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Ashley Banfield
Welcome to Drop Dead Serious, everyone. I'm Ashley Banfield, and in this very special episode, we're talking about the University of Idaho student murders. Just when we thought we had a full picture of what happened that tragic night, I just got my hands on some brand new court filings that dropped in Bryan Coburger's case. And friends, these are absolutely explosive. And I am finding out things I did not know I was going to find out. But I fully expected at some point this gag order had to stop. All right, so what we're learning is that prosecutors are really pushing back against Bryan Kohberger's efforts to toss out his Amazon purchase history. And I know why. If I were Bryan Kohberger, I wouldn't want anyone knowing what I was up to eight months before the murders. Because his Amazon purchase history shows he bought a K bar knife. Let that sink in. Bryan Kohberger bought a K bar knife on Amazon eight months before the murders. And that's not all. Brian Kohberger, according to the documents, went on Amazon and bought a K bar knife sheath identical to the one that was found at the crime scene. The same sheath that had that little minuscule piece of DNA. His DNA on the snap. And he wasn't finished, apparently. According to the prosecutors, the Amazon purchasing history shows he also made sure the knife was sharp by buying a knife sharpener. I'm going to pause right there for one second because if you're watching on YouTube, I'm going to show you this is an exact replica of the knife in question. Okay, here's the knife, right? And here's the sheath. And if you look on the sheath, it says usmc, United States Marine Corps. Happens to be the exact same printout and letters on the sheath in question that was found at the murder scene. There's another big bombshell, too. Big, big and freaky. In these documents that just dropped, there's a selfie that Bryan Kohberger took just hours after the murders. And it's weird. It's really weird. It's at 10:31 in the morning, so maybe 6ish hours after the slaughtering of four kids. And it shows him, freshly showered with wet hair, given the thumbs up in the bathroom with the shower behind him. He's looking super proud. If he is guilty of these murders, this is the most obscene and foul selfie I have ever seen. He is. If he's guilty, he is literally celebrating to his own little camera. I pulled it off. I got showered off. I'm clean. I did it. The perfect murder if he's not guilty, it's a very unfortunate selfie. At 10:31 in the morning. This is an hour and a half before even the 911 call is placed. Then there is also a full map with locations and timestamps of surveillance video that shows that white Elantra on the night of the murders. And boy, does that Elantra drive around and around and around the murder house a whole lot. I'm going to show you that map and all the times that the white Elantra was caught driving up and back and around and back and like whoever was driving it and Coburger has a white Elantra maybe wasn't so certain or maybe just didn't have the gumption up and needed to get psyched or get up the the nerve to carry out this perfect murder. Finally, in these documents we also have this incredibly detailed timeline of messages and of like social media activity between the surviving roommates, Bethany Funk and Dylan Mortensen. And that reveals just how much communication was happening all night long during those murders and then also all the next morning because starting at 7am they were active. Bethany and Dylan were on the phone, on Snap on Insta, on all sorts of platforms and texting like mad and yes, texting to their dead roommates, not knowing that they were dead. They were working their phones right up to the moment of the 911 call. So really what we suddenly have is this extremely full picture of everything that those roommates were doing since before 4am and all the way through to the 911 call at about noon. And joining me now to go through all of this is News Nation's national correspondent and one of the best crime reporters I've ever worked with, Brian Enten. Brian, this is so earth shattering. I feel like this is the biggest smoking gun to drop since we learned that a knife sheath had been left behind at the murder scene. And then since they matched a tiny speck of DNA on the snap of that sheath to Brian Kohberger himself. So walk me through what these documents say about a knife purchase.
Brian Enten
Yeah, there's so many documents. I've got like 100 pages like laid out all over my, my bedroom right now. But this is definitely, I think, the biggest thing to come out of this latest document dump that sometime between March 20th and March 30th. So that would be about eight months before the murders, Brian Kohberger bought off of Amazon.com a K Bar knife, a sheath and a sharpener, which again, when you think back to what else we know that they found a K bar knife sheath with Brian Coburger's DNA on it at the murder scene. I mean, this is. This is really, really. Yeah, there it is.
Ashley Banfield
This is really podcast audience. Like, I've got this knife and sheath in my hand for the YouTube audience. You can see it right here. But this is an exact replica of. Take the knife out. That's the exact replica of the KA Bar knife. Gives me the willies. And then the sheath is described as a sheath with usmc, United States Marine Corps that's stamped on it. This one has that stamp. And so does the one that they found under Maddie's body as well. So. Yeah. So there was a purchase eight months before the murders by Brian Coburger on Amazon of a knife, a sheath and a sharpener. I mean, what kind of criminology student would be that dumb to have that kind of a purchase record of a. Of a murder weapon if he's the killer?
Brian Enten
Yeah, I mean, that's one thing that you have to wonder about. If he was so careful, allegedly, about these other things, wearing the gloves and making sure there was almost nothing in his car when they searched it in the house. Not a lot of evidence there that we know of. But this would have been a big mistake on his part that thinking that they weren't going to go back to search search history.
Ashley Banfield
Well, as I was reading through the documents before I got a little further, I didn't even notice that he'd actually, according to the prosecutors, gone on Amazon again after the murders and searched for K bar knife and sheath.
Brian Enten
Yeah, yeah. Let me read you this part. And again, there's so much to this, this new document. Deb, I missed this the first time, too, but it basically says purchase of. This is the prosecution's filing. They were looking at the click activity on Amazon. Purchase of a K bar knife with sheath before the murders, which is what we just talked about, and his click activity indicating a search for a knife with sheath with sheath after the murders. So not only did he buy the knife, the sheath and the sharpener eight months before the murders, but according to this document, they're saying, Ashley, that after the murders he searched on Amazon for a knife and a sheath.
Ashley Banfield
So my theory, and I don't think I'm too crazy here, is that if he's the killer, he, you know, does all that crazy driving and dispenses with bloody clothes, bloody knife, forgets that, you know, the sheath is back up on the. At the murder scene and comes home, cleans up. We'll get to that in a second. Cause something else dropped that shows the potential of a big old shower at 10:30 in the morning and then realizes maybe as a criminology student who thinks he's smarter than everybody else, boy, I better have a knife and a sheath in case I'm ever questioned. And they say, well, you bought one. Look, you bought a knife and a sheath back in, you know, eight months prior to the murders. Where is it? And then he could go upstairs and hand them a brand new clean knife and sheath and say, here it is. Not thinking that maybe they'd search all your Amazon records, not just the ones from back in March.
