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Moscow Police Release Bodycam Video and Crime-Scene Files in Idaho Student Murders

Released after Bryan Kohberger’s guilty plea, the materials clarify the overnight timeline via a survivor’s account alongside a state police reconstruction.

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Overview

  • Moscow Police posted nearly 53 minutes of body-worn camera footage to the Law & Crime Network on Aug. 21, showing officers arriving at 1122 King Road and speaking with surviving roommates.
  • In the video, Dylan Mortensen tearfully recounts hearing a scream, a male voice saying, “You’re going to be OK, I’m going to help you,” and briefly seeing a masked intruder dressed in black.
  • Footage shows student Hunter Johnson explaining that he found the victims, told the surviving roommates to leave, searched the house with a steak knife, led officers through the scene, and called 911.
  • Newly unsealed Idaho State Police records use neighborhood video to place Kohberger’s car near the home at about 4:07 a.m. and departing shortly after 4:20 a.m., with test runs indicating the indoor attacks could take as little as 90 seconds.
  • Investigative files emphasize DNA from a knife sheath that enabled a genealogy link to Kohberger, while the actual murder weapon remains unrecovered.