First Watch: The Idaho Murder’s case Massive Evidence Release

Summary

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Crime House Daily – First Watch: The Idaho Murders Case Massive Evidence Release

Host: Katie Ring
Date: September 19, 2025

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Overview:

This episode offers a comprehensive update on the University of Idaho murders, focusing on the recent massive release of evidence against Bryan Kohberger. Host Katie Ring provides a detailed timeline from the night of the 2022 murders, through the investigation and Kohberger’s arrest, to his recent sentencing and the chilling new details now available to the public. The episode explores the victims’ stories, the suspect’s background and behavior, and the unanswered questions that remain.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Massive Evidence Release and Case Update

• Judge lifts Bryan Kohberger’s gag order but keeps many documents sealed; significant new evidence from the case is made public. (00:09)
• The community and victims’ families finally begin to get answers, nearly three years after the murders.
  • “With their killer Bryan Kohberger behind bars, the judge on their case has started slowly allowing more evidence to be released to the public. And the details the documents reveal are chilling.” (00:09–01:07)

2. Timeline of the Night – The Murders (November 13, 2022)

• Host recounts the events through survivor Dylan Mortensen’s experience.
  • Dylan hears roommate Kaylee say, “There's someone here,” then spots a masked man with “thick, bushy eyebrows,” who walks right past her. (05:15–07:00)
• Dylan and fellow surviving roommate Bethany Funk attempt to contact others, but get no response.
• Friends are called; eventually, Hunter Johnson checks upstairs and 911 is called at approximately 11:58am.
• Emergency responders expect an unconscious person; instead, they discover four homicide victims.
  • Victims: Madison Mogen, Kaylee Gonzalez, Ethan Chapin, and Zanna Kernodle – all stabbed to death.

3. Early Investigation and Breakthroughs

• No forced entry, limited physical evidence: a tan leather knife sheath is left behind on Maddie’s bed.
• Surveillance footage reveals a white Hyundai Elantra circling the neighborhood at the time of the murders, leading investigators to Bryan Kohberger—a criminology PhD candidate at Washington State University (WSU). (11:45–12:50)

4. Kohberger’s Background and Behavior

• Kohberger’s history: troubled Pennsylvania youth, heroin addiction, and later, criminology studies at WSU.
• Known for inappropriate, aggressive, and sexist behavior toward women at the university. Thirteen complaints in three months: “He would stand at their desk, stare at them, and then physically block them from their exit.” (14:30)
• Showed abnormal interest in criminal procedures and “how prosecutors gain conviction” just days before the murders.
• Posted academic-but-suspect Reddit surveys about criminal behavior, which investigators suspect was about learning how to get away with crime. (15:20)
• Cell phone evidence suggests Kohberger was stalking the victims:
  • Phone turned off before/after murders; records show 12 prior visits to the area between August and November 2022.
  • Phone pinged near the scene the morning after the murders.

5. The DNA Match and Arrest

• Investigators collect family DNA from Kohberger’s parents’ trash, use genetic genealogy to find a match to DNA found on the knife sheath.
• Kohberger arrested on December 30, 2022, charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary. (20:45)
• Indicted May 17, 2023; trial moved to Boise, Idaho due to risk of jury bias from media coverage.

6. Guilty Plea and Sentencing – Victim Impact Statements

• Kohberger pleads guilty in June 2025 to avoid the death penalty, waiving appeals.
• Sentenced on July 23, 2025, to four consecutive life sentences without parole.
• Victim impact statements given, most notably from Kaylee Gonzalez’s sister, Olivia:

  “You just exposed yourself as the coward you are. You’re a delusional, pathetic, hypochondriac loser who thought you were so much smarter than everybody else. The scariest part about you is how painfully average you turned out to be.” – Olivia Gonzalez (22:37)

7. Chilling New Details from the Evidence Booklet

• Released September 2, 2025: 699-page booklet reveals:
  • Kohberger searched “mad Greek” (the restaurant two victims worked at) and stalked the house.
  • He was reportedly infatuated with Elliot Rodger, linked to incel ideology.
  • Allegedly behind the “Papa Rogers” Facebook profile, commenting about the case.
  • In his WSU apartment:
    • Book: Unsafe in the Ivory: The Sexual Victimization of College Women
    • Essay: “Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free”
  • Explicit images, misogynistic searches, and searches about criminal paranoia on Kohberger’s phone.
  • New witness accounts of him watching victims and befriending Kaylee’s dog, Murphy.
  • Victims may have saved the survivors’ lives by resisting: physical evidence suggests Kohberger left exhausted and bruised.