Brian Enten
Yeah, I mean, it makes perfect sense to me. Why would he be searching for a knife and a sheath? Just trying to think, like, what could the defense possibly say? Maybe they could say, oh, he was a criminology student and he was very interested in these murders that had happened very, very close to him. And this is the kind of stuff that he studies. And he was just looking to see what, you know, what would it cost? How easy would it be to get a knife?
Ashley Banfield
I mean, even though they would say to him, well, what do you mean you bought one already? Where is. Right, where's the one you bought in March? Yeah.
Brian Enten
And your DNA is on the sheets, by the way.
Ashley Banfield
But yeah, by the way, btw. Yeah, not good. This is what, again, in the business of what Brian and I do, it's called bad facts. I would call these horrendous facts. Like I say, these are nails in the coffin.
Brian Enten
And I've been wondering, Ash, like with this stuff that's coming out, I don't know, anything can happen. But it's like, what are they thinking going into this trial? You know, like, you have to wonder, like, everybody's like, is there going to be a plea deal? And I don't think there will be because I don't think they're going to take death off the table because the families want. But it's just not looking good for the defense.
Ashley Banfield
No, I don't think you need a plea deal in this case. And I don't know that the families want it. I certainly know that. Steve, I talked to Steve tonight. He is so relieved by this information. He's so relieved that there's an Amazon track to a knife and a sheath and a sharpener purchased by Coburger. He is so happy that this stuff is just lining up. He calls them facts. He's mad at the Internet for being nasty to the roommates and imagining all these other Scenarios where maybe BK gets off and he's just feeling better and better now that the gag is starting to crack and more facts and more bad facts for Brian are coming through.
Brian Enten
Yeah. And it is starting to crack. Oh, my gosh. Like all this stuff we got tonight. Wow.
Ashley Banfield
I know, right? Okay, well, speaking of that, this photo. Oh, my God, you sent it to me first. You got it first, and you sent it to me and said, look at this. This is 10:31am on the morning of the murder. So explain to the audience what. What show, what it showed.
Brian Enten
Yeah. So this was just another crazy thing buried in this paperwork. There's a photo, right. In the document of Bryan Coburger on November 13, which is, of course, the day of the murders, that Sunday, 10:31am they apparently found this photo on his phone. It's a selfie. To me, it looks like. I don't know what you think it looks like it's in the bathroom with, like, a shower kind of. You can almost see, like. Almost like a shower curtain. Some stuff like that in the background.
Ashley Banfield
Shower nozzle, certainly.
Brian Enten
Yeah, the shower, sure.
Ashley Banfield
You know, he's for sure standing in front of a shower.
Brian Enten
Yeah. And he's kind of smirking and it's a selfie. And his hair looks wet. Yeah. Yeah. Like he's just showered.
Ashley Banfield
He looks like he is freshly showered with thumbs up and a big old proud look on his face. Right. Like, is that.
Brian Enten
Is that so weird? Yeah, it's so weird to think about, you know, again, in this until proven guilty. But if he is guilty of this, to think that he's taken this selfie with the thumbs up kind of thing. Right. Hours after.
Ashley Banfield
Got it done. I cleared aces. I did it six hours, pulled it off.
Brian Enten
Yeah. Six hours after the murders. But the prosecution is now trying to use this photo. That's why it's in this document. They want to bring this in and showed the jury because Dylan, the roommate, the surviving roommate, said bushy eyebrows. That's what she said in a couple of the interviews with police after the murders, that the. The purpose person who came into the house, who she saw had bushy eyebrows. So they want to show this photo to the jury to say, hey, this is the most recent photo we have after the murders. What do you think about, you know, do you think it matches up with the eyebrows comment?
Ashley Banfield
Here's Bryan Kohberger's selfie with his eyebrows six hours after the murder. Do you see bushy eyebrows here? They are not alterable. Within six hours after the murder. Who you can't think for a moment that he's been plucking them or messing with them at this point. I mean, the most proximate photo to the murders to show these eyebrows. But I mean, I'll bet you the folks in, in. In the police department and the prosecutor's office did a jig when they found this photo. Not just to show the bushy eyebrows, but to show the shower and the thumbs up. Because it really. If he's guilty, Brian, if he is guilty, he is showered and posing and proud less than six hours after butchering four innocent kids.
Brian Enten
Yeah, I'm just looking at the photo again. The thumbs up. He's got headphones in. There's clearly the shower nozzle behind the shower rod. He's so skinny. And it's just. I mean, it's a creepy photo no matter what way you look at it.
Ashley Banfield
I mean, it is. It's disturbing. Okay, I want to move on to the other thing again. It's just like a. This was just volumes and volumes of information in these, in these documents that were released. The text messaging last week. The. The defense had put emotion eliminate about some of the messages. Or was it the state? Oh, God, I mix them all up. It was the state, right? The state's motion.
Brian Enten
Yeah, I think it was the state, yeah.
