Idaho Murders: One Night In Idaho: The College Murders: 5 harrowing details about the University of Idaho murders from 2022, revisited

The latest Prime Video docuseries, One Night In Idaho: The College Murders, recounts the tragic events that occurred in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022. That day, four students from the University of Idaho were brutally murdered in their rooms, in the house they lived in, in Moscow.

It was later discovered that Bryan Kohberger, a criminology student from Washington State University, had become the suspect. He later confessed to killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle. He took a plea deal to save himself from the death penalty.

Here are 5 shocking details about the murders shown in One Night In Idaho: The College Murders.

One Night In Idaho: The College Murders: 5 harrowing details about the University of Idaho murders from 2022

1) The gruesome murders on November 13, 2022

The horrific event occurred during the early morning of November 13, 2022, estimated to be between 4:00 a.m. and 4:25 a.m. The four victims, aged 20–21, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle, lived on the second and third floors of the off-campus house. This was also shown in One Night In Idaho: The College Murders.

The scene of the crime was described as extremely violent. The autopsy revealed multiple stab wounds, and the resulting blood splatter covered the walls of the victims’ rooms, underscoring the brutality of the attack.

2) The surviving friends had to deal with the fear and speculations of the other people

In the aftermath of the murders, the victims’ friends were left feeling unsafe and deeply shaken. While appearing in Prime Video’s One Night In Idaho: The College Murders, Ethan’s best friend, Hunter Johnson, revealed how terrified they all were. He said:

"I think the realism actually set in and I was very terrified. I didn’t sleep that whole first night. I was like, is there someone here right now? I don’t even know. I was truly scared."

But the fear of being killed was not the only struggle in their lives, as people also began to suspect them of committing the horrific crime. Hunter stated:

"It felt like a movie, people were thinking we were murderers."

Emily Alandt, another of the victims’ friends, recalled:

"There was a lot of people commenting on social media like ‘I know what you did’ like, ‘we’re going to come find you."

3) A perpetrator was arrested with the help of surveillance footage

Surveillance footage became one of the most important tools in the 2022 murder case. Through this footage, the police were able to identify a white Hyundai Elantra. As also shown in One Night In Idaho: The College Murders, police noted that the vehicle was seen around the victims’ house multiple times.

Surveillance showed the car driving past the house multiple times both before and after the time of the murders. The authorities successfully discovered that the car belonged to PhD student Bryan Kohberger, who then became a suspect.

4) The arrest of Bryan Kohberger

As shown in One Night In Idaho: The College Murders, investigators were determined to solve the case and went to great lengths to collect evidence against Bryan. After confirming he was the owner of the Elantra, they also discovered that his phone had connected to one of the cell towers near the victims’ house more than 10 times. These connections occurred between June and the day of the murders.

Later, to confirm a DNA match found on a leather knife sheath, police collected trash from outside Bryan’s parents’ house in Pennsylvania — a move they reported as successful. This prompted the FBI SWAT team to arrest him at his parents’ residence for the murders of the four young college students.

5) Kohberger pleads guilty

One Night In Idaho: The College Murders recounts the deaths of the four students and how the tragedy affected those who knew them — especially their friends and families. A clear motive for the killings has yet to be determined. However, Bryan has pleaded guilty to committing the horrific crime in a deal to avoid being sentenced to death.

While he may not receive the death penalty, he is still expected to spend the rest of his life in prison. He is set to be sentenced to four life sentences without any chance of parole on July 23, 2025.