8. The Victims Remembered

• Katie Ring recounts who the four victims were:
  • Madison Mogen: “Her family said she was their hope and light and that the world was a better place with her in it.”
  • Kaylee Gonzalez: Planned for a bright future, was extremely close with Maddie.
  • Zanna Kernodle: “Everybody’s best friend,” role model to her sister.
  • Ethan Chapin: Beloved triplet, now honored by a scholarship foundation.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On seeing the intruder:

  “She sees his eyes and notices that he has thick, bushy eyebrows. Dylan freezes and thankfully the man doesn’t notice her.” (06:40)

• On Kohberger’s behavior:

  “Coburger had 13 complaints filed against him in just three months. He was described as being rude and belittling towards women.” (14:15)

• Victim's family member at sentencing:

  “If you hadn’t attacked them in their sleep in the middle of the night like a pedophile, Kaylee would have kicked your—” – Olivia Gonzalez, Kaylee’s sister (22:37)

• On unanswered questions and motive:

  “Even though Coburger confessed to the murders, he never provided a clear motive... There are still some unanswered questions.” (23:22–24:20)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Case background and evidence release: 00:09–03:21
• Night of the murders – full account: 04:30–11:45
• Investigation and Kohberger identified: 11:45–13:57
• Kohberger’s disturbing background: 13:57–15:20
• Cell phone and DNA evidence: 15:20–19:15
• Arrest and charges: 20:00–20:45
• Sentencing and victim impact statement: 22:37
• Release of new evidence booklet: 27:15
• Remembering the victims: 29:10–30:30

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Tone & Closing

Katie Ring’s empathetic, thorough, and direct style places focus on facts, justice, and remembrance of the victims. The episode balances chilling detail with respect for those lost and their loved ones, urging listeners to focus on the lives impacted beyond the headlines.

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Transcript

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This just breaking Though a judge has ultimately lifted Bryan Kohberger's case gag order but does say that those sealed documents in that quadruple murder case will remain sealed. We start with breaking news tonight at 6. Newly obtained records by 7 Investigates show evidence collected the day Bryan Kohberger murdered four college students. Time A chilling look inside the off campus home where the four University of Idaho students were killed in 2022. Nearly three years after the deaths of Madison Mogan, Kaylee Gonzalez, Ethan Chapin and Zanna Kernodle, their families are finally starting to get some answers. With their killer Bryan Kohberger behind bars, the judge on their case has started slowly allowing more evidence to be released to the public. And the details the documents reveal are chilling. Foreign.

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Today we're deviating from our usual format to cover just one story instead of two. And it's one of the biggest cases in the news right now. I'll be talking about the Idaho murders and where things currently stand with the perpetrator, Brian Kohberger. New documents have recently come out revealing his chilling obsession with the victims after a judge lifted the gag order and just a few days ago, police released a massive book of evidence they'd collected on Coburger. There's no telling what might come out next, which is why it's so important to talk about this case today.

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Okay, but before we get into our top story, I want to quickly talk about something I saw on Tick Tock. There have been some new updates on a story that I want to share. A man is being held on a one million dollar bond right now in Houston, Texas because he's at the center of a ding dong ditch prank that ended in absolute tragedy. A group of kids were messing around, rang his doorbell and ran off when a man came out of the house shooting. One of the bullets hit 11 year old Julian Guzman in the back and sadly he died in the hospital. Now the man responsible, 42 year old Gonzalo Leon Jr. Is facing murder charges and prosecutors want to bump it to capital murder. Authorities recently learned that Leon fired multiple shots at the kids. He's now awaiting trial. And once we hear more about this bond hearing we be sure to update you on our Instagram and TikTok rimehouse24,7 we were actually planning on launching this show with the coverage of the trial for today's case. But despite the case not going to court, we still wanted to do a deep dive since some new information is still coming to light. I'm talking about the horrific crimes known as the University of Idaho murders perpetrated by Brian Kohberger. This case got so much attention that one year ago the trial had to be moved to a different city to avoid jury bias. Since then, Kohberger has already pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to life in prison. But this story is far from over. As additional details are released. We've been learning more about Kohberger's chilling motives and every day could bring a new revelation. So today I'm going to catch you up on what brought us to this point. Starting at the very beginning. Around 4am on Sunday, November 13, 2022, 19 year old Dylan Mortensen wakes up to strange noises in her house. Dylan's a student at the University of Idaho in the city of Moscow and she lives off campus with four four other classmates. In college houses like this, late nights and early mornings aren't unusual. But Dylan hears something that puts her on edge. From her bedroom, Dylan thinks she hears her housemate, 21 year old Kaylee Gonzalez, crying. Dylan can't make out everything, but she wants to make sure everything is okay. So she gets out of bed and goes to her door to try and listen better. Then she thinks she hears Kaylee saying, quote, there's someone here. Dylan hears a male voice respond. She thought she heard crying coming from either Kaylee or her other roommate, Zanna Kernodle. She knows Zanna's boyfriend, 20 year old Ethan Chapin, is staying the night. But the voice doesn't sound like his. In fact, Dylan has no idea who it is. Dylan opens her bedroom door and that's when she sees a man dressed in all black walking walk right past her. He has a mask on so she can't see his whole face, but she sees his eyes and notices that he has thick, bushy eyebrows. Dylan freezes and thankfully the man doesn't notice her. He keeps walking right towards the sliding glass door located at the back of the house. He slips out and then he's gone. After that, Dylan closes her door and starts calling all of her roommates. But no one answers. Except for her other roommate, Bethany Funk. She tells Bethany what she thinks she might have just seen and that no one is answering their phones. She then says that her phone is about to die. So Bethany tells her to come down to her room saying run. Dylan listens and runs to Bethany's room, which was the only one on the first floor. They both try calling the other roommates, but when no one answers, they finally stop trying. Their last phone activity is logged at about 4:30 ish in the morning. As for why they didn't call the police, something to note is that apparently Dylan was easily startled over sudden noises. Her friends who lived nearby sometimes poked fun at her for it. She was known for calling them at odd hours, asking them to come over because she heard something that scared her. But it always turned out to be something harmless like maybe a dish getting knocked over or a door slamming too hard. Plus, it was a party house and there were always other students coming in and out of the house all the time. When they wake up, they realize their texts have still gone unanswered. And at 10:23am they start texting their friends again, including Zanna, her boyfriend Ethan and Kaylee and Madison Mogan. They can't shake the feeling that something wasn't right. The girls call some friends who lived up the street and a couple of them come over. One of them named Hunter Johnson goes in to check on the people upstairs and when he comes out, he tells everyone to call 911 and tell the dispatchers that there's an unconscious person. Dylan calls 911 at around 11:58am by the time first responders arrive, it's about noon. Medics go in expecting to find an unconscious young woman. But they're met with a far more gruesome scene. When they enter Zanna's room on the second floor, they see her lying on the ground in her room, unresponsive. The floor is covered in blood. Her boyfriend Ethan is in the room and he's not moving either. The medics confirm that both of them are dead and it appears they'd suffered multiple stab wounds. The first responders then search the other bedrooms, starting with Maddie's, which was on the third floor. There they find another murder scene. Maddie and the other roommate, Kaylee are both in there. They've also been stabbed to death as well. From there, it becomes a police investigation. Investigators have a baffling mystery on their hands. Four college students have been brutally murdered while the other two roommates were left unharmed. And neither had heard or seen any sign of a violent attack. And there aren't many clues to go by. There's no sign of forced entry and the killer didn't leave much evidence behind except for a tan leather knife sheath set sitting on top of Maddie's bed. But the weapon itself is missing. For now, that sheath is all they have, so it's sent to a lab for analysis. In the meantime, the medical examiner performs autopsies on the four victims. The medical examiner confirms that each suffered multiple stab wounds and adds that there were no signs of sexual assault. Combined with statements from Dylan, the the autopsies help investigators determine that the attacks occurred between 4 and 4:25am the community is absolutely reeling from the devastating loss. The victims families mourn the loss of the college students and their loved ones. And Dylan and Bethany must try to continue to be brave for their friends. They go through questioning while trying to stomach the tragedy. Crimes like this don't usually happen in a small town like Moscow, which only has a population of about 25,000 people. Two weeks after the murders on November 25, authorities finally get their first major break that day. Investigators obtain surveillance footage from the neighborhood on the night of the murders. The footage shows a white Hyundai Elantra driving up and down the dead end street between 3:29 and 4:04am it stays on the street for a little while and then at 4:20am the car suddenly speeds out of the neighborhood. No one in the neighborhood drives a car like that. So authorities immediately send out a BOLO that's a be on the lookout to law enforcement in the area. Four days later, on November 29, campus police at Washington State University, which is about 10 miles from the University of Idaho, contact the authorities in Moscow with a tip. They said a 2015 white Hyundai Elantra is registered to one of their students, a 28 year old PhD candidate named Brian Kohberger.

