On Nov. 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students were found dead in a home not far from the university campus. Police determined they were victims of homicide, and did not identify or arrest a suspect until the end of December in Pennsylvania.
Madison Mogen (21), Kaylee Goncalves (21) and Xana Kernodle (20) lived at the house, and Kernodle’s boyfriend Ethan Chapin (20) was staying at the home that night.
Two other women who lived in the home were in the residence that night, but were not harmed.
A murder weapon was not found at the home, but the sheath of the knife was discovered in one of the bedrooms, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Nearly seven weeks later, police announced they hadarrested a suspect in the murders, 2,500 miles away in Pennsylvania. Bryan Kohberger was charged by Latah County Prosecutors with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.
Kohberger was indicted by a grand jury in May and was arraigned later that month. He “stood silent” at that hearing, so the judge entered not guilty pleas on his behalf.
Prosecutors announced in June they will be seeking the death penalty in the case. A trial was scheduled to begin in October, but that has been postponed indefinitely.
Kohberger's defense team tried to get theindictment dismissed in October, but the judge ruled it will stand.
The house where the murders occurred was demolished after a temporary postponement. In November 2023, investigators and the FBI were back in the home taking measurements to build visual and audio exhibits, along with a physical model of the home.
A vigil for the students happened on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023 at 6 p.m. on the Moscow campus Administration Lawn in memory of Mogen, Goncalves, Kernodle and Chapin. The Vandal Family across the state and beyond is encouraged to turn on their porch lights from 6 to 7 p.m. PT.
The King Street was demolished on Dec. 28, 2023, against the wishes of at least two of the victim's families.
Here is the full timeline of the case so far:
