Overview

• Surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen reported hearing the assailant say “It’s OK Kaylee, I’m here for you” during the early hours of the November 2022 murders, according to Idaho State Police documents.
• Mortensen later revised parts of her account—questioning who she heard crying and saying she could not visually identify Kohberger—underscoring evolving witness testimony.
• Investigators matched Kohberger’s DNA to a tan Ka-Bar knife sheath left at the crime scene and placed his phone near the victims’ off-campus residence, though the murder weapon remains unrecovered.
• Released records include reports that victim Kaylee Goncalves felt stalked and classmates and professors flagged Kohberger’s troubling behavior at Washington State University.
• Kohberger pleaded guilty in July under a deal that waived appeals and the death penalty; he is now serving four consecutive life terms plus additional years in Idaho custody.