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August 27, 2026 · 3:47 pm

Kohberger status conference, evidentiary hearing dates slated for June 2027

With all the twists and turns in the case of Bryan Kohberger, one has plenty of time to get caught up on the story.

Kohberger, who offered a guilty plea in July of 2025 to the fatal stabbings of University of Idaho students Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, will likely be back in an Idaho courtroom next June for an evidentiary hearing. The hearing, which was scheduled for June of 2027, is to determine if Kohberger may get a trial when all is said and done. Prior to that potential hearing, a status conference is slated to occur two weeks prior.

Kohberger now says his 2025 guilty plea was false and that he is not guilty of the crimes that took place in the early morning hours of a rental home at 1122 King Road in Moscow on Nov. 13, 2022. According to the former Washington State University grad assistant, bad counsel led him to plead guilty. The Pennsylvania native was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole as part of the deal, thus escaping the death penalty.

As part of the ruling this week to schedule an evidentiary hearing for next June, Kohberger’s court-appointed attorney will work with their client to amend the petition with more affidavits and evidence.

For the families of the four victims, this is yet one more turn in a case that has garnered attention way beyond the sleepy city of Moscow.

In comments made to CNN, Steve Goncalves, the father of Kaylee Goncalves, released a statement to CNN’s Jim Sciutto, noting: “It’s not where we want to be; putting all our hope on Santa Claus getting it tossed is a scary position we find ourselves in.”

As I have said from day one, this case deserves a trial. The families of the four victims deserve a trial. The public deserves a trial. Lastly, Kohberger and his family deserve a trial.

There are too many unanswered questions regarding the case to this day.

Getting various people on the stand with knowledge and thoughts of what took place on Nov. 13 is important.

To this day, I think there is more to the story than we in the public have been told.

Did Kohberger m*rder those four students? It is certainly possible. Do I think others were involved in the m*rders and cleaning up of the scene, I certainly think it is a strong possibility.

For now, we wait and see if Kohberger and his new legal team meet the deadline to file an amended petition regarding post-conviction relief.

Ironically, the deadline is Nov. 13, 2026.

Yes, four years to the day four young lives were ended.

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August 14, 2026 · 3:15 pm

What questions would you want to ask Kohberger in the Idaho 4 case?

As we await to see if convicted quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger will get a trial down the road, the case of the Idaho 4 continues to draw attention on social media and in the media in general.

Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were murdered inside a Moscow, Idaho college rental home at 1122 King Road in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022. The four were all students at the University of Idaho.

Around six weeks later, Bryan Kohberger, a graduate assistant at nearby Washington State University in Pullman (just across the border from Moscow), was arrested on the other side of the country at his parents’ home in Pennsylvania.

Fast-forward some three years later, and Kohberger passed on a trial and opted to plead guilty to the murders. Doing a complete flip a summer later, Kohberger now says that he was forced to plead guilty, had bad legal representation, etc.

The chances of Kohberger, who is now working with an Idaho public defender, getting a trial may be slim. His defense team would have to climb a high bar to show he had bad legal advice and so on. He would also have to explain why he voluntarily pled guilty to the heinous crimes. If you truly believe in your innocence, it doesn’t make much sense to plead guilty. The only reason I can think of off the top of my head would be threats against him and/or his family if he did not take the fall.

While none of us have access to Kohberger in his state prison cell, it would be interesting to have a chat.

If you could talk to him for a few minutes, what questions would you have for him?

Among the things I would want answers to would be:

  • The obvious question would be: Did you murder these four students?
  • If you’re not the killer, do you know who is?
  • Were you at 1122 King Road at any point on either the evening of Nov. 12 or the early morning hours of Nov. 13?
  • Had you had any prior contact with the four victims?
  • Did you ever have any contact with survivors Dylan Mortensen or Bethany Funke?
  • Have you ever eaten at the former Mad Greek restaurant in Moscow where Mogen and Kernodle worked part-time while in school?
  • Did you ever buy or sell drugs with any of the four victims?
  • Were you out stargazing in the early morning hours of Nov. 13?
  • If you could say anything to the parents of the four victims, what would it be?
  • Would you be willing to testify on your own behalf should there be a trial?

