Idaho Student Murders: Police Interview Reveals Bethany Funke’s Trauma

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Drop Dead Serious with Ashleigh Banfield

Episode: Idaho Student Murders: Police Interview Reveals Bethany Funke’s Trauma

Release Date: September 9, 2025
Host: Ashleigh Banfield

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on the recently released witness interview of Bethany Funk, one of the surviving roommates from the tragic Idaho student murders at 1122 King Road. For years, the surviving roommates, Bethany Funk and Dylan Mortensen, were silent due to a gag order and have since faced intense and unfair scrutiny from the public. With the gag order now lifted, Ashleigh Banfield shares newly available details that shed light on Funk’s experience and trauma, aiming to combat misinformation and offer a compassionate perspective on what Bethany endured.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Wait for Bethany Funk’s Perspective

• Ashleigh Banfield expresses relief and sadness that the public is finally able to hear Bethany Funk’s own words.
• Banfield rebukes online “trolls” who have attacked the surviving roommates, emphasizing the baseless cruelty they have faced.
• Quote:

  “For Christ’s sake. It’s all bullshit. You guys are assholes. If you’re listening, I don’t even want you on this podcast. If you’re trolls, go away.” — Ashleigh Banfield (03:15)

2. Survivor’s Guilt and Trauma

• Banfield highlights Bethany’s profound survivor’s guilt, as described in her victim impact statement (read in court by her friend Emily Allant), reiterating that Funk could have done nothing to change the outcome.
• Quote:

  “Oh God, Bethany, please, if you’re listening or if anybody could get this to her, you had no idea. You’re a kid in college ... Not that a quadruple murderer comes in and slashes your friends to death. That’s just not on the bingo card.” — Ashleigh Banfield (05:29)

• Funk’s victim impact statement provides a glimpse into her ongoing struggles:
  • Loss of her friends who were “like a sister.”
  • Shock and disbelief the morning after, waking up with a toothache, calling her dad, and having “no idea what happened.”
  • Persistent guilt for not calling 911, though she intellectually understands it "wouldn't have changed anything."
• Quote (Bethany Funk, Read by Emily Allant):

  “I still carry so much guilt for not knowing what happened and not calling right away, even though I understand it wouldn’t have changed anything, not even if the paramedics had been right outside the door.” (06:55)

3. Police Interview: Details and Emotional Tone

• Banfield introduces the newly released, highly redacted interview between Bethany Funk and Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker.
• Funk is disoriented, overwhelmed, and concerned about procedural details, like her phone and contacting her mom.
• The interview reconstructs the roommates’ comings and goings the night of the murders.

Night of the Murders: Timeline & Recollections

• Bethany recounts socializing and hanging out, returning home around 1:00 am after seeing friends.

• Details about which roommates and friends were home at what times, watched “Vampire Diaries” upon return.

• After Maddie and Kaylee return from the club (approx. 1:45-2:00 am), they all hang out briefly, take Murphy the dog out around 2:30-3:00 am, and then go to bed.

• Bethany describes being half-asleep:

  • Hearing a sound “like a firework” and seeing “a spark under her door,”
  • Murphy (the dog) barking,
  • Attributing noises to friends being noisy in the kitchen, not suspecting foul play.

• Quote:

  “I just went to bed and then I woke up and I was like half asleep. And I thought I saw like a firework or something … and then Murphy barked … I thought people were just making like food, like, and Ethan was here or something and knocked something over because he’s usually loud in the kitchen upstairs.” — Bethany Funk (22:46)

• Dylan later messages Bethany, saying she thinks she saw someone; Bethany invites her to her room and locks the door out of typical, not extraordinary, college fear.

Police Detective’s Approach

• Detective Blaker repeatedly reassures Bethany, asks for details sensitively, and normalizes her memory gaps or confusion.
• Funk provides information about her friendships, ex-boyfriends, household routines, but gives no indication of suspects or premonitions of danger.

No Forewarning, No Knowledge of the Extent

• Bethany notes no history of stalking, aside from Kaylee mentioning seeing someone in the backyard a month prior.
• Repeated emphasis: she heard no screams, nothing abnormal, attributing every oddity to routine college house activity.

