Overview
- Idaho State Police briefly posted nearly 3,000 investigative photos from the 2022 Moscow murders before taking them down for further review.
- The agency said it is following Judge Megan Marshall’s permanent injunction requiring redaction of images showing victims’ bodies or the blood immediately around them, and vowed to repost the files once that process is complete.
- Several outlets downloaded the collection while it was live, and copies are now circulating online despite the removal.
- Families of the victims, including Kaylee Goncalves’ relatives, condemned the release and said they received only minutes of notice.
- The criminal case is closed after Bryan Kohberger’s July 2025 guilty plea and consecutive life sentences, with DNA on a leather knife sheath cited as pivotal evidence linking him to the home.