While we wait and see what the next turn is in this tragic case, will Kohberger eventually get another chance to prove his innocence or is this just a legal ploy to get attention?

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July 30, 2026 · 4:55 pm

Kohberger granted public defender as possible trial could loom in Idaho 4 case

The man who pled guilty last summer to the murder of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022 has been granted court-appointed counsel to fight the charges once again.

Ada County District Judge Steven Hippler on July 29 granted Kohberger’s request for legal help. Hippler gave the green light for the Idaho State Public Defender to appoint an attorney to represent Kohberger in all post-conviction proceedings.

The order comes less than a week after Kohberger filed a handwritten petition for post-conviction relief seeking to withdraw the guilty plea he entered in July of 2025 in exchange for prosecutors taking the death penalty off the table.

While appointing a public defender for Kohberger, there is no guarantee a trial could come about it.

Kohberger claims among other things that he was “convinced to falsely confess” and alleged his defense attorneys – Anne Taylor, Elisa Massoth and Bicka Barlow – failed to disclose what he described as “exculpatory discovery,” referring to evidence discussed in the recent book “Broken Plea” that was never brought to bear in court.

Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were found dead in the home the three women rented in Moscow, Idaho. Chapin was the boyfriend of Kernodle. Two other residents of the home, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, were unharmed at the time of the killings.

Kohberger avoided a trial in the case last year, pleading guilty in exchange for the death penalty being taken off the table.

While I have always thought Kohberger had some involvement in the deaths, I still to this day believe others played roles too.

So, should Kohberger get a trial? If so, do you think there would be enough evidence to once and all convict him?

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July 27, 2026 · 8:56 pm

Will Kohberger get another day in court?

It seems like it has been ages since we last heard the name Bryan Kohberger.

Turn back the clock to a year ago, and it was Kohberger taking a guilty plea to avoid the death penalty in the 2022 deaths of Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.

The four University of Idaho students were found dead in November 2022 in the home that the three women rented. Chapin, the boyfriend of Kernodle, had been spending the night there when the four were discovered on Nov. 13. Two other women, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen, were not harmed despite living in the home.

While I wrote extensively on this case, visited the home twice in 2023 (outside of course), and talked to some neighbors about the case, I always thought Kohberger was somehow involved. That said, I have never believed one individual carried out these heinous crimes.

My thought was always that multiple people were involved, drugs were involved, and that Mortensen and Funke knew more than they let on.

While I admit to being a crime news junkie, this case took on special interest to me.

Kohberger grew up in the same region of the country (Pennsylvania) that I did. He graduated from the same community college I did, though many years later. Having visited the home twice, seen multiple pictures and videos of the inside/outside of the home, and thinking numerous times about how challenging it would be for one individual to take out four young adults in such a short time frame, I never felt we got the true story.

So, we fast-forward to late July of 2026, and Kohberger, who was a grad student at nearby Washington State University in Pullman, wants another day in court, claiming he wants post-conviction relief. Among his arguments is that he had bad legal counsel.

Whether or not an Idaho judge grants the request remains to be seen. It is safe to say that Kohberger and any new legal counsel will have to climb a rather large hill to get a trial.

That said, who thought O.J. Simpson would walk free one day with all the evidence against him?

You can learn more about Kohberger’s request at: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402266004112.

(Photo by Dave Thomas)

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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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September 17, 2025 · 2:24 am

20/20’s Idaho Justice episode leaves more questions than answers

It has been quite a busy last few weeks.

From busy days at work to trying to stay on top of all the big national news of late, I had scaled back watching some of the Bryan Kohberger case.

With Kohberger not challenging his sentence, where he admitted to killing four University of Idaho students in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022, things have been rather quiet on the case as of late. That is until ABC recently aired its 20/20 episode of Idaho Justice. Idaho Justice

I recorded the show the other week and got around to watching it the other night after a long workday. to say I had a few observations would be an understatement.