4. Refuting the Public Backlash

• Banfield takes a hard stance against those blaming or suspecting the survivors, demanding empathy and understanding.
• Quote:

  “To hold them responsible for being afraid of what went bump in the night, but not afraid that there was a murderer in their house...to hold them accountable is just cruel … You should be ashamed of what you’ve done to Bethany.” — Ashleigh Banfield (34:53)

5. Memorable and Poignant Moments

• Banfield’s heartfelt plea for Bethany’s well-being and hope for her future, acknowledging the magnitude of trauma she now carries.
• Quote:

  “I am praying that she’s recaptured some sort of normalcy in her life, that she’s got a good, supportive family and that she can live to her fullest potential. Although ... her fullest potential was lost. I think that’s fair to say.” — Ashleigh Banfield (35:11)

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• On Survivor Guilt:

  “I still carry so much guilt for not knowing what happened and not calling right away, even though I understand it wouldn’t have changed anything...”
  — Bethany Funk via Emily Allant (06:55)

• On Hearing Noises the Night of the Murders:

  “I just went to bed and then I woke up and I was like half asleep. And I thought I saw like a firework or something, like just sparkle like under my door. And I thought I heard something kind of fall. And then Murphy barked ... I thought people were just making like food.”
  — Bethany Funk (22:46)

• Banfield’s Message to Critics:

  “If you watch that and you still feel that that kid wasn’t just a scared little girl ... You should be ashamed of what you’ve done to Bethany.”
  — Ashleigh Banfield (34:53)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [00:04] Introduction and context around surviving roommates, gag order, and trolls.
• [05:59] Bethany's victim impact statement (read by Emily Allant).
• [07:20] Banfield introduces the body cam and police interview.
• [08:09 - 34:53] Bethany Funk’s police interview (with Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker).
• [34:53] Banfield’s impassioned closing segment defending the roommates and expressing empathy for Bethany.

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Episode Tone and Takeaways

Ashleigh Banfield delivers the episode with her trademark mix of directness and compassion—pulling no punches in defending the surviving roommates from cruel speculation and urging the community to understand the innocence and trauma of those who lived through the murders. The full airing of Bethany’s own narrative—confused, traumatized, utterly routine—underscores the random horror of the crime and the inhumanity of public witch hunts.

Listeners are left with a clearer, more humane perspective on Bethany Funk and a deeper understanding of the lingering pain for all survivors of such tragedies.

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Transcript

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Foreign.

[Ashley Banfield]

Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield and this is drop dead serious. This is an episode that I've been wanting to bring to you for two years. And I didn't think I was going to be able to. There's such a hole in my heart when it comes to the surviving roommates of the Idaho quadruple murder, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funk. For so long, everything about them was held under the gag order. And now that the gag order has been lifted, dribs and drabs of information are coming out. We have heard interviews with Dylan Mortensen. Dylan saw this freaky black clad man walking through the house. Let's not forget it was a party house. There were people walking through all the time. She even said it. It's why she didn't freak out and call 91 1. But she just freaked out. Freaked out like a, you know, 19 year oldish student. Female student might like seeing a monster under your bed. Let me come sleep with you. It was that kind of fear she had. She didn't think a murderer was walking through her house, that's for sure. But we haven't heard from Bethany. She didn't even attend sentencing and instead opted to write out her victim's impact statement and give it to a friend to read. So we have not seen or heard from Bethany. Bethany Funk. At least we've seen this tiny little snippet from a body cam where the police Officers arrived at 1122 King Road the morning of the murders. And you heard a little bit from her. All redacted. Her face was covered. But now comes something that is very, very insightful. And look, I know that you guys are pretty much all in my little community and we all feel the same way about the trolls. We're all really upset and angry that they exist, that they're allowed to exist. We don't understand why they do what they do. They attack Dylan, they attack Bethany. They suggest that they're either lazy or idiots or somehow complicit in murder. For Christ's sake. It's all bullshit. You guys are assholes. If you're listening, I don't even want you on this podcast. If you're trolls, go away. You've caused immeasurable pain and suffering to kill kids who are already at their wit's end and whose lives have forever been altered. The rest of you, stick around. But now comes another release. Bethany Funk's witness interview. It was just released by the Moscow Police Department and honestly, guys, it really does pull back the curtain on the Truth of what this surviving roommate and the others at 1122 King Road were going through for years. For years, people have speculated so unfairly about these young women. Bethany Funk, Dylan Mortensen, some even suggesting that they had something to do with the murders because they, I don't know, survived, saw something weird in their house that night and got scared. That's not only cruel, it is just flat out wrong. And Bethany's own words now show what investigators have always said, that she was traumatized and terrified and caught in the middle of an unthinkable nightmare. Even as she's giving the interview, I do not think she really knows what happened. You know, she may have known at this point that four of her roommates, three of her roommates and. And Zanna's boyfriend were dead and murdered. But I do not think that she knows the extent of it. I don't think she knows what we all now know. There was an absolute slaughterhouse underway while she was on the basement floor of that house. I don't think she had any idea that someone took a Ka Bar knife. And you know what? For the YouTube audience, I'm going to show you that I've been keeping this here. It belongs to my friend Essie Cupp, who lent this to me during the duration of this case. For the last two and a half years, I've had this. It has the knife sheath. If you're listening on the podcast, I have it here. Maybe check out YouTube. You'll see it. But it's the knife sheath and the snap and the actual knife itself. Bethany had no idea that this monster took this knife and plunged it into her friends dozens and dozens and dozens of times and left a war zone behind. I mean, we've now seen evidence from the police of how awful the situation was that was left behind. You know, a lot of us choose not to show that. We didn't show it on News Nation on my show out of respect for the families. But during this interview, I just don't think that. That Bethany Funk knew the extent of the. Of the scene from In Cold Blood. And then later at Bryan Coburger's sentencing, in Bethany's victim impact statement, which was read in court by I told you, her friend Emily Allant, Bethany described the guilt, the guilt, the survivor's guilt that she carried for not calling police sooner. Oh, God, Bethany, please, if you're listening or if anybody could get this to her, you had no idea. You're a kid in college. The worst thing that happens is somebody passes out and barfs and maybe oh, D's. Oh, God, that would be just. That would be the biggest news ever. Not that a quadruple murderer comes in and slashes your friends to death. That's just not on the bingo card. But she has it. She has the survivor's guilt for not having called the police, even though she now knows it would not have changed anything. Here's Emily Allant reading a little bit of her statement in court.

[Bethany Funk]

My name is Bethany Funk and I was roommates with Maddie, Kaylee, Zanna and Ethan. I not only lost some of my best friends, but I also lost a sister. Never in a million years would I have. Would I have thought that something like this would have happened to my closest friends. I thought that we were going to wake up and go upstairs, see them and tell them how they had scared us and that they were going to tease us about how we are constantly scared of cats. I make jokes about it as we would go to Taco Bell like always. But sadly, that is not what happened. And what turned out to be my worst nightmare. When I first woke up that morning, I had no idea what happened. I woke up around seven with a terrible toothache. So I called my dad, who is a dentist, and he asked what I should do. He told me to take Advil. So I did and I went back to sleep. I was still out of it and still didn't know what happened. If I had known, I, of course, would have called 911 right away. I still carry so much guilt for not knowing what had happened and not calling right away, even though I understand it wouldn't have changed anything, not even if the paramedics had been right outside the door.

[Ashley Banfield]

This is her interview with the Moscow Police Department. This is Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker, who's conducting the interview. It's highly redacted. You're going to hear beeps when names, addresses and personal information are mentioned. You can kind of make out when she's talking about Dylan and you can make out when she's talking about Jack decur, who was Kaylee Gonzalez's boyfriend since high school, who they ended up breaking up very amicably. You know, Bethany tells the officer. But there's also, if you're watching on YouTube right now, there's also a digitized blob, for lack of a better term, over her face. And it expands a little bit when there's some telephone data that might be visible in the interview. But with that as your caveat, take a look.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

First and foremost, if you can just take a Deep breath for me. I understand this is stressful. Okay. All I want to do is try and get an idea of what you heard, what you saw, and any timeline, any information that you can give us so that we can try and figure out what happened. Okay? So just take a deep breath. Breath for me. I know this isn't going to be easy. We'll kind of go from there. Okay. What's your middle initial and your last name? Okay. And your date of birth?

[Bethany Funk]

2003.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. And you live there at 1122 King Road?

