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Court Documents Reveal Chilling Texts From Surviving Roommates in Idaho Student Murders

Newly unsealed filings detail the moments after the attack, including texts about a masked intruder and desperate attempts to contact the victims.

Bryan Kohberger is pictured entering the courtroom for a hearing at the Latah County Courthouse in Moscow, Idaho on June 27, 2023.
FILE - A private security officer sits in a vehicle on Jan. 3, 2023, in front of the house in Moscow, Idaho, where four University of Idaho students were killed in November 2022. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Police tap surrounds the home where four University of Idaho students were found dead in Moscow, Idaho on Nov. 13, 2022.
The King Road home in Moscow, Idaho, where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in November 2022, was demolished on Thursday. (Angela Palermo/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Overview

  • Two surviving roommates, identified as DM and BF, exchanged frantic texts during and after the attack on November 13, 2022, describing a masked intruder with 'bushy eyebrows.'
  • The texts reveal that DM saw the intruder leave the house around 4:17 a.m., shortly after the murders of four University of Idaho students occurred.
  • DM and BF attempted to contact the victims multiple times via calls and texts, receiving no responses, before retreating to BF's room for safety.
  • A 911 call was placed from BF's phone around noon the next day, after the victims' bodies were discovered and following communication with others at the scene.
  • Prosecutors plan to introduce the text messages and timeline as evidence in the trial of suspect Bryan Kohberger, whose DNA was allegedly found on a knife sheath at the crime scene.