I’ve all along thought Kohberger was involved in the deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. That said, I have never thought he acted alone.

With that in mind, here are but a few thoughts on the two-hour Idaho Justice episode:

  • ABC’s Kayna Whitworth obviously came into this episode 110 percent convinced Kohberger m*rdered these four students. In her eyes, he was a monster along the lines of Bundy, Rolling, and others. To say she was biased in her reporting would be an understatement. As someone who has been in journalism for 36 years, I always try and go into a story as unbiased as possible. Not doing so makes me feel like I do not give my audience a fair report.
  • Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke seem to look worse in each news show dedicated to the tragic killings of the Idaho Four. Mortensen especially has no legitimate reason for not having called 911 much earlier. She may not have been able to save any of the victims, but waiting nearly eight hours to call for help is inexcusable, to say the least. To see a strange individual in your home, hear lots of noise, and not be able to reach your four roommates (only Funke survived besides her) for hours on end should have been big red flags.
  • There has never been footage released clearly showing Kohberger’s white Elantra pulling up to or leaving the scene of the crime at 1122 King Road. Yes, there is a vehicle seen circling the area and then speeding away from the area. Not once has there been camera footage showing it is HIS vehicle with a Pennsylvania rear plate.
  • Kohberger took a bunch of selfies and that is portrayed as strange. How many of us have taken selfies over time? Taking selfies may seem to strange to some, but I don’t think his personal pictures makes him a serial killer. His earlier substance usage was noted. I have said all along I thought that what went down on Nov. 13, 2022 involved drugs to some degree.
  • Kohberger went to the same community college in Pennsylvania that I did, simply many years apart. That is yet another reason I became wrapped up in this case from day one.
  • I actually came away with a better impression of the Chapin Family. I know they have taken some heat over the last nearly three years. I know I was critical of none of them attending Kohberger’s sentencing so they could speak up for their son and brother. That said, I thought the interviews with them in this episode made them seem more likable.
  • Why was the home demolished and taken to a secret location? Where is a photo of the actual knife sheath? Why did Moscow Police Department members go into the house initially without guns drawn? How would they know there was no threat in the home? Finally, Hunter Johnson is the one who reportedly found Xana and Ethan in her bedroom. You mean to tell me, given the horror there, that no one went to check on Kaylee and Maddie on the third floor? I’m sorry, but I have a really hard time believing that.

While Kohberger is seemingly in prison for the rest of his life, the questions involving this case are not going away anytime soon.

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July 23, 2025 · 10:21 pm

Why did Bryan Kohberger say he was guilty?

Today’s sentencing hearing in a Boise courtroom for quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger left me with more questions than answers. Yes, I already had many questions going into the hearing. Idaho 4

Sitting in a orange prison suit and viewing the proceedings quite stoically, Kohberger watched and listened as multiple family and friends of the deceased spoke out on the physical and mental impact the killings had on them.

The Nov. 13, 2022 deaths of Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin captured not only much of the nation’s attention, but also parts of the world. No matter how any of us feel about the case, the victims can never be brought back to life.

Kohberger chose not to speak today when given the chance by the judge. Honestly, did we really think he would open up to the family and friends of the victims now?

I have made it known that while I think Kohberger was involved, I do not think he acted alone.

After hearing today’s Latah County press conference following the sentencing, I must admit I further question if we are getting all the facts.

I will just say for now that I think it would have been a 50-50 chance at best if the state would have gotten a guilty conviction at trial.

Today’s presser noting no known motive, no direct connection to Mogen or anyone else in the home for that matter, no murder weapon, no clear video or photos of Kohberger entering or leaving the home etc. leads me to believe the state got a gift. That is Kohberger willingly pleading guilty. The state must have felt as if it had been served a gift on a silver platter.

There is much more to say in upcoming blog posts.

Most notably what we saw and heard from family and friends today with their victim impact statements. I will save that for my next post.

Until then, more questions than answers on if the real killer is in fact behind bars or others walk freely among us….