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

What's the phone number for you in what state?

[Bethany Funk]

Nevada. Nevada.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Do you have your phone here with you? Okay, so what we're going to be doing is taking people's phones for a little while. We're going to try and. I don't know if you called anyone or made any phone calls or anything like that. What they do in an investigation like this is we try and collect as much information as we can. Okay? Anything. Anything that might be small, you may not think is important for us to find out what happened, but is very crucial. So taking something off your phone might be extremely useful for us, even if it's something that you don't realize. Okay. And we'll try to get that phone back to you as fast as we can. Okay? Is that okay with you? Okay. So this is your phone here?

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah. Can I tell my mom?

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

That's fine. And then what I'm going to need is your. Your passcode. Or here, between the two of us, we could even turn off your passcode.

[Bethany Funk]

Okay. How do you take a. Oh.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. And Phil won't let you do it. That's fine. You can just commune or tell me what you're talking about.

[Bethany Funk]

I just don't know. Okay.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

What is your custom?

[Bethany Funk]

Okay, can I see my. Monetize me real quick.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

All right. Sorry about that. Okay. Any social media you have, like Facebook or anything? So do you have any other social media type site? Those. The big ones?

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. All right, so we're gonna kind of go back and try and get a little bit of a timeline. Okay. So what did you guys do last night? More specifically, were you. If you were by yourself and not with a group?

[Bethany Funk]

Ethan was in the house, so it was Taylor.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So you were with.

[Bethany Funk]

One of them is my roommates and one of them is her boyfriend.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, so you were with Ethan and.

[Bethany Funk]

Zanna and Sp1 x, a, n y or a N, A. Sorry?

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

X A, N, A, N, A. Okay. Okay. So I'm just trying to. Sometimes it helps me to put names together. So you were with Ethan and Zanna last night? Is.

[Bethany Funk]

Yep.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, and do you know Ethan's last name?

[Bethany Funk]

CH I don't know how to spell it.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

That's fine. And Z? Last name?

[Bethany Funk]

Crle.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Do you know how to spell it?

[Bethany Funk]

I think it's K, E, R, N, O. Maybe another O, D, L, E or something like that.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

Okay.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. So you're within the. What time did you guys get the second Kaiser?

[Bethany Funk]

Around eight something. Maybe 8:30.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So 8:30pm Something like that, yeah. Okay. And prior to that we asked to see your house. So you left from your house.

[Bethany Funk]

Ethan was that formal? Because he went with his sister. She didn't have a date. And then we. We're just hanging out at our house. And then he came over and then we all walked over together.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, so that was you, Ethan, Zanna. Was there another person with you or.

[Bethany Funk]

Just walked over with us.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. And that's Logan. Logan, is it? M A D, D, I, E. Her.

[Bethany Funk]

Real name is Madison though, I believe.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, so you guys all walked over to about 8:30. Okay, were you guys all pretty much together, just kind of mingling throughout the house Most of the night?

[Bethany Funk]

We were all very much together. And then Maddie left to go to the club with Kaylee. And then I was with Ethan and Xana most of the night. But then one of my friends came, her name is Daisy. And I hung out with her the rest of the night.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, and who was that?

[Bethany Funk]

Her name's. Yes.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Can you spell the phone, please? Okay, and his last name?

[Bethany Funk]

I don't know how to pronounce it. And her full name is bigger than that.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, that's fine. You have a phone number for her?

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, we can get that in a minute. Okay, so you were with. And at that point Ethan and I were just kind of hanging out, still at the house. Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

And then I went to our other friend's house.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, what time was that at?

[Bethany Funk]

I don't know, maybe like 12ish. Like.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

And where's that house at?

[Bethany Funk]

It's just like up the street. I don't know the address.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Up the street from St. Makai. Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

Kind of.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So you guys are at St. Makai. So you're walking back towards.

[Bethany Funk]

We're walking back towards my house. And then we come this way.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So like when you got to Taylor street, you went up. So if you walked all the way from Sigma News.

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah. You know the apartments, the whites?

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Yep, I know the Whites.

[Bethany Funk]

It's like that street that way.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So on Taylor.

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Do you know roughly where on Taylor or does she live? Maybe on one of the other off.

