Chilling details about the murders of four University of Idaho students surfaced this week when suspected killer Bryan Kohberger appeared in court in Moscow for the first time and his affidavit was released.
The affidavit reveals that the 28-year-old criminology PhD student was tied to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin after his DNA was found on a knife sheath the killer left at the scene.
Cellphone data also shows Mr Kohberger appears to have stalked the home at least 12 times in the run-up to the 13 November attack – and that he returned to the scene of the crime around five hours after the stabbing frenzy.
For the first time, it emerged that one of the two surviving roommates overheard his chilling final words to the victims: “It’s OK, I’m going to help you.”
Dylan Mortensen told police she saw an intruder in the Moscow home at 4am, but didn’t call 911 for another eight hours.
A lawyer for the Goncalves family told Fox News Ms Mortensen had been “scared to death, and rightly so”.
Meanwhile, criminology classmates of Mr Kohberger told the Idaho Statesman he would become silent when the murders were raised in class.