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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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July 2, 2025 · 11:29 pm

Kohberger plea deal leads to SO many questions

Today’s quadruple guilty pleas in a Boise courtroom by Bryan Kohberger have brought on so many questions in my mind. Bryan Kohberger

Yes, some of these questions have been with me for some two and a half years.

The tragic deaths of Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022 in a Moscow, Idaho rental home captured the attention of many people. That is both here at home and across the world.

That said, Kohberger will be sentenced on July 23 for the crimes he admitted to.

In the meantime, here are but a few of the questions I have:

  • If Maddie was in fact the target, why did Steve Goncalves say way back in the case that he (BK) did not need to go up to the third floor? Was Xana or Ethan on second floor the target. And how would BK know or not know Ethan was spending the night?
  • If Maddie was his goal, why not kidnap her at your time and choosing? Going into a home in the middle of the night and not knowing what is waiting for you is much more of a risk.
  • Given police had an approximate timeline of 15 minutes or less for all four m*rders, how did BK do it without a gun? A knife takes much more effort, especially in darker conditions. There should have been blood spray all over BK. Did he clean up real fast? And if you think BK did all this with only a knife in such a short time, why do you think that? Please don’t say because Ted Bundy could kill multiple people in a short amount of time.
  • If BK supposedly staked out the home, he would have known two more females lived there. Why take a chance on leaving any witnesses?
  • Why drive across the border into a death penalty state when you have double the student population at Washington State University. You could also blend in easier on the Wazzu campus and neighborhoods. It never quite made sense to me other than a possible drug sale or buy to go to a home in Moscow in the middle of the night.
  • Where is the knife? Where are the bloody clothes? While that part of the country is rather rural, you could still try and bury something or toss away and it ends up being discovered.
  • Will we ever discover why Dylan and Bethany f*cked around for nearly 8 hours before calling for help? And why was there never a mention of blood in the call? Surely someone had to see it if the m*rders were as bad as we were told.
  • Why the rush to tear down the home? Did one or more folks already know back in late 2023 there ultimately would not be a trial? If so, that is a problem
  • Why not go to trial? At worst, a guilty conviction and possible death sentence. At least you have chance of a mistrial, conviction but no death sentence, endless appeals etc. I do not get taking a plea deal here and essentially being a caged animal for however many years you go on to live.
  • Was Anne Taylor his best option? Obviously BK and his family did not have OJ type money to hire the best and the brightest. While I was impressed with Taylor early on, she did a disservice to her client at the end of the day while making lots of $$$.

While I have more questions, those are it for now.

What do you wonder about this tragic case?

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July 1, 2025 · 11:48 pm

Would you have taken the Kohberger plea deal?

If all the reports from yesterday in fact play out in an Idaho courtroom Wednesday local time, accused quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger will plead guilty in the murders of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022. He is also facing a count of burglary.

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Kohberger, a former Washington State University grad assistant, is accused in the murders of Kaylee Goncalves (21), Maddie Mogen (21), Xana Kernodle (20) and Ethan Chapin (20). The four were killed in a Moscow rental home at 1122 King Road in the early morning hours that Sunday in November.

While I have always thought that Kohberger had some involvement in the crime, I to this day do not 100 percent believe one individual caused all this carnage.

Kohberger, who was scheduled to go to trial later this summer in Boise, reportedly agreed to a plea deal to avoid the death penalty should he have been convicted and sentenced to death. With the death penalty now reportedly removed, Kohberger is expected to plead guilty and face life in prison without any possible parole or ability to appeal his case.

I know if I were in those shoes, I would max out this case until my last appeal was denied.

We know from recent cases the last few decades that some on trial do walk. Think of O.J. Simpson and Casey Anthony among such well-known cases. Most people think both were guilty of their respective murder charges, yet both ultimately went free.

While there is a fair amount of circumstantial evidence against Kohberger, there are also a number of questions in the state’s case against him.

If you were him tomorrow in a Boise courtroom, would you change your mind and reject the plea deal if not all was signed, sealed and delivered?

I would much rather take my chances with a jury of 12 of my peers than throw in the towel.

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