[Bethany Funk]

Streets this on Taylor but like one of the end houses by the inner city. I don't know how to explain it.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

All right. Okay. And whose house is it that you went to?

[Bethany Funk]

Um, it's. And I don't know. Their other roommate.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Yeah. Okay. All right, so you and you're at this house. How long were you here?

[Bethany Funk]

Maybe like 40 minutes.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

And then I left by myself and went back to my house.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So you walked home maybe around 1ish.

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, what did you see when you got home?

[Bethany Funk]

We're sitting on the couch watching Vampire Diaries. No one else was home yet.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

And is another roommate or last name?

[Bethany Funk]

She's another.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Oh okay. And.

[Bethany Funk]

I actually don't remember her last name right now.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

That's fine. And does is live with us too or just visit?

[Bethany Funk]

Just a friend.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

And then she left.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Do you know what time she left at? But you were all watching your. Okay. And anything happened during that time period?

[Bethany Funk]

Just hanging out.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. You know who else was in the house at that time?

[Bethany Funk]

No one.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

No one. Just the three of you. Okay, so what. Let's go a little bit more Then what happened next?

[Bethany Funk]

Maddie and Kaylee came home from the club, left.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Maddie and who?

[Bethany Funk]

Kaylee.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Kaylee. Okay. And they got home from the club. Do you know what time that might have been?

[Bethany Funk]

I think I told one of the cops that was talking to me at the house like better times.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

That's okay.

[Bethany Funk]

I don't really remember right now. Maybe like two something one.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So if you got home around one.

[Bethany Funk]

That would have put them like 1:45, two something like that.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So near bar break like near bar break.

[Bethany Funk]

What does that mean?

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Bar. Bar's normally close at 2 o' clock here.

[Bethany Funk]

Oh yeah, they went to Brown Truck after.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So. Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

I don't know.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. What'd you do after that? After Maddie and Kaylee got home we.

[Bethany Funk]

All hung out in Kaylee's room for a little and then talked and then Maddie and I took Murphy out pee.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

The dog.

[Bethany Funk]

And then I said I was going to go to bed cuz I was tired and she, she said she's going to go bed too. And then I went to my room, I was getting going to sleep and she came and knocked and asked if I had Murphy and I said no and then I went to bed.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, so what time did you take? Do you think you took Murphy out?

[Bethany Funk]

Like 3, 23230 to 3? Yeah.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, and where do you normally take Murphy to Go to the bathroom just.

[Bethany Funk]

In the back door.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So which one is 1122? So if I'm coming up King Road off the Taylor, it's the big white.

[Bethany Funk]

House up end all the way to.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

The very top on the right.

[Bethany Funk]

Well, it's technically on queen, but the address is king.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, so is it the one that's tucked back as you're going up to 500 Queen Road? Those big apartments, it's kind of tucked back just a little bit. Okay, so you normally go out the back deck then?

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. All right, I know how to Joshua then. Okay, so you go there, you and Maddie take the dog out. Then how long do you think that took?

[Bethany Funk]

I was out there for maybe like 10 seconds.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Okay, so then you both come back in. So you Maddie first?

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah, I came in before she did.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, did Maddie still have the dog then?

[Bethany Funk]

Yes, I think so.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So you went out for a little bit, came back in. Do you know what time Maddie came back in? And you went straight to bed when you came back in? Okay, how long after you went into you went to bed do you think Maddie came in?

[Bethany Funk]

Actually, I came in, grabbed some chips, went to my room and watched a show for a little and then I went to bed.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

What were you watching?

[Bethany Funk]

It's called Baby Daddy.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, how long do you think you watched it?

[Bethany Funk]

Maybe like 30 years.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So one episode maybe?

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah, like a half.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, and did Maddie come in during that show or after?

[Bethany Funk]

She just knocked on my door. I think during last I had her feeling.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Then what happened after that?

[Bethany Funk]

I just went to bed and then I woke up and I was like half asleep. And I thought I saw like a firework or something, like just sparkle like under my door. And I thought I heard like something kind of fall. And then Murphy barked and I thought people were just making like food like, and Ethan was here or something and knocked something over because he's usually loud in the kitchen upstairs.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, so what do you mean by your harvest firework?

