Chilling new details have emerged from police files revealing that the University of Idaho students murdered by Bryan Kohberger experienced unsettling incidents in the days leading up to their deaths.According to documents released by authorities on late Wednesday, the victims, Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin, returned to their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, on 4 November 2022 to find their front door wide open and loose on its hinges. The wind was blowing it open, and the damage was so concerning that Kernodle’s father was called in to fix it, the New York Post reported.This wasn’t the only troubling event before the brutal stabbings on 13 November. One of the surviving roommates, Bethany Funke, told investigators that Goncalves had been alarmed weeks earlier after spotting a strange man watching her while she was outside walking her dog. Goncalves was so disturbed by the encounter, which occurred near the back of the house, that she had called her roommates to ask when they’d be home.It remains unclear whether the man she saw was Kohberger or if the earlier events were directly connected to the murders. The files also provide harrowing details about the attack itself. Kernodle is said to have suffered over 50 stab wounds, including two to her heart. She was found lying on her back in a blood-soaked shirt and underwear, with multiple defensive wounds on her hands, including a deep gash between her fingers, signs she fought hard against her killer.Kohberger, 30, pleaded guilty to the murders as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty and was sentenced to four consecutive life terms. He did not speak in court to explain his motive or offer any apology for the crimes.“I share the desire expressed by others to understand the why,” said Judge Steven Hippler during sentencing. “But upon reflection, it seems to me, and this is just my own opinion, that by continuing to focus on why, we continue to give Mr Kohberger relevance, we give him agency and we give him power.”
