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November 14, 2025 · 3:49 am

Remembering the Idaho 4 three years later

It is often the case that we wonder where the time goes. Idaho 4

Would you believe it is three years to the day that Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were murdered in the rental home the three young women had in Moscow, Idaho?

While a Washington State University graduate assistant was arrested and ultimately pleaded guilty, many questions remain to this day.

Among those questions:

  • Did he act alone?
  • How could he have killed four young and healthy adults in less than 20 minutes?
  • Why did two housemates survive?
  • Where is the murder weapon?
  • Would a trial have proved the killer innocent?
  • Why was the house at 1122 King Road torn down barely a year after the murders and supposedly buried in a secret locale?
  • Are former and even some current University of Idaho and Washington State students walking around with knowledge of the events of Nov. 13, 2022, and not sharing with authorities?

While those and other valid questions remain, today is a day to look back on the lives of the four victims.

By all accounts, all four victims were your typical young adults. Going to school, some working part-time jobs, and most of all, having fun before they entered the real world.

I visited Moscow twice in 2023 (May and September), going to the home to see it for myself from the outside. It still amazes me to this day how such a horrific crime could have happened within the walls of the now demolished home at 1122 King Road.

Take a moment today to say a prayer for the families of the four victims.

No matter what one may think about certain family members, they all lost something precious to them on that November morning three years ago today.

RIP Maddie, Kaylee, Xana, and Ethan.

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July 20, 2025 · 4:07 am

I’m not ready to believe Bryan Kohberger did this alone

For those like myself following the University of Idaho student murders the last two and a half years, it has been a long and windy road. Idaho 4

Bryan Kohberger, who recently offered a guilty plea to the quadruple murders to get the death penalty off the table, is slated to be sentenced this Wednesday (July 23) in an Idaho courtroom. When he is, it may be the last we see of him for a long time to come.

While I will not say he wasn’t involved in the deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on Nov. 13, 2022, I won’t with 100 percent conviction say he acted alone.

Sure, no one else has been arrested and charged in the case. Yes, Kohberger admitted to the crimes and did not name any co-conspirators. That said, my gut tells me we are not getting the full story.

In a couple of previous posts, I noted that I had a number of questions still to this day. Honestly, the questions grow month after month.

Among the latest to cross my mind:

  • Why would Kohberger reportedly make a carving with a knife on the body of Chapin? That sounds like something quite personal. Kohberger likely had no known prior interaction with Chapin. As such, why such a personal act if in fact it is true?
  • If Kohberger had been staking out the house as many seem to think, would he have missed noticing that Chapin was spending much time there? Rumor is Chapin moved in with Kernodle. We believe some of his belongings (including golf clubs seen in a video inside a first floor room) were in the home at the time of the m*rders. So, wouldn’t Kohberger be concerned there was at least one sizable male in the home if he had planned to enter in the middle of the night? That is not to mention at least four vehicles out front in the driveway the early morning hours of the killings.
  • Why would you risk allegedly s*xually a$$aulting Mogen in her bedroom with numerous other people at home? The risk-reward factor there is way out of balance.
  • Why were roommates Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke spared? The first rule of committing such a heinous act of murder is never leaving witnesses behind who can finger you. As such, someone supposedly scoping out the home would know four women lived there regularly (Goncalves was back in town that weekend visiting after moving most of her belongings out in getting ready to graduate).
  • Will we get the full autopsy results with the gag order being lifted? While such a report may not pinpoint the exact time and cause of death for the four victims, it should provide some important clues. From the start, the law enforcement timeline of the deaths has been up for debate.
  • Why have we never scene pictures or videos of the removal of the bodies or leaked photos from the scene etc.? I know police reportedly kept the press off in the distance, but there were plenty of people in that neighborhood. I have never once seen body bags etc. going into or leaving that home.
  • Finally, can we say without a single doubt there is no drug connection to these tragic deaths? I will never buy the idea BK stalked Mogen for a number of reasons. So, what else could be the reason or reasons for these four being brutally slain?

Although the case may end to a degree with this week’s sentencing, I guarantee you the questions are not going anywhere….

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May 9, 2025 · 10:30 pm

Why did Kaylee and Maddie go unchecked for nearly 8 hours?

Whether you think Bryan Kohberger is guilty as sin, may be involved with others, or is completely innocent, so many questions remain in the killings of four Idaho students in November 2022.