Ashley Banfield
Okay, so. And in that motion were a series of text messages that we had not seen before. And it was really interesting to see Dylan and Bethany and all their activity, you know, as the murders are happening, but they're by no means complete. And not only that, there was an end. Right. Like, it sort of ended at around 4:20, I think, in the nighttime. Well, in the response to the motion in limine, the defense actually fills out all. Well, a lot of the text messaging and social media activity between Dylan and Bethany and who they were texting, calling, snapping, and the searching that they were doing on their. On their social media. So can you get comfy for a second, Brian? I'm going to say yes, and then I'm going to pause when I think there's something that you and I need to make mention of because it's pretty significant stuff as it goes. Okay. And you at home, get a drink and a pillow because this is rough. So it starts at about. About 2:10am Dylan Mortensen texts an Uber driver asking if he was driving. And the Uber driver texts back confirming he's driving. At 2:53, Maddie Mogan calls Bethany Funk. So we know that at 2:53, Maddie's still alive and she's still on her phone, right? Then an hour passes. At 3:51, Dylan is still awake. We know that because she's creating a new contact on her phone. At 4:19, this is where it's so critical, right? Bethany calls Dylan before Dylan starts to call everybody in the house. Okay? And all those calls go unanswered. So at 4:19, Bethany has called Dylan. And at 4:20, Dylan calls Zanna. So maybe Bethany downstairs heard something and called up to Dylan. Hey, what's going on up there? At 4:19, 4:20, Dylan's calling Zanna, who's on the same floor as her. Then at 4:20, Dylan calls Kaylee, who's upstairs. Then at 4:20, dylan calls Bethany, who's downstairs. They're on the phone for 41 seconds. Then at 4:21, Bethany calls Zanna. And then 4:21, Dylan calls Maddie. Then 4:22, Bethany calls Maddie. 4:22, Bethany calls EC, which we take to possibly be Ethan Chapin at this point. And then come the text messages. Some of them we've seen before in that prosecution motion and limine document. 422, Dylan to Bethany. She says, no one's answering. And then 422, Dylan to Bethany. I'm really confused right now. Dylan to Kaylee. Kaylee. Dylan to Kaylee. What's going on? Bethany sends a Snapchat message going out at 4:23. Also at 4:23, Bethany says to Dylan, yeah, dude, WTF? Like, what the fuck? Then 4:23, Bethany texts Dylan, zanna was wearing all black. And I, I'm. I. I'm struggling with this one, Brian, because there's no question mark afterwards. And it doesn't make sense for Bethany downstairs in the basement to say Zanna was wearing all black. Cause she wouldn't have seen that movement that Dylan saw on the second floor. I'm thinking Dylan might have been on the phone with her and mentioning something about someone in all black. And Bethany's texting her, like, wait, what? Wait, Zanna's in all black? Or maybe make sense there.
Brian Enten
Or is it that Dylan was saying, oh, my God, I saw this person in all black? It's so scary. And could Bethany be telling Dylan? No, no. Zanna was wearing all black. Like, chill out.
Ashley Banfield
Oh, good one. Yeah. No, you're right.
Brian Enten
You know what I mean.
Ashley Banfield
Zanna was wearing all black tonight, so don't freak out.
Brian Enten
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, it was probably just Anna, you know?
Ashley Banfield
You know what? That's brilliant. Because then Dylan says to Bethany right away, I'm freaking out right now. And then Says to Bethany, no, it's like a ski mast, almost. A ski mask almost. And then Bethany's like, stfu, like, shut the F up. And Bethany goes actually, like, as if to say, wait, wait, wait, hold it. Ski mask, actually. And then Dylan says to Bethany, like, he had something over his forehead and. And little. And mouth. And then 4:24, Bethany. Dylan says to Bethany, Bethany, I'm not kidding. I'm so freaked out. 4:24, Bethany says to Dylan, so am I. Dylan says, phone is about to die. F. Bethany to Dylan, come to my room. Run down here. And then at 4:24, right, when Bethany has said to Dylan, run down here. Dylan then calls Ethan again or calls EC, which I take to mean Ethan Chapin. 4:24, Dylan texts something to Bethany, and it's not in this document. Bethany, 425, texts something to Dylan, and it's not in this document. And then at 4:27, Dylan makes an outgoing call, doesn't say to whom. Sometime around now at 4:27, we think that it's possible Dylan actually made that run to go downstairs to spend the night in Bethany's room. But she did go out into that hallway after being terrified and frozen in shock that the probable cause affidavit said. And she did go down to Bethany's room at that point. Do you remember reading that in another document that she spent the night in Bethany's room down in the basement?
Brian Enten
Vaguely. Do you?
Ashley Banfield
No, but. But someone on my team does they remember not. And I thought, oh, I must have been off that night or something.
Brian Enten
Yeah. You know, I don't remember. I don't remember it. I. I just. I've heard you talking about it and thinking it. Maybe that's why there's been so many documents. Now, I don't remember it being in black and white, though. I don't think.
Ashley Banfield
I think it's out there. I think our podcast audience listen, comment, and rate and say, someone will know. Yeah, you're gonna know for sure. Our audience is gonna know for sure. So we're now at 4:27. Dylan has an outgoing message to Snap. Dylan has another outgoing message to Snap. And then Dylan calls Kaylee. We're back to that now, right? We're calling again upstairs to the roommates on the third floor. Then Dylan calls Zanna. Then Bethany calls Maddie. Then Bethany calls Maddie again. Then Bethany calls Kaylee again. And then Bethany calls Kaylee a second time. And then we're at 4:32, and Dylan texts Kaylee. We don't have the verbatim There it's not included in the doc. And then 4:34, Bethany accesses Snapchat and then does Instagram at 4:37. My thinking here, tell me if I'm wrong. They're, they're trying all different ways to message Snap. Insta, you know, text. Like, do you think that's what they're doing when they're accessing Instagram and accessing Snap? Yeah.
Brian Enten
Or I'm just thinking with, I mean with my friends, you know, know you're texting for something but then you might be. They might be sending each other like reels on Instagram too or something. You know what I mean?
Ashley Banfield
I don't know. At 4:37 they're still all freaked out, you know, I think at this point Dylan's gone flying down into Bethany's room. They're trying to call, call, call, call, call. No one's answering. No one's answering. Maybe that's why they said, let's try Snap. Let's, let's try Insta. Let's try messaging her on Insta. Let's try messaging her on Snap.
Brian Enten
Yeah. Yeah, that's right. You're right. Yeah. Not just saying. I'm really, you know, really confused right now. Yep. Yeah.
Ashley Banfield
I don't use Snapchat. I'm on it, but I don't use it very often in Instagram. And it might actually show if they're up and using, like if they're on, it'll show that they're actually on it. Maybe that's what they were trying to do at 4:27.
Brian Enten
See if they're active, if it's red, a red message. Yeah, that's a really good, good point.
Ashley Banfield
Okay, so now things go dark for about three hours. It's actually less than three hours, but Bethany's the first one to get up at 7:30 in the morning. I thought that was interesting given that they were all out drinking the night before. Up till 4:37 in the morning. Are you surprised that she's up at 7:30?
Brian Enten
Yeah. And calling her dad at 7:30 and then again at 8am and then calls home at 8. I mean, you're going to go through these, but that stood out to me. She called her dad at 7:30am on a Sunday after being up late partying and only getting three and a half hours of sleep. My theory is that they didn't know that it was something really serious during all of this and that they just were kind of creeped out, maybe something. But then I see, I don't know that's I would, I'd be curious to know what the call was about. Just thinking back to college, like, didn't normally call my parents at 7:30am on.
