{"id":29522,"date":"2025-07-01T20:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29522"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:25:14","slug":"everything-we-know-about-the-idaho-murders-as-victims-families-left-outraged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29522","title":{"rendered":"Everything we know about the Idaho Murders as victims’ families left outraged"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here is everything we know about the Idaho murders as Bryan Kohberger has accepted a controversial plea deal. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The criminology graduate is due to be sentenced next month, after being charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.<\/p>\n

In 2022, he killed University of Idaho students <\/a> Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both aged 21, as well as 20-year-olds Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle.<\/p>\n

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Now, the 30-year-old suspect is understood to have accepted a judge’s plea deal which would mean he’d serve four consecutive life sentences as well as a maximum penalty of 10 years for the burglary charge. Kohberger previously pleaded not guilty to charges of murder.<\/p>\n

It would mean he’d be spared the death penalty<\/a> – something that the victims’ families, particularly Goncalves’, are furious about. They have accused the Latah County Prosecutor\u2019s Office of rushing the case<\/a> which they allege has been ‘mishandled’.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a motive for the murders has still not been determined.<\/p>\n

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The murders took place in November 2022 (Instagram\/kayleegoncalves)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Just days after the murders, one of Kohberger’s neighbors from Washington State University’s Pullman campus told<\/a> CBS news how he ‘asked if I had heard about the murders, which I did’.<\/p>\n

The neighbor continued: “And then he said, ‘Yeah, seems like they have no leads. Seems like it was a crime of passion.’<\/p>\n

“At the time of our conversation, it was only a few days after it happened, so there wasn’t much details out.”<\/p>\n

Here’s everything we know and what will happen next as the case progresses…<\/p>\n

The evening of the murders<\/strong><\/h2>\n

At around 9pm on November 12, 2022, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin attend a Sigma Chi fraternity party, just a short walk from the King Road house.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kaylee Goncalves uploads Instagram photos with friends, captioned: \u201cOne lucky girl to be surrounded by these ppl everyday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Around 10 pm, Madison Mogen and Goncalves head to the Corner Club sports bar in downtown Moscow.<\/p>\n

At about 1:30am, Goncalves and Mogen are caught on a food-truck livestream ordering late-night snacks.<\/p>\n

Attack and discovery<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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A make-shift memorial set up near the victims’ home where they were murdered (David Ryder\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

On November 13 at 1:45 am, Kernodle and Chapin return to the three-level King Road house, Moscow. Goncalves and Mogen arrive by car at 1:56 am.<\/p>\n

At 11.58 am, two surviving housemates, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen, place a 911 call reporting an ‘unconscious person.’ They were unharmed but discover their roommates fatally stabbed.<\/p>\n

Police initially say there\u2019s no ongoing community risk, then, after re-examining the scene, warn that the unknown suspect remains at large.<\/p>\n

Early investigation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Moscow PD and Idaho State Police (with FBI support) confirm four victims, likely attacked with a large knife while asleep.<\/p>\n

Autopsy shows multiple stab wounds and defensive injuries, while detectives seize nearby dumpsters for evidence, canvass local businesses for knife purchases, and emphasize it was a targeted attack.<\/p>\n

On November 30, a vigil at the University of Idaho takes place; families vow to ‘get our justice’.<\/p>\n

Days later, survivors Funke and Mortensen release letters describing their grief.<\/p>\n

Suspect arrested and charged<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Bryan Kohberger has accepted a plea deal (Ted S. Warren-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

On December 30, 2022, in Pennsylvania, at around 3am, police knock on the Kohbergers\u2019 door. The 28-year-old is arrested on a fugitive warrant.<\/p>\n

At the time, he\u2019d just completed his first semester as a Ph.D. teaching assistant in Criminology at Washington State University\u2019s Pullman campus – only a 15-minute drive from Moscow – and lived in an on-campus apartment and office that WSU Police searched under warrant.<\/p>\n

DNA evidence (knife sheath) and cellphone-tower data had linked him to the crime scene.<\/p>\n

Between Jan 3 and 5 2023, Kohberger waives extradition and is flown to Idaho. At his first appearance he\u2019s ordered held without bail on four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary.<\/p>\n

Pretrial motions and venue changes <\/strong><\/p>\n