With the recent details showing survivors Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke were texting and even talking in-person after the murders took place on the second and third floors of the 1122 King Road residence, various questions still go unanswered. While those answers may come out at trial this summer, one question I have had for a while now is simple.

Why did no one living in the home (Dylan and Bethany) or several students who later came to the residence before authorities arrived at approximately 12-12:30 p.m. local time ever go check on Kaylee or Maddie on the third floor?

As the story goes, there were two victims on the third floor (Kaylee and Maddie) and two on the middle floor (Xana and Ethan). Since their vehicles were at the home all morning and after 12, wouldn’t one of the two survivors or friends who came to the home wonder where Kaylee and Maddie were? They supposedly texted/called them and got no response. As such, wouldn’t you go up and knock on their door/s at some point that morning? And where was Kaylee’s dog all this time? Hard to imagine the dog was not barking at some point during the morning.

As someone who has lived in a multi-story home both with family and roommates, the home at 1122 King Road was not some huge estate spread out on several acres. This makes it all the more confusing that there was no apparent contact with the two victims and the top floor until their lifeless bodies were sadly discovered.

While I have never accused Dylan or Bethany with being directly involved, their stories have many holes. If I was a juror this summer in Boise, there are MANY things I would want to know from these two.

One of the biggest questions I’d want an answer to, why you apparently never went and checked on the two oldest roommates on the third floor, especially after one of you said they saw a masked individual in the home in the very early morning hours.

So, why do you think no one apparently checked on Kaylee and Maddie for nearly eight hours, especially when their vehicles were out front and they couldn’t be reached on their phones?

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July 20, 2023 · 10:10 pm

Random attack or something more sinister?

The murders of four University of Idaho students last November continues to garner a fair amount of coverage and dialogue.

Given how heinous the killings were, many following the case will stay right with it through the trial and until a verdict is reached.

If alleged killer Bryan Kohberger goes on trial as scheduled Oct. 2 or even should it be delayed, one of the big focuses will be a motive.

So, do you think the alleged killer stalked and scoped out this home and one or more of the female residents in particular? Or, are you of the mindset that this was a random attack that could have happened at any number of other off-campus house rentals in Moscow?

For me, I do buy into the theory that this was a planned attack. My question, however, is who planned the attack and of course ultimately carried it out?

While some buy into the stalker theory and that Kohberger was fixated on one or more of the young women in the home, others see something different.

When it comes to my theories, I still lean towards the theory that this was either a drug deal gone bad or a drug hit. I can’t to this day get the words out of my mind when Maddie tells Kaylee as they walk in downtown Moscow that she told Adam (believed to be the bartender at the Corner Club) everything. I seriously doubt that was a conversation regarding boys. To me, it involved something much more sinister.

If you do not like the drug angle here, what about something starting the tragic chain of events when Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves were at the food truck (pictured above) before heading home?

While ordering food, Goncalves seems to be pretty in control of herself. Looking at Mogen, it is rather clear she is drunk or on something as she looks like she’s going to stumble a time or two. Hey, nothing wrong with living it up in college. I’m simply saying that I am happy both young ladies were driven home and did not attempt to make the short drive from the truck to 1122 King Road.

In the event you have seen the well-circulated video of Mogen and Goncalves at the food truck, there is a point in the video where Mogen angrily points her finger at a male subject behind her and her best friend KG.

Now, what was said to get Mogen so fired up? Did something happen earlier at the Corner Club bar to lead to this verbal altercation?

Once Goncalves and Mogen have their orders, off they go. A male subject does in fact follow them, at least that is until the video cuts out.

Yes, there has been a ton of speculation these last eight months on who the person or persons might be responsible in the deaths of Mogen, Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022.

While I am not big on the term conspiracy theorist, I do believe the four deaths were planned to some degree and carried out by more than one individual. Could BK be involved? He absolutely could, Could others (possibly fellow U of I students) have had it in for the four or at least one or more and the others sadly were collateral damage? By all means that is a possibility.

As we inch a little closer to trial, don’t be shocked if there are a few twists and turns along the way.

With that in mind, do you think this was a random killing (s) or something much more sinister?

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June 1, 2023 · 10:50 pm

Death on King Road

As a journalist of more than 30 years, I have followed countless crime cases. That is both for reporting on and out of personal interest. The tragic killing of 4 University of Idaho students last Nov. 13 (2022) has stayed with me through now. My goal with this blog is to keep readers up to speed on the latest happenings, present some theories, and engage with readers. Most importantly, I want to see justice prevail for Kaylee, Maddie, Xana and Ethan.

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