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After getting Brian Coburger's name, police in Moscow, Idaho look up his driver's license. The upper half of his face is a match for the man Dylan Mortensen saw on the night of the murders. He has the same bushy eyebrows and stare. They feel like there's a good chance that Kohberger is the killer. So they dig into his background. And what they find does not look good. Brian Kohberger grew up in Pennsylvania, and his teenage years were apparently pretty tough. He suffered from depression and and by the time he graduated high school in 2013, he'd developed a heroin addiction. At the time of the murders in November 2022, he was a PhD student at WSU, where he was studying Criminology and criminal justice. That came with a role as a teaching assistant. Coburger also had an internship with the local police department and wanted to become a counselor for, quote unquote, high profile offenders. But to put it mildly, CO Burger wasn't suited for a career in that field. Coburger had 13 complaints filed against him in just three months. He was described as being rude and belittling towards women. Specifically female colleagues and students said that he would stand at their desk, stare at them, and then physically block them from their exit. And this didn't just happen once. He did it to multiple women on multiple occasions. He even followed some women out to their cars. In the weeks following the murders, he also started getting into verbal altercations with his professors over his work ethic. Finally, on December 19, 2022, about four, five weeks after the murders, WSU faculty told Kohberger they were removing him from his job as a teaching assistant. But they didn't know he was a suspect in the Idaho murders yet. The decision was solely tied to his behavior at school. Meanwhile, the police in Idaho continued their investigation, and the deeper they dug, the more disturbing information they uncovered. One of Kohberger's classmates claimed that just a few days before the killings, he was especially interested in talking about what kind of evidence usually helped prosecutors land convictions. The investigators also found a Reddit post from a user who identified themselves as Brian Kohberger asking former prisoners to answer survey questions about their, quote, thoughts, emotions and actions when they committed crimes. On the surface, this could just be academic research, but to the investigators on the case, it seems like Coburger was trying to figure out how to get away with murder. They're determined to make sure that didn't happen. On December 23, 2022, authorities pulled Coburger's cell records and what they found was was odd. Despite being at a 100% charge, Coburger's phone was turned off right before the murders and turned back on right after the murders. His phone pinged an hour before the murders near WSU and pinged again just south of Moscow about 25 minutes after the murders. But that wasn't all. Kohberger's phone also pinged near the Victim's house around 9am on on November 13, a few hours after the murders, which made it seem like he went back to observe the aftermath. And between August and November 2022, his phone pinged near the house 12 times, which tells investigators he might have been scoping out the neighborhood or possibly stalking the victims ahead of time. Still, While Coburger's cell phone records look really bad for him, the the evidence is only circumstantial. Investigators need something concrete in order to arrest him. And it comes just in time. On December 27, 2022, about a month and a half after the murders, Kohberger drives to his parents home in Pennsylvania. Officers tail him the entire time to make sure he doesn't make a run for it. They're also trying to quietly collect a DNA sample from him. They'd found some DNA on the knife sheath left at the murder scene, so they want to see if Coburger is a match. The investigators are canvassing the Coburger's house and waiting to collect the trash. Brian was careful when handling his trash, but his parents weren't as meticulous and investigators pulled DNA samples from his parents trash. They send the items off, but they don't find anything in their database. However, their luck hasn't run out yet because they use genetic genealogy testing. And sure enough, it's a match.