[Bethany Funk]

It's sounded like a little firework and then there was like a spark that went by my. Like I'm on the bottom floor.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

So it kind of looked like it came down there, but I don't know.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So is Murphy your dog?

[Bethany Funk]

Kaylee Stock. Kaylee and her ex boyfriend.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, so you heard Murphy bark right after you heard what you thought was a firecracker?

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah, something like that. But I don't know. Dogs bark at random things and sometimes when he's happy, he'll bark.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay, it didn't sound like an Angry growl or anything like that? Just a bark.

[Bethany Funk]

I don't really know. It was like half a dollar asleep.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Just how they like burn so hear the firework, kind of see a spark underneath the door. Murphy barks what you hear after that?

[Bethany Funk]

Pretty much nothing.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Nothing.

[Bethany Funk]

That's it.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. And you thought maybe something was just in the kitchen at that point?

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah, just like someone accidentally fell into the table or something.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

And she was like.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Do you know about what time that might have been? Do you have any idea something?

[Bethany Funk]

I tried to call all the at like 4:20 ish around that time and no one was answering. I thought they just went to bed or something.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. What happened after that?

[Bethany Funk]

Called me. She said she thinks she saw someone. And I didn't know like really what to think of it cuz sometimes we think we hear things a lot in the house. But she usually just Ethan walking around. But she came, I told her to come to my room and she could sleep with me and we could lock the door, just stay in there just in case if there was anything. And that's all I know. I fell back asleep.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Didn't hear anything else. No one else talking. Okay. Did make it to your room then?

[Bethany Funk]

Mm.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. What time do you think she got in your room?

[Bethany Funk]

Around like 4:24 30.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. At the same time.

[Bethany Funk]

Y.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Where's her room located to yours?

[Bethany Funk]

I'm the only one on the bottom floor, right by the front door.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

And then you go up the stairs and Z's room and room, the kitchen. And then upstairs is Maddie and Kaylee's room.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. And where's the wardrobe?

[Bethany Funk]

Right by the kitchen.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Right by the kitchen. Okay. And did she say anything to you when she got in? Fever.

[Bethany Funk]

So. Said she thought she saw a man. But I. I didn't know what to think of it. I was like still half asleep and I was like, I don't know what to think.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

I don't know.

[Bethany Funk]

It didn't sound like I didn't hear screams. I didn't hear anything. I didn't really know.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Okay. And obviously she didn't say anything more than she just saw someone. So your bed then, if it wasn't at the right house, you have a parking lot. Front door of your bedroom's just to the right. Okay. And that's where you were. You slept from by the time you finally got into your room around 4ish or so. Actually before that like 3 something.

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

So you were in there sleeping. Okay. Dylan got to your room maybe somewhere around 4:20ish, but Dylan was already home at that point. You knew that Maddie and Kaylee were home. Do you ever. Do you know when anyone else in the house got home?

[Bethany Funk]

I don't know when Xana or Ethan got home. I didn't hear them come in or anything.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

Okay.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

And last time you saw Zanna and Ethan was at the same event. Okay. So did you see anything weird at the party? Okay. And see how the Wave set up where everyone hanging out primarily up in the main common room area with most people hanging out in individual rooms and stuff like that.

[Bethany Funk]

It was a little bit of a mixture. At first it was in the, like, apartments and then it was the main room.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

And then as I was leaving, I wanted to grab a backpack from our friend's room and Santa and Ethan were sitting on the couch just listening to music.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. And that was up in the main room or that was in the.

[Bethany Funk]

That was in an apartment.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

That was in an apartment. Okay. Did you hear of anything that happened to anybody? Was there anyone strange or odd hanging around the party? Okay. Do you know of anybody in your house that has an issue with anyone? Any ex boyfriends, anything like that?

[Bethany Funk]

All their ex boyfriends are really nice and they still were good friends.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Have you ever had any of your roommates complain about anyone stalking them?

[Bethany Funk]

Once, though Kaylee said when everyone was like, gone, me and were at the Sori house for a meeting and it was Aunt Kaylee and she was taking Murphy out to pee. This was a while ago. And she said she swear she saw someone staring at her while she was taking the dog out to pee from the backyard.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

How long ago?

