Crime Scene Docs Detail Bryan Kohberger’s Path Through House, Murdering 3 Sleeping Victims — and Who Was Awake

Bryan Kohberger could person murdered each 4 University of Idaho students successful arsenic small arsenic 90 seconds.

The Idaho State Police ascertained this aft utilizing crime segment grounds to portion together nan way he took connected nan nighttime of nan killings from his car to nan execution house, and past backmost to nan car.

Three of those victims were dormant erstwhile Kohberger attacked, but 1 was awake, according to nan recently unsealed investigative documents, which were obtained by PEOPLE.

The ISP obtained video footage from cameras successful nan neighborhood, which showed that Kohberger parked down 1122 King Road successful a small, paved batch that overlooks nan residence astatine astir 4:07 a.m. connected nan nighttime of nan murders.

He past entered nan location done nan sliding solid doorway connected nan 2nd level and made his measurement done nan room to a group of stairs starring to nan 3rd floor, nan ISP wished aft reviewing grounds astatine nan scene.

Investigators judge that Kohberger first looked successful nan room of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and upon seeing her furniture empty, went down nan hallway to nan different chamber connected that floor.

In that bedroom, he recovered Goncalves and Madison Mogen, 21, sleeping successful furniture together, according to nan ISP.

He past proceeded to many times stab some young women, who were later recovered dormant successful that aforesaid bed.

Goncalves’ injuries were truthful terrible that she died almost immediately, but Mogen whitethorn person still been live erstwhile Kohberger near nan room.

Why Kohberger near and what happened successful that infinitesimal is still unclear, but what is known is that aft fatally injuring his first 2 victims, Kohberger came crossed Xana Kernodle.

Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson said astatine Kohberger's plea proceeding that Kohberger apt did not participate nan location readying to termination 4 group and apt murdered Kernodle aft they crossed paths — aliases she caught him successful nan act.

So while it is chartless if Kohberger took nan stairs backmost down to nan 2nd level while exiting nan location and past saw Kernodle, aliases if she caught him and he past fled down nan stairs aft her, nan ISP did find that Kohberger caught up to Kernodle conscionable arsenic she entered her bedroom.

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Her boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, was attacked successful his slumber and murdered successful his bed, said nan ISP.

His injuries rendered him incapable to move and render thief to his girlfriend, which suggests that he mightiness person been nan 3rd unfortunate killed by Kohberger.

That would person near conscionable Kohberger and Kernodle, who dissimilar nan different 3 victims, was wide awake arsenic Kohberger attacked and stabbed her.

"Kernodle was initially attacked conscionable wrong nan chamber adjacent nan entrance. Kernodle fought nan fishy successful nan chamber area and was yet killed connected nan level of nan chamber adjacent to nan bed," nan ISP stated.

The Moscow Police Department precocious released footage from a neighbor’s information camera that picked up nan sounds of a female screaming and past whimpering conscionable earlier 4:18 a.m. that day.

There is past a large thud, followed by silence.

After that, Kohberger walked backmost down nan hall, crossed nan surviving room and room and past retired nan sliding door, which he did not afloat close.

Along nan way, he locked eyes pinch 1 of nan surviving roommates and nan lone eyewitness successful nan case, Dylan Mortensen.

Kohberger past walked to his car and sped distant from nan scene, soon aft 4:20 a.m.

How Long Did nan Killings Take?

Once nan ISP was capable to put each these pieces successful spot and laic retired Kohberger’s way done nan location that night, they began to do trial runs truthful arsenic to observe really agelong it would person taken Kohberger to execution his 4 victims. 

In each of these trial runs, Sgt. Darren Gilbertson would commencement astatine nan sliding doorway and retrace Kohberger’s footsteps that night.

When he reached a location wherever a victim's assemblage was discovered, he would "simulate nan number of strikes" each unfortunate suffered that nighttime earlier resuming his route.

A detective assisted by opinionated by, to count and support way of each strike, while Cpl. Brett Payne of nan MPD — who wrote nan probable origin affidavit successful nan lawsuit — timed nan runs. 

The fastest consequence was 90 seconds, while nan slowest clocked successful astatine 2 minutes and 33 seconds. 

The ISP adjacent moved connected to nan way Kohberger took aft getting retired of his car and stepping to nan residence that night. 

No grounds existed that allowed nan ISP to definitively find nan way Kohberger took, truthful nan determination was made to test-run 2 options. 

The first way went done nan backyard of nan residence and was nan astir nonstop attack Kohberger could person taken from his parking spot to nan home.

The ISP past put together a overmuch longer route, done a mini spot of woods surrounding nan property, which would person kept Kohberger hidden and avoided immoderate large, unfastened spaces.

Once these routes were set, nan aforesaid 3 investigators resumed their roles and conducted timed trial runs.

The results of those trial runs were past mixed pinch nan results of nan erstwhile indoor trial runs, which allowed nan ISP to reason that Kohberger could person exited his car, walked to nan home, stabbed each 4 victims, and past been backmost successful his car successful arsenic small arsenic 2 minutes and six seconds.

Even if he took nan longer and slower route, nan ISP learned from nan trial runs that Kohberger would person needed conscionable 3 minutes and 45 seconds.

Kohberger spent acold much clip successful nan location than that, entering astatine astir 4:07 a.m. connected Nov. 13, 2022 and being seen successful his car driving distant astatine 4:20 a.m.

The longer clip is apt owed to nan 2 unknowns successful Kohberger's route: what happened successful nan clip betwixt Kohberger leaving Mogen’s chamber and getting to Kernodle’s room, and really difficult Kernodle fought her attacker.

In summation to putting up a fight, grounds powerfully suggests that it was Kernodle who first discovered Kohberger successful nan home, which yet led to his arrest.

When he exited Mogen’s room that night, he near down a weapon sheath containing capable DNA for authorities to combine a familial floor plan they were yet capable to tally done genealogy sites and nexus backmost to Kohberger’s father.

Thompson said that his squad believes Kohberger whitethorn person made this important correction successful a panic erstwhile he realized he had been discovered by Kernodle.

That sheath remains nan only point that straight ties Kohberger to nan murders, to which he confessed arsenic portion of a plea deal.

Kohberger is now serving 4 life sentences for those murders.