Ashley Banfield
A Sunday after partying, you know, Definitely not. But I'll bet you that these parents are going to be called as witnesses and I bet this is all going to get filled in on trial. What did Bethany say when she called you at 7 in the morning? She calls dad at 7. She calls dad again at 8. She calls another number at 8. She calls home at 8:01, she calls home at 8:02 and dad finally calls back at 8:09. But I'll bet that call at 8:09 she had something to say and maybe it was dad. I'm super freaked out. There was a guy in the house last night and I can't get a hold of any of my roommates. I think I need maybe a better lock on my door or maybe something like that.
Brian Enten
Yeah, it could be. Yeah. I just think that's going to be interesting to me that they again just seemed, it struck me because it's so early to be calling your parents on a Sunday in college when you only got three hours of sleep, you know?
Ashley Banfield
I know, I know. Now this is interesting because by 8:05, you know, that's just between Bethany calling mom and her dad calling her back and they're in the same room together. Bethany and Dylan are in the same room downstairs in Bethany's room in the basement. At 8:05, Dylan is back on social media and is on Instagram at this point. She's on Instagram for two hours, Bry. She's on Instagram from 8:05 till 10:00am I mean, I suppose you could be on it and not active. You could put your phone down. It doesn't say if she's active on it like scrolling or texting or messaging.
Brian Enten
She's probably laying in bed, I bet. Laying in bed, falling a little bit awake. And I mean, you know, we've been there. You scroll some more, you're kind of half asleep, you know.
Ashley Banfield
Yep, yep. But she also, she also, she's also texting Maddie again. Let me go through this timeline. So 8:05 to 10:00am, Dylan's on insta. But 8:41 to 8:42, Bethany's taking photos, maybe selfies, maybe. Whatever. Maybe she's taking pictures of Dylan. I don't know. Doesn't seem like they think anything's wrong though. If you're taking pictures, maybe it's not something you're worried about. 904, Mom. Mom texts Bethany. So dad has called Bethany. Now mom texts Bethany. We don't get the verbate here. 10:00am Dylan messages on SNAP. Incoming, incoming and outgoing. 10 01103, Dylan's on Insta. 1003, 10:04, Dylan's on Indeed. 1004-1023 Dylan messages incoming and outgoing on SNAP. 1023, Dylan texts Maddie. Here's something interesting again. I don't use Instagram very much to message people. My nephews and nieces do and a lot of other people do. I don't. I use texting, but kids do, young kids do, you know. And here she is on Insta Indeed Text. Do you think she's using all these platforms again to try to reach out to the roommates?
Brian Enten
Maybe the Indeed. And I'm not an expert on Indeed, but I think, I think that's a job site. Like that's where you can see job postings. So I thought that was kind of interesting. Like was she kind of on the side looking for a little like a part time job or. I don't know, you know what I mean? I thought that was kind of interesting how that one popped up maybe.
Ashley Banfield
Right. And then she's texted Maddie again, we don't know. But 1024-25, back on insta. 1030-1045, she's messaging on snap. In and out after about 35 minutes. At 1121, somebody identified as JM text. Bethany verbatim's missing. We don't know what said. Do you, do you recognize those initials? Jm? I didn't.
Brian Enten
I don't. No, I don't.
Ashley Banfield
Yeah, I bet our, bet our listeners and our viewers, guys, you gotta jump in and put it in the comments if you have some thoughts about who JM is at this point. 1056-1129, Dylan's back on Insta and messaging on Snap. 1129, she texts Kayleigh. She's still trying, right? Again, this is, this is amazing to me, Brian. They're in the same house, they're two staircases apart. They've been trying to message each other since 4:00 in the morning and they just keep messaging. Nobody thinks to open the door and yell, right?
Brian Enten
I mean they probably think that they're sleeping, you know, like maybe thinking the person's still asleep. Yeah, I think that that's probably what it was.
Ashley Banfield
If they're freaked out though, enough to like, I'm calling mom, I'm worried about the guy in the house last night. If that's why they're calling mom and dad. Right. That's why Bethany's calling Mom and dad. You would think he'd be like, I gotta go upstairs and talk to the girls.
Brian Enten
I wonder if that's really why. It'll be interesting to find out. Maybe that's not why they were calling. She was calling mom and Dad.
Ashley Banfield
I think it might not have been.
Brian Enten
You'd think if she was that worried and told her parents, I would think she would have gone up to check on them or she would have called 911 sooner or so.
Ashley Banfield
Something, you know, if she was that freaked out about the guy in the house last night to call dad and mom and say, yeah, weird. Something really weird happened last night.
Brian Enten
Yeah.
Ashley Banfield
You would think that they would also be freaked out enough to go up and like, knock on Maddie's door, knock on Kaylee's door, knock on Zanna's door and say, guys, are you up? Did you see what happened last night? Who was that guy? No, that's not what's happening. So 1056-1129, Dylan is on Instagram and messaging on Snap. 1129, Dylan texts Kaylee again, but we don't know what said 11:29-11:32, Dylan's on Instagram, messaging on Snap. 11:35, Dylan's on Yik Yak. Okay. Yik Yak for anybody who doesn't know is a social. Met is a social platform. That's a small radius where you can just. It's like a message. It's a community message board. You can go on Yik Yak and find out, like, wow, was I ever wasted at that party last night? Did you guys see that guy pass out at the Such and Such bar? Maybe. Brian, she's going on Yik Yak to say, did any like to see if anybody posted anything weird about a guy in a ski mask and wearing all black in their neighborhood?
Brian Enten
She could have. I'm still going back to your theory of though, that she's just bored and I think she's just laying in bed half asleep. I just think. I just think of that. The random apps that I might open, like, you know, ebay. I don't do something. You know, I'm just bored.
