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Unsealed records in Idaho student murders detail victims' injuries, final movements

Records detail sharp-force wounds and final victim positions in the 2022 University of Idaho murders after defendant's 2025 guilty plea and sentencing.

  • This month, unsealed court records and a 3,000-file dump from the Idaho State Police revealed forensic findings showing all four victims were found in their bedrooms at 1122 Kings Road after being attacked on Nov. 13, 2022.
  • Amid the file dump this month, expert disclosures revealed a bloodstain pattern analyst's supplemental expert disclosure reviewed autopsy materials and crime-scene photographs briefly posted by the Idaho State Police.
  • Autopsy disclosures recorded precise wound counts—Goncalves 38, Mogen 28, Kernodle 67, Chapin 17—and court filings linked Bryan Kohberger to a Ka‑Bar knife sheath with his DNA bought on Amazon.
  • Kohberger pleaded guilty in July as part of a plea agreement that spared the death penalty and avoided a trial, which drew ire from some victims' families; he was sentenced to four consecutive life terms and is incarcerated at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, Kuna.
  • Amid questions about evidence handling this month, the Idaho State Police file dump's accidental posting and removal intensified scrutiny after forensic records showed Xana Kernodle moved during the attack and the four students suffered a combined total of 150 stab/incised wounds.
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