[Bethany Funk]

That was maybe like a month. She could see like a man silhouette, like staring at her.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

You think? It was about a month ago. Did King have any issues with anyone? Okay. None of them have made any comments or statements of any. Anyone trying to come onto them or anything like that. And you said that all ex boyfriends and that they're all normally very nice and stuff like that. Or any. Any of them from recent breakups?

[Bethany Funk]

One, but.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Said every little bit. What is. Can you give me a little information on that one?

[Bethany Funk]

His name's. He lives. Uhhuh.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Where's.

[Bethany Funk]

Down the street.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

On Taylor.

[Bethany Funk]

On King, I think.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

And he and Kaylee share Murphy.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay.

[Bethany Funk]

And they dated for seven years.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

And that's f. Cking Kaylee?

[Bethany Funk]

Mm. Or something like that.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

They dated for seven years, something like that.

[Bethany Funk]

Since high school. My family's a really close to home.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. And they shared Murphy?

[Bethany Funk]

Mm. I think.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. How long did they break out?

[Bethany Funk]

Maybe like three months or something. But they're still in really good terms.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Do you know why they broke out?

[Bethany Funk]

She was gonna move to Texas.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Where's Kaylee from?

[Bethany Funk]

Corey Corne.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Okay. You said that they're still on good terms and still talk to each other.

[Bethany Funk]

Yeah.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Has Kaylee been seeing anyone else lately?

[Bethany Funk]

Not really that I know of.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Do you know when she was gonna move to Texas?

[Bethany Funk]

After this list, but then apparently she wasn't going to anymore. I don't know.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Do you know what changed your mind?

[Bethany Funk]

I guess you wanted to stay here with all of us.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Is there anything else you think is important for me to know? And you might remember things later. That's very much, very normal. Okay. If you think you remember anything else, please reach back out to us and we'll bring you back in and we'll get that information. Okay. Go back through my notes real quick before I go. Okay? Okay. And you don't remember Kaylee's last name?

[Bethany Funk]

Gonzalez.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Gonzalez. Okay. Can you smoke for me?

[Bethany Funk]

I don't know how to smoke.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Oh, that's. Sorry.

[Bethany Funk]

No, I heard that.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Okay. Okay. All right. I very much thank you for sitting down with me. Okay. With your friends. All right. Are you sure there's nothing else?

[Ashley Banfield]

So there you have it. If you watch that and you still feel that that kid wasn't just a scared little girl. I mean, look, I went to college at 17, and I lived in a house with nine people. There were five guys and four girls. And when something went bump in the night, I'd yell, darren, Tim, can you jacket. I'm scared. I mean, I was drama queen. And that's what you are at this age. She's like 19 or maybe 20. And they're young and immature. They're college girls. And to hold them responsible for being afraid of what went bump in the night, but. But not afraid that there was a murderer in their house. I mean, to hold them accountable is just cruel. You do not deserve to be on social media. You don't deserve to have a voice. You're not in the flock. You're not in this group here. You're not with my community. And you should be ashamed of yourself. You should be ashamed of what you've done to Bethany. Really feel for that girl. I am praying that she's recaptured some sort of normalcy in her life, that she's got a good, supportive family and that she can live to her fullest potential. Although, I'm going to be honest, living through that. Her fullest potential. Was lost. I think that's fair to say. Hey, you guys, thank you so much for being here. Thank you for letting me go on and on about this. It's a. It's bad. I'm passionate about it. It's a. It's near and dear to my heart. I'm Ashley Banfield. Thank you so much for listening and watching. And remember, the truth isn't just serious. It's drop dead serious.

[Bethany Funk]

Thanks for selling your car to Carvana. Here's your check. Whoa. When did I get here? What do you mean?

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

I swear it was just moments ago that I accepted a great offer from Carvana online. I must have time traveled to the future.

[Bethany Funk]

It was just moments ago. We do same day pickup. Here's your check for that great offer.

[Ashley Banfield]

It is the future.

[Bethany Funk]

It's. It's the present. And just the convenience of Carvana. Sorry to blow your mind. It's all good.

[Detective Sergeant Dustin Blaker]

Happens all the time.

[Bethany Funk]

Sell your car the convenient way to Carvana.

[Ashley Banfield]

Pickup times may vary and fees may apply.