Ashley Banfield
Yeah. Yeah. And maybe Yik Yak was to. Maybe Yik Yak was to look and see. Wow, was that party ever great last night. I wonder if anyone's commenting about it. Like, yeah, about. Then she goes on tick tock at 11:36. Then she messages again on SNAP at 11:37. But we don't have the verbat. Then at 11:39-40, Dylan and her dad text back and forth, Verbat's missing. Then Bethany at 11:49 calls JM. Still don't know who JM is. 11:50, JM texts Dylan. 11:44 to 11:50, Dylan's on Insta. Then at 11:50, Dylan calls EA, whom I believe is Emily Allant, Hunter Johnson's girlfriend. And Hunter Johnson is one of the fraternity brothers who came over and eventually made the discovery and said, get out, get out, get out. We think it's him who says, get out, get out, get out, get out of the house. But that's it. Just a one phone call to Emily allant. Then at 11:51, JM again, mystery. JM texts Dylan. 11:51-11:55, Bethany and JM text back and forth. So they're all talking. Dylan, Bethany and JM are all talking back and forth in this whole period of time. Then at 11:54, Dylan is back on Instagram. This is weird. This is weird. 11:54 to 11:57, Dylan's on Insta. But at 11:56, a minute before, Bethany calls 911. So I'm trying to figure that out. Can you. Is there any, Is there any scenario where you could see Dylan scrolling on Insta from 1154 to 1157 while Bethany's freaking out and calling 911?
Brian Enten
Or Dylan just left, left her Instagram app open, you know what I mean? While they were talking about what the heck is going on. I think this is bad. Like, they're still not responding. You know what I mean?
Ashley Banfield
You know? You know, you could be right there. Because 1151-1155, Bethany and JM are texting back and forth. And she could be walking upstairs at that point, right? They could be walking upstairs and knocking on Zanna's door, the girls. And Bethany is freaking out and says, Dylan, I'm really worried about this. Like, JM and I are texting. I'm really worried. Like, we're upstairs now. And maybe that's. You're right. Maybe Dylan leaves her phone at that point.
Brian Enten
And the other thing is, like, when you read all of these out, I'm just thinking of like younger people. I know my younger cousins who are in college. You've got like your boys. I mean, these kids, like, and I text a lot, but they're different apps opening, this person, that person copy paste this app, Snapchat, you know what I mean? Like, this is what they kind of do.
Ashley Banfield
I think they're fast. They're fast. They're fast with messaging and checking and scrolling and messaging. Like back between. Insta snap. Insta snap. Tik tok. Insta Snap. It's. It's pretty astounding. I'm just trying to imagine what happened before you dialed 91 1. Because the first thing out of Dylan's mouth is terrified. Something happened.
Brian Enten
My guess is they went up. They went up. They finally went up to go check on Kaylee. I think they finally said no, I think.
Ashley Banfield
I don't think they checked on Kaylee. I think they went to check on Zanna because they're only talking about Zanna being unconscious or Zanna.
Brian Enten
I think, okay, one of them. I think that finally they. No response. Let's go. Like you said, they finally went into the room. What's going. You know, it's almost noon now, right? And then, you know.
Ashley Banfield
But she went from 1154 to 1157 on Instagram to being terrified on that 911 call. And why is Bethany calling 911 but Dylan is the one on the phone? Do you know what I mean? Like, that's interesting. Bethany dials 91 1, but Dylan is the one on the call. Freaked out to that. Like, terrified from the very beginning, I.
Brian Enten
Think again, just the passing of the phone around and, I mean, they were probably sleeping in the same. But, you know, they're just. They're right there next to each other, you know?
Ashley Banfield
Yeah. Yeah. But I wonder if all that, like, everything from, you know, JM and Dylan and JM and Bethany talking and texting back and forth. I think maybe that's the point where they're like, we can't get in the door. Zanna's door is something. She's not answering. We can't get a hold of Ethan. We're really freaked out. We're worried that maybe they OD'd. Because that's the worst thing I'm thinking. They're thinking.
Brian Enten
It's just so weird. Like, even when you go back to the beginning. So we think the murders happened between 404 and 420. That's when Coburger or allegedly. Allegedly got to the house. Yeah. It's just weird when you look at these texts, like, 351. Dillian creates new contact in her phone. 419, it's, you know, 419 is the noise.
Ashley Banfield
Right. 419 is when all the weirdness starts because the noise is happening. So I think the murders.
Brian Enten
What's when Bethany calls Dylan, but it's just Weird to think, you know, I don't know. It's just four people to be stabbed to death.
Ashley Banfield
I know it's weird, that screaming and. Well, I'll tell you something about that. Bethany in the basement is calling Dylan on the middle floor. And what I learned about that house from a. From a tenant who used to live there in the basement across from Bethany. So if you're looking at the house, it's the bottom. Bottom room on the right directly what would be underneath Zanna's room. So the tenant who used to live in that room said we were all different tenants. We all had locks on our doors, and we weren't. We weren't housemates or roommates. We were tenants who got to use, you know, shared communal space, like the living room, the kitchen, that kind of stuff. But we all lived in our room separately. He said when I was in my room, I could barely hear anything. I couldn't hear stuff that was going on in the second floor. And forget the third floor because of the way the foundation is built up the hill. The floor level of the second floor is behind the floor level of the basement. You're not sharing a lot of floor level, if any. And the third floor is a little bit different, but the basement, you can barely hear anything, according to that guy. So Bethany in the basement is calling up to Dylan, and they're talking about the. Well, Xana's wearing all black. It's just odd. I wonder if Bethany really did hear anything.
Brian Enten
Yeah, just. I remember now, the guy you're talking about that you had on your show, I remember when he said that he couldn't hear. He couldn't hear anything. Yeah. And it makes sense when you think about the house. It's such a weird house. It's like. It really is just kind of like the perfect storm, the way this went.
Ashley Banfield
Down, you know, they shouldn't have knocked it down. They shouldn't have knocked it down for the very reason of. It's been. It's been so hard for me as a journalist and you as a journalist to get our heads through that house. The weirdness of all of it, just the fact that the, you know. You know, it's. You think that Zen is in the floor directly above the room below it. No, no, it's not like that. They don't share a perfect, you know, vertical space. It's a. It's a zigzag house that goes up a hill, you know?
Brian Enten
Yeah.
Ashley Banfield
Okay. I want to do one more thing here actually, too. But there's something else in These docks. That was really amazing. And it's the driving map.
Brian Enten
Yeah.
Ashley Banfield
Holy cow. Let me grab it up. Yeah, I love the way it's color coded. It's. It helps to look at this. But walk me through what you see in this white Elantra that's basically pegged time after time after time after time after time. Circling the house at 1122 King Road and then moving past all these neighbors, houses as well.
