Overview
- Nearly 3,000 crime-scene photographs from the 2022 University of Idaho murders were briefly posted online by Idaho State Police this week before being taken down.
- The department said the takedown was temporary for further review and indicated the files would be re-released with appropriate redactions, without giving a date.
- Officials cited Second District Judge Megan Marshall’s October 2025 injunction restricting depictions of victims’ bodies or the blood immediately surrounding them.
- Families, notably Kaylee Goncalves’ relatives, condemned the release and said they were given minimal notice, urging the public not to treat the images as content.
- The case is closed: Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty in July 2025 and is serving multiple life sentences, with DNA from a knife sheath described as pivotal evidence.