Overview

• A newly unsealed Idaho State Police summary says Dylan Mortensen reported hearing a male say, “It’s OK Kaylee, I’m here for you,” during the killings, later clarifying she believed Xana Kernodle was the one crying and that the voice was not Ethan Chapin’s.
• Mortensen told investigators she could not reliably identify Kohberger after his arrest, saying a photo “brought nothing back,” despite having seen a masked intruder that night.
• Investigative files describe at least nine complaints at Washington State University about Kohberger’s sexist, creepy conduct, including blocking doorways to offices with female grad students and behavior a professor feared could escalate to stalking or abuse.
• WSU peers told police Kohberger commented after the murders that whoever did it “must have been pretty good” and suggested it might be a “one and done” act, while another student noted he appeared more disheveled and stopped bringing his phone to class.
• Detectives tied Kohberger to the scene with DNA on a Ka-Bar knife sheath left in the victims’ home; he later pleaded guilty, waived appeals, received four consecutive life sentences, and investigators say a clear motive remains unestablished.