Brian Enten
Yeah. So they, there was a security camera at the house next to where the murders happened on King Road. That's the blue box that you see. So these are. And this is, this is new. I haven't seen this specific of data before this release. So these are all the times that the white Elantra drove by the surveillance camera right next to where the murders happened. 3:30am, 3:33am, 3:38am, 3:40am, 3:56am so it just circling, circling. And then 3:58am and then again at 4:04am which is when prosecutors believe that he went in to kill them between 404 and made entry. And then you look at the yellow and these are other nearby surveillance cameras. The yellow box again, 330, you know, just going by, you know, making these circles and then even over on the other side, this is just a couple blocks away. But you know, he was allegedly kind of circling the area. And they've got that on all of these different cameras.
Ashley Banfield
Well, yeah, I mean they've got 1122 King Road with all those times you listed. Then they've got like right next door. Well, it's just a little bit over an address on Linda lane with another 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 times that he's driven by 3303-393564-05406. That's interesting that the white Elantra is still driving at 407. So then the next one on Linda Lane has him driving by at 3:29. So he's. If it's Coburger, he's sure been there for a while scoping things out. Then there's another one way over on Ridge Road. 3:29 and 4:01am that's the orange one. Then way down on the map is Paradise Drive 335 and 348. And then 3 28. This is my assumption, if it's him, he's coming in on South Main Street. He's coming in towards the King Roadhouse.
Brian Enten
And there's another map too, actually. I don't know if you've Seen it that they released. That shows the route that they believe he took to the murder scene, which is interesting. It's back roads. Yeah. And I know it. I can see it in my head because I've driven that back road before. It's not the way you would go. It's not the easiest way to get there. It's. It's. You go back and loop around this kind of weird, curvy neighborhood, hilly neighborhood, and come around the backside.
Ashley Banfield
Yeah. And I think that's super fascinating because you drove it and you showed us, and you can't. Like, it's. It's not like city streets. It's. It's not a grid. It's windy and tricky, and you kind of have to know your way. And so if it's Coburger, if the killer is Coburger, that guy did so much surveillance in the months before the murder and. And knew his way well. He'd been in and out of that neighborhood. He'd been spotted on surveillance multiple times, many days and months before the murders. And so it would make sense that he's kind of got it down pat, but maybe is worried and panicking and freaking out a little bit and has to drive by the house a few more times, like, can I do it? Do I have the guts? Am I really going to do it? Do I. Am I really going to pull this off? Have I checked off every box? Have I, as a criminologist, Have I done it exactly according to the checklist to make sure I don't get caught? That's what this map says to me.
Brian Enten
It. It's just weird to think of getting his PhD in criminology studying criminals. Like, did he not think there were ring cameras? Did he not think there were surveillance cameras? He's in, you know, in the same car, driving around. And yet you go through all of this trouble with the gloves and getting rid of evidence, allegedly, and, you know, going through the trash can. That. That part's a little strange. You know, honestly, if I was his defense, that's something I would bring up, you know?
Ashley Banfield
Yeah. You know, oh, sure, of course. But, my God, if I had a dime for every criminal trial that I've covered in this very, very long career of mine for criminals who thought they were smarter than everyone else and thought that they'd done all the right things, only to be tripped up by, like, a toll tag, you know, I have a. I covered a murder in which a woman killed her husband, and it was the toll tag that she didn't even think about on her car.
Brian Enten
Yeah.
Ashley Banfield
You know, gauging her going all these places where she said she wasn't that night. And so. Yeah, listen, I gotta say, he's not a doctorate in it yet. Right. I don't know how far into the program he got. But men, if this is him, does he have hubris? And. And that's going to be his downfall. Right. The Achilles was how much he thought he knew more than everyone else.
Brian Enten
Yeah. Yeah. And this is all. I mean, when we. The paint. The picture they're going to paint at this trial is going to just be. And we're just think about it. There's so much more to come. I just can't believe how much we didn't know. And these document dumps happen. Imagine what we still don't know. Like you were saying that. I mean, I don't think that they have the knife. Um. No, I think we would know that by now, but there's just. I mean, some of these things I would have thought we'd know by now, too, you know, that he bought. That he bought a knife eight months before. I would have thought that would have come out. I would have thought that would have been in the probable cause, maybe, you know.
Ashley Banfield
Yeah. I'm trying to. I'm trying to search my mind for why all this had to be under GAG for two and a half years. I. Listen, I've made no secret of how I feel about gag orders. First of all, I'm a journalist, so I have a dog in the fight. But second of all, I'm an American. And I am so proud of the justice system in this country because I have been to Iraq, I have been to Iran, I have been to Syria, I've been to Saudi Arabia. I know how justice works in other places. And I don't ever want to get near to the garbage that I've witnessed over there. And so when I start seeing judges putting things into secret bags and secret drawers and putting hoods over cameras, I start to say, I smell a rat. The reason that this country is the shining example on the Hill is because we are transparent and we the people exact justice. Not some freaky despot or some, you know, renegade prosecutor or leader. That's why we're great. We the people do this. And so the more you hide from the people, the more I get. Ajita. And so I've been really bitchy all through this two and a half years of gag. And I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, you know, but I'm having A tough time with a lot of it. And again, Steve Gonzalez told me tonight he's been so pissed at the speculation all over the Internet about who did what and who's terrible. And it's because people don't know, so they're making shit up. And who are the victims of that? Poor Dylan and poor Bethany who've been exposed, excoriated. And I agree with Steve.
Brian Enten
Yeah, no, it's true. I forget what the saying is, but it's like darkness breeds something. I mean, it's true. Like, you know, you need. When there's nothing, when they're not giving out any information, everybody just has these crazy theories that you, you know, the YouTubers and all those people go crazy. And something switched with this judge, though, I'll tell you. I mean, in the last month, remember, he. He put out that ruling that he wasn't going to keep stuff secret automatically anymore, and he's kept to it.
Ashley Banfield
I mean, I wonder if he heard my show. I wonder if you know how many times I've been yelling and screaming at the top of my life.
Brian Enten
And when you sell a rat, I've only heard you say that about three times in four years. So you don't say that all the time when you smell a rat. We know it's serious.
Ashley Banfield
My senses just start, you know, popping off. Okay, one more thing I want to talk about before I wrap up, and that is this another big thing we learned in these documents. We knew that the defense was postulating about Bryan Kohberger having autism. And I thought, well, hold it. What is this about? What are you going to try to put in here now? What, you're going to suggest that he's autistic and he shouldn't be executed or what's the point? And then we got more. We got more in the filings. It isn't just autism.
