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New Idaho Files: Killer Spoke Kaylee Goncalves’ Name as WSU Raised Repeated Alarms About Kohberger

The unsealed records add detail to a case now closed by Kohberger’s guilty plea, leaving the motive unresolved.

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Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse, for his sentencing hearing, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Boise, Idaho, for brutally stabbing four University of Idaho students to death nearly three years ago. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool)
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Bryan Kohberger's chilling words to Idaho victim during murder revealed (AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool)

Overview

  • A newly released Idaho State Police summary says surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen initially reported hearing a male voice say, “It’s okay Kaylee, I’m here for you,” during the attack.
  • Mortensen later revised parts of her account and told investigators she could not confidently identify Bryan Kohberger from a photo or confirm which victim was crying.
  • More than 500 pages of records detail Washington State University complaints that Kohberger was sexist and creepy, prompting mandatory behavior training after multiple reports.
  • Witness interviews describe Kohberger commenting after the murders that whoever carried them out “must have been pretty good” and that the timing before winter break “made it a good choice.”
  • Investigators continue to cite DNA on a tan Ka-Bar knife sheath as a key link, while Kohberger serves four consecutive life sentences without parole after pleading guilty and waiving appeal.