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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.
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