Brian Enten
No. Yeah, it's autism spectrum disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and developmental coordination disorder. Those are the three. And there's a whole psychological report that they attach with a doctor who examined Bryan Kohberger. And it's interesting because the defense argues, like, we're not trying to say that he doesn't know the difference between right and wrong, but we want the jury to know why he acts the way he acts. And I don't know if they're just, you know, a lot of people think Bryan Coburger is creepy. The way his mannerisms are, the way he. I mean, I've been to the courtroom with him. He is creepy. He's just Got a creepy vibe to him. He doesn't look around like a normal person, you know, and maybe that's what they're just. Maybe they want to get that out there just so people will, you know, that language.
Ashley Banfield
That language is. It stands out to me. He doesn't. You know, it's not for the purpose of showing that he does not know right from wrong. Knowing right from wrong is insanity. Right. If you're. If you're fighting something based on insanity, you have to prove that the defendant did not know right from wrong. That's one of the prongs. So when I saw that language, I thought, hold on here. They're not gonna. They're not gonna fall on an insanity defense here, are they? I think they would have had to file that long before now. But that's the language, you know, you have to prove that you're. That your client doesn't know right from wrong in. If you want to try to win an insanity case, you know, if you want to win an insanity defense, among other things.
Brian Enten
I wonder if this is just. I mean, obviously the death penalty is going to come into play here. I wonder if it's. You know, let's muddy the waters. You know, let's reason that maybe they try to get the jurors to just feel bad for this guy. Like, just because he's a weird guy and has weird mannerisms and come kind of has a killer feel to him, which some people think kind of feels like a serial killer. Like, that's actually just because he's got these conditions. Wonder if maybe that's where they're going.
Ashley Banfield
Look, it makes perfect sense that Ann Taylor has Everest in front of her.
Brian Enten
Yeah. I find it a little offensive, though, honestly. Like, I. I don't know. I think everybody knows someone who is on the autism spectrum, like a family member or whatever. I don't know. It just. It kind of rubs me the wrong way a little. Like, you know, when they bring that stuff into it, you know, what does that really have to do with. If he killed somebody, you know?
Ashley Banfield
Yeah. Listen, if he has it and if he has these other conditions diagnosed. Right, because nobody cares if you just say it. You're gonna have to have some proof of that. If he has these conditions diagnosed, then I. Yeah, as a defense attorney, I'd scream that from the mountaintop. Look, don't judge him because he's weird. Everybody likes to judge weird people. He's got these conditions. I don't know what that's going to do to offset buying a K bar. Knife and a sheath and a sharpener. You know that suddenly. I don't. I never saw it on a manifest. Did you? In any of the search and seizures in Pennsylvania and in Idaho at his apartment? I never saw any K bar, knife or sheath on a manifest. And I feel like we saw all the stuff that was on the manifest. I don't. Was there some redacted items?
Brian Enten
I don't remember there being very many redactions. No, that. I don't think there were redactions on the manifest that I remember, no.
Ashley Banfield
Yeah, maybe. Maybe if the documents are right, that he searched Amazon for a knife in sheath after the murders. Maybe he thought differently and thought, well, wait a minute. Yes, I bought one. And if he's guilty of this, maybe he threw it away again, threw it in a lake on the way home. Um, but maybe it would be worse if I had one. Maybe it would be worse if I had one in the apartment. Even though it has no DNA, it's brand new after the murder, so it has no evidence of the murder at all. Maybe he thought better of it, or maybe he thought differently about replacing the one that he bought with a new one. Given the fact that it's probably worse to have one than not have one.
Brian Enten
What do you think about him buying, according to the prosecution, the knife eight months before the murders?
Ashley Banfield
Well, it kind of.
Brian Enten
I mean, do you think he was planning this all this time?
Ashley Banfield
I kind of do. I think it's so weird, like, whether he was planning these girls. And Ethan, I think, was a. Was such a. An unfortunate circumstance. I don't think he was planning to have a guy there because Ethan was big. I think he might have just been planning the perfect murder and then found his victims if he's guilty. Because the stalking allegations, I think they start kind of around summer, don't they? Or they're Juneish, somewhere around June. And some of the kids hadn't even arrived until June or July. So I feel like. And he was new at this. It's not like he had last year to figure out who he liked and who he didn't like. Right?
Brian Enten
Yeah. Yeah. Right.
Ashley Banfield
Brian, thank you so much for just doing this. Right. Just, like, brainstorming, going through these documents, finding the critical aspects of it, and then sort of helping to figure out what some of this stuff means and how significant it's going to be for the trial. I can't wait to hear what you find next.
Brian Enten
Yeah, thanks for having me. It's interesting because we were in, like, a black hole for a while, and now we're actually getting some real nuggets. So thanks for having me on.
Ashley Banfield
I think it's the beginning of a lot more to come, so get comfy and you know, I've got you on speed dial. Thanks so much.
Brian Enten
Thanks, Ash.
Ashley Banfield
That's it for this episode of Drop Dead Serious. Thank you so much to Brian Enten for joining me to try to put these puzzle pieces together. In this case. The details just keep coming out and with every new piece of evidence, I feel like the picture of that night is really starting to get a lot more clear. And I don't think at this point it is good news for Bryan Kohberger. I'm going to be following every development, every motion and every moment as this case unfolds. So be sure that you subscribe and follow. I don't want you to miss any updates or the bonus episodes that I keep dropping. Like when news hits. I do bonus episodes and I want to make sure you get those. As always, please comment and tell me your thoughts. I want to hear what you think about this episode and other episodes, other cases you want to hear. If you're watching on YouTube, without question, question of a doubt. Leave a comment below. And thank you everybody for listening. Thank you for watching. And remember, the truth isn't just serious, it's drop dead seriously.
Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
Episode: BREAKING: Bryan Kohberger's Smoking Knife and His DISTURBING Selfie ft. Brian Entin
Release Date: March 20, 2025
In this gripping episode of Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield, host Ashleigh Banfield delves deep into the latest developments in the Bryan Kohberger case, one of the most high-profile true crime stories of recent times. Joined by News Nation’s national correspondent and esteemed crime reporter, Brian Entin, Ashleigh unpacks explosive new court filings that shed unprecedented light on the tragic University of Idaho student murders. This episode promises a comprehensive analysis of critical evidence, providing listeners with insights that go beyond what is typically reported on television.
