College of Idaho murders lead prosecutor Invoice Thompson is sharing new particulars concerning the case after convicted killer Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in jail.
In a Wednesday, July 30, interview on CBS' 48 Hours, Thompson shared simply how usually prosecution consultants have been in a position to pinpoint Kohberger, 30, close to the neighborhood of 1122 King Street in Moscow, Idaho, earlier than the fateful night time of November 13, 2022.
48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant famous to Thompson that “police experiences reveal that [victim] Kaylee Goncalves had informed roommates that she noticed a creepy trying man whereas she was strolling her canine, and that roommates returned to search out that the entrance door had been broken.”
This led to Van Sant asking the Latah County prosecutor, “Do you consider that Kohberger was probably stalking the home, stalking them?”
Thompson responded, “Nicely, we expect that Kohberger was actually stalking that neighborhood,” although he stated that information from Kohberger's cellular phone didn't “correlate” to the timings of the aforementioned incidents.
Nevertheless, the prosecutor claimed phone-tracking consultants “have been in a position to present that he was in that space of some 20-plus occasions different occasions at night time, between like 10 and early morning hours … 10 within the night, when there could be no reliable purpose for him to be over right here to buy — right here being Moscow — which was his routine follow.”
“So we actually consider that these journeys … concerned Mr. Kohberger trying and surveilling or stalking, regardless of the case could also be,” Thompson added.
Final month, Kohberger pleaded responsible to the murders of Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin as a part of a plea deal to keep away from the demise penalty. Goncalves, Mogen and Kernodle all lived on the off-campus scholar home, whereas Chapin, Kernodle's boyfriend, was staying over when the deadly incident occurred. Two roommates, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, survived the assault.
Kohberger was handed 4 consecutive life sentences with out the opportunity of parole throughout a listening to in Boise, Idaho, on July 23. He was additionally sentenced to an additional 10 years in jail for housebreaking.
In an interview with The Idaho Statesman after the sentencing, Thompson shared his principle on why Kohberger spared Mortensen — one of many two surviving roommates — who informed police she had seen a person “roughly 6-feet tall, slim construct, with a black ski masks depart the second-floor patio space” on the night time of the murders, per a police report.
Bryan Kohberger is likely to be behind bars for the remainder of his life, however there are nonetheless numerous unanswered questions on why he killed 4 College of Idaho college students. Kohberger broke into the Moscow, Idaho, house at 1122 King Street on November 13, 2022, and stabbed Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves to […]
“From what Dylan described, I've a tough time imagining that the killer didn't see Dylan,” Thompson stated.
He added, “At that time, he'd been in the home most likely longer than he deliberate, and he had killed extra individuals than he deliberate. … It wouldn't shock us that the killer was scared at that time and determined they needed to depart, not realizing if legislation enforcement already had been referred to as.”
