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The Knife Sheath That Solved the Idaho Murders

SOLVEDMoscow, Idaho0:37

Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were killed inside an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. Bryan Kohberger, a criminology PhD student at a nearby university, was arrested that December. He pleaded guilty in 2025 and received four consecutive life sentences.

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In Moscow, Idaho, there hadn't been a homicide since 2015. Until November 2022. Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were killed in a rented house near campus. Two roommates survived. Police had DNA on a knife sheath, and a white Hyundai Elantra on video. The trail led to a criminology PhD student, Bryan Kohberger. In 2025 he pleaded guilty. Four life sentences. No trial. No death penalty. Was that the right deal? The full case file is on casepin dot org.

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