Ashleigh opens the discussion by highlighting newly released court documents that challenge Bryan Kohberger’s defense strategies. These documents reveal Kohberger’s Amazon purchase history, which includes a K-Bar knife, a corresponding sheath, and a knife sharpener—items directly linked to the crime scene.
Ashleigh Banfield [00:04]:
"If I were Bryan Kohberger, I wouldn't want anyone knowing what I was up to eight months before the murders. Because his Amazon purchase history shows he bought a K bar knife."
Brian Entin corroborates Ashleigh’s findings, emphasizing the significance of these purchases in establishing a timeline and potential premeditation.
Brian Entin [05:04]:
"These are absolutely explosive... This is definitely, I think, the biggest thing to come out of this latest document dump."
One of the most shocking revelations discussed is a selfie taken by Bryan Kohberger hours after the murders. This photo shows Kohberger appearing relaxed and even triumphant, raising questions about his state of mind post-crime.
Ashleigh Banfield [10:31]:
"If he's guilty of these murders, this is the most obscene and foul selfie I have ever seen. He is literally celebrating to his own little camera."
Brian interprets the selfie as a potential indication of guilt, suggesting that Kohberger may have been attempting to portray innocence or satisfaction immediately after committing the crime.
Brian Enten [10:58]:
"He is so skinny... it's a creepy photo no matter what way you look at it."
A critical piece of evidence discussed is a detailed map showcasing the movements of a white Elantra around the murder house. The car repeatedly circles the area, raising suspicions about Kohberger’s intentions and actions leading up to the murders.
Ashleigh Banfield [35:50]:
"The white Elantra is still driving at 4:07. So then the next one on Linda Lane has him driving by at 3:29."
Brian emphasizes how the repetitive circling behavior captured by multiple surveillance cameras suggests surveillance and premeditation.
Brian Enten [36:13]:
"It's almost like he's scoping things out. Have I really got the guts to carry out this perfect murder?"
The episode extensively covers the timeline of text messages exchanged between the victims, Bethany Funk and Dylan Mortensen, during the night of the murders. These messages indicate escalating fear and confusion as the roommates realize something is terribly wrong.
Ashleigh Banfield [13:56]:
"At 4:19, Bethany calls Dylan. At 4:20, Dylan calls Zanna... she's really freaking out right now."
Brian and Ashleigh dissect the messages, pointing out the frantic attempts to contact each other and the eventual call to 911, which paints a harrowing picture of the chaos and terror experienced by the victims.
Brian Enten [21:22]:
"They're still trying to message Snap, Insta... nobody's answering. They're really not getting any help."
The discussion shifts to the defense’s attempts to present Bryan Kohberger as having certain psychological conditions, including autism spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and developmental coordination disorder. Ashleigh and Brian critically analyze the potential impact of these claims on the case.
Ashleigh Banfield [44:26]:
"He doesn't look around like a normal person, you know... If he has these conditions diagnosed, then I..."
Brian Enten [46:02]:
"I wonder if maybe they're trying to get the jurors to just feel bad for this guy."
The analysis suggests skepticism about the effectiveness of this defense tactic, especially in light of the substantial evidence linking Kohberger to the crime.
Ashleigh fervently criticizes the lengthy gag order imposed on the case, which she argues has hindered transparency and allowed rampant speculation and misinformation to flourish online.
Ashleigh Banfield [43:11]:
"When I start seeing judges putting things into secret bags and secret drawers... I start to say, I smell a rat."
Brian supports this viewpoint, noting how the lack of information has fueled conspiracy theories and unfairly tarnished the reputations of the victims’ surviving roommate and others involved.
Brian Entin [43:38]:
"These document dumps happen. Imagine what we still don't know... it's not looking good for the defense."
As the episode nears its end, Ashleigh and Brian reflect on the mounting evidence against Bryan Kohberger. The new information from the court filings significantly weakens the defense's position and suggests a damning narrative against Kohberger. Both hosts express anticipation for further developments in the trial, emphasizing the importance of continued vigilance in following the case.
Ashleigh Banfield [49:48]:
"I feel like the picture of that night is really starting to get a lot more clear. And I don't think at this point it is good news for Bryan Kohberger."
Brian Entin [49:40]:
"It's interesting because we were in a black hole for a while, and now we're actually getting some real nuggets."
Ashleigh concludes by urging listeners to stay tuned and engaged as the case progresses, promising ongoing coverage and analysis.
Ashleigh Banfield [49:56]:
"I don't think at this point it is good news for Bryan Kohberger... subscribe and follow. I don't want you to miss any updates."
Crucial Evidence: Bryan Kohberger’s Amazon purchases of a K-Bar knife, sheath, and sharpener are directly linked to the murder weapons found at the crime scene.
Selfie Analysis: A post-murder selfie taken by Kohberger raises suspicions about his state of mind and potential involvement in the crimes.
Surveillance Footage: Repeated sightings of a white Elantra near the crime scene suggest premeditation and surveillance of the victims' residence.
Frantic Communications: Text messages between the victims’ roommates indicate escalating fear and confusion during the time of the murders, culminating in the 911 call.
Defense Challenges: The defense’s introduction of psychological conditions may attempt to mitigate responsibility, though the overwhelming evidence poses significant obstacles.
Transparency Issues: The lengthy gag order has led to misinformation and undue speculation, undermining the transparency essential for justice.
Ashleigh Banfield [00:04]:
"His Amazon purchase history shows he bought a K bar knife... and that's not all."
Brian Enten [05:04]:
"This is definitely, I think, the biggest thing to come out of this latest document dump."
Ashleigh Banfield [10:31]:
"He is literally celebrating to his own little camera."
Ashleigh Banfield [43:11]:
"I smell a rat... it's garbage that I've witnessed over there."
Ashleigh Banfield [49:48]:
"The picture of that night is really starting to get a lot more clear."
This episode of Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield provides an in-depth examination of the Bryan Kohberger case, uncovering pivotal evidence and offering critical insights that advance the understanding of this complex and tragic event. Ashleigh and Brian's meticulous analysis not only informs but also engages listeners, ensuring they are well-equipped with the latest information as the case continues to unfold.
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