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On December 30, police raid Coburger's parents home and put him in handcuffs. He's charged with four counts of first degree murder and one count of felony burglary for breaking into the house with intent to commit a felony. These charges mean he faces life in prison and even the death sentence, which prosecutors fully intended to pursue. Coburger is held without bail, and on May 17, 2023, about five months after his arrest, a grand jury officially indicts him on all counts. Coburger doesn't enter a plea, so the judge enters a not guilty plea on his behalf. By now, media coverage around the case has blown up. That's why In September of 2024, almost two years after the murders, officials decide that if the trial takes place in Moscow, the jury could be heavily biased. So it's moved about 300 miles south to Boise, Idaho. The proceedings are slated to start on August 4, 2025. But the case never goes to trial because in June 2025, Kohberger makes a deal. In exchange for pleading guilty, he won't get the death sentence. He also waives his right to an appeal. But that doesn't mean he gets to disappear forever. Kohberger still has to face his victims loved ones. During his sentencing hearing on July 23, a lot of the victim's family members gave witness statements. Kaylee Gonzalez's sister Olivia calls Kohberger a delusional, pathetic, cowardly loser to his face. A sentiment many people share. Let's listen to her confrontation.

[Kaylee Gonzalez's Sister (Olivia)]

You just exposed yourself as the coward you are. You're a delusional, pathetic, hypochondriac loser who thought you were so much smarter than everybody else. The scariest part about you is how painfully average you turned out to be. The truth is you're as dumb as they come. Stupid. Clumsy. Slow, Sloppy, Weak. Dirty. Let me be very clear. Don't ever try to convince yourself you mattered just because someone finally said your name out loud. If you hadn't attacked them in their sleep in the middle of the night like a pedophile, Kaylee would have kicked your.

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On a personal note, I think I listened to that witness statement about a hundred times and wanted to give her a standing ovation for her strength during that entire testimony. But beyond that, she and other loved ones as well as Dylan Mortenson and Bethany Funk's friend on her behalf, deliver heartbreaking statements about Zanna, Ethan, Maddie and Kaylee. They speak of the four students long standing friendships and the bright futures that had been taken from them. Maddie and Kaylee were best friends and Zanna and Ethan were inseparable. So on July 23, 2025, 31 year old Brian Kohberger is sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. And while the world is a better place knowing he'll never walk free again, there are still some unanswered questions. Even though Coburger confessed to the murders, he never provided a clear motive. Lead prosecutor Bill Thompson believes that Kaylee and Maddie being found together suggests that Kohberger was targeting one of them and that the other, as well as Zanna and Ethan, were killed because they happened to be there. But this doesn't explain why Coburger walked right past Dylan after killing the others. More details have come out that suggest Kaylee was the one being targeted. But remember how Dylan thought she heard Coburger saying, it's okay. I'm going to help you. Well, later on, she thought he may have actually said, quote, it's okay, Kaylee. I'm here for you. We recently learned that for a few weeks leading up to the murders, Kaylee had actually been telling her friends and roommates that she'd noticed a creepy man watching her while she was walking her dog and had received some sketchy stuff in the mail, along with some weird, weird messages online. In an interview with the technicians who went through Coburger's phone, they also said that he had searched the mad Greek in Google Maps, which is the Greek restaurant two of the victims, Madison Mogan and Zanna Kernodle, had worked at as servers. Another connection was Coburger's infatuation with Elliot Rogers, the cowardly incel that killed students at my alma mater, ucsb. In his manifesto, Rogers specifically mentioned the Alpha Fee sorority, and both Maddie and Kaylee were Alpha Fees. There was also a Facebook profile called Papa Rogers that was commenting on groups about the murders, asking inappropriate questions and pointing to odd details. Many believe Coburger was actually the man behind this profile, and he was doing it to keep track of discussions surrounding the killings and that this was also another ode to the incel. Elliot Ro Kohberger's classmates have also come forward, adding more details about his personality. In class, they said he was sexist towards female students and that as a TA at wsu, he graded women unfairly compared to men. A student in his class also said she believed he is a narcissist who had never once shown empathy to another person. Police also have reason to believe that if Kohberger was targeting Kaylee, he may have somehow befriended her dog, Murphy. Witnesses say that Murphy ran off into the bushes behind the house sometimes and wouldn't come back when they called him. Kaylee's ex boyfriend also recalled a time when Kaylee said she saw a shadowy figure of a man watching her when she took Murphy out to potty. There's speculation that maybe Brian befriended Murphy to make sure that the dog didn't bark when he entered Kaylee's room. We're also learning that nine days before the fatal attack, the roommates came home to see their front door swung wide open. They armed themselves with Ethan's golf clubs in defense, and Zanna's dad later came to fix the lock. Neighbors say they saw a man with curly hair and a large nose trespassing near their property and that they're 92% sure it was Coburger. Authorities also revealed that the victims likely saved Dylan and Bethany's lives that night by putting up a fight. There was an imprint of a butt on Zanna's chair, and many theorize Kohberger was too exhausted to fight two more people. Kohberger's classmates noted that he had bruised knuckles and some cuts on his hands after the killings as well. Brian also allegedly had explicit images of women and shirtless selfies on his phone. He also had multiple searches for explicit unconsensual porn scenarios like rape. A few other searches on Christmas Eve showed Coburger unraveling. He looked up terms like psychopath paranoia, phone tapping, and searched his name multiple times. Just a few days ago, on September 2nd, police released a 699 page booklet of evidence that they collected on Coburger throughout the investigation. This release included a glimpse into his apartment at Washington State University, and some of the items there give chilling insight into Kohberger's mind. There was a book called Unsafe in the Ivory, the Sexual Victimization of College Women, and an essay Kohberger wrote for school titled why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free. We can only hope that as more information comes out, we get all the answers we need in this story. If Bryan Kohberger won't tell us himself, hopefully there's enough evidence out there to get the full picture. There's more news coming out about Bryan Coburger, but it's important that we don't lose sight of the people who lost their lives to his cruelty. Madison Mogan loved going to concerts with her dad. Her family said she was their hope and light and that the world was a better place with her in it. Kaylee Gonzalez planned on moving to Texas after graduation, and she and Maddie were like sisters to one another. Zanna Kernodle was a role model to her older sister and was described as everybody's best friend. And Ethan Chapin was a triplet and devoted brother. His family now has a foundation in his honor dedicated to scholarships. He and Zanna were inseparable. We'll cover this more on First Watch over the next few months as information continues to be released. And be sure to follow us. Rimehouse247 for breaking alerts as more documents come out tonight, tune into the finale of our special five part Karen Reid series. Even though Karen is a free woman, new updates and challenges are still coming out as we speak. What do you think about today's case? Drop your theories in the comments and follow us crimehouse247 on TikTok and Instagram and subscribe on YouTube @Crime House Daily for ad free listening. Join Crime House plus on Apple Podcast. You stay curious and I'll stay on the case. See you tonight.

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