely horrific" and admitted the investigation left him requiring therapy following the disturbing findings.
"It caused me a lot of trauma, to the point where I ended up having to get help and talk to a professional," he said, adding that seeking help is "a very difficult thing to do" for many law enforcement officers.
The show has been widely commended for its approach to detailing the events of the brutal murders, with the focus recognizing the impact it's had on the victims, rather than solely investigating Kohberger.
Bryan Kohberger, the man who brutally murdered four University of Idaho students in 2022, had a deeply disturbing digital trail that revealed his fixation on violent sexual fantasies, according to forensic experts.
Newly released details from Cellebrite, a digital forensics company tasked with examining his devices, show that Kohberger conducted chilling internet searches that revolved around nonconsensual sex acts, including rape and assault of women who were unconscious or asleep.
Heather and Jared Barnhart, senior experts at Cellebrite, said their review uncovered evidence that Kohberger repeatedly searched terms such as “raped,” “forced,” “sleeping,” “passed out,” and “voyeur.”
The Barnharts explained that, taken together, these searches painted a consistent picture of a man obsessed with violent sexual scenarios that aligned disturbingly with the brutality of his later crimes. “The easiest way to say it is that all of his terms were consistently around nonconsensual sex acts,” Jared Barnhart told The Daily Mail.
While Kohberger did not sexually assault the four victims, Kaylee Goncalves’ father has long believed that his daughter’s killer was driven by what he called “weird sexual fetishes.”
Prosecutors and experts alike have suggested that Kohberger may have planned a sexual attack but abandoned that intention when confronted by unexpected resistance in the victims’ home, according to The New York Post.
Investigators said Kohberger attempted to cover his tracks by scrubbing his devices. Just three days after the murders, he ran data-wiping software on his laptop in a desperate bid to erase incriminating searches. But even his meticulous efforts fell short.
Though his search history was deleted, forensic investigators were able to recover his autofill records, which preserved a chilling insight into his mind. “He did his best to leave zero digital footprint. He did not want a digital forensic trail available at all,” Heather Barnhart explained.
The digital review also uncovered a PDF file Kohberger had saved about Danny Rolling, the infamous “Gainesville Ripper” who raped and murdered five University of Florida students in 1990. Rolling’s crimes, which partially inspired the Scream horror film franchise, bear eerie similarities to Kohberger’s attack: both killers targeted college students in their homes, used knives in the assaults, and preyed on victims while they slept. Prosecutors have noted that Rolling used a Ka-Bar knife, the same type believed to have been wielded by Kohberger. Rolling was executed in 2006.
Alongside his search history, Kohberger’s devices contained unsettling selfies. In one, he posed shirtless, flexing his muscles in a mirror. In another, taken just hours after the Idaho murders, he chillingly gave a thumbs-up gesture.
Before Kohberger unexpectedly pleaded guilty in court last month, the Barnharts were prepared to testify as expert witnesses. Their testimony would have underscored how Kohberger’s digital footprint tied him to patterns of violent sexual obsession that foreshadowed his crimes.
Kohberger is now serving four life sentences without parole for the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. For the victims’ families, the forensic evidence underscores not only the senseless brutality of the attack but also the deeply twisted compulsions that drove it.
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