Overview
- Newly unsealed filings list approximate stab counts of about 150 in total: Kaylee Goncalves ~38, Madison Mogen 28, Xana Kernodle 67, and Ethan Chapin 17.
- Forensic analysis indicates Goncalves, Mogen, and Chapin were attacked in bed with no signs of standing, while Kernodle showed evidence of movement, including blood on the soles of her feet.
- Defense expert Brent Turvey suggested Goncalves and Mogen may have been posed together in bed; prosecutors called it a possibility rather than a determination.
- Investigators recovered a Ka-Bar knife sheath at the scene bearing Bryan Kohberger’s DNA, a key link that helped identify him before his July 2025 guilty pleas.
- Idaho State Police briefly posted roughly 3,000 crime-scene photos in response to records requests, then removed them for further review as families condemned the release under an existing court injunction; Kohberger is serving four life terms without parole.