Previously Sealed Court Documents Reveal Bryan Kohberger Chased Victim Through Idaho Murder House

New disturbing details in the case of convicted Idaho murderer Bryan Kohberger have been unsealed, revealing that the killer chased one of the victims through the home and left behind a gruesome scene.

On July 23, Kohberger, 30, appeared at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, ID, in an orange jail uniform during his sentencing hearing. He had pleaded guilty to brutally murdering Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20, inside a rented college home in November 2022.

The victims’ families and the surviving housemates, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortenson, held back tears as they shared emotional statements during the hearing, which saw Koheberger being sentenced to life in prison for the heinous stabbings he carried out at 1122 Kings Road in Moscow, ID.

Now, after Kohberger was handed four consecutive life sentences and a 10-year sentence for one burglary count, a trove of disturbing details about the case that gripped the nation continue to unfold.

The Moscow Police Department unsealed a slew of documents that revealed the terrifying events that took place the night of the murders.

According to the documents, Kernodle put up a fierce fight against Kohberger and was covered in defensive wounds.

In one of the reports, Sgt. Shaine Gunderson noted that “it was obvious an intense struggle had occurred” between Kernodle and the killer.

The documents reveal that Mortenson heard someone run down the third floor of the home and to the second floor, where Kernodle and Chapin were sleeping.

According to police officials, the person that was heard running was most likely Kernodle, adding that she may have not been a target of Kohberger’s had she not encountered him either during or immediately after he murdered Goncalves and Mogen.

The reports suggest that Chapin was killed in his sleep, and that Goncalves was stabbed so many times that Mortenson was not able to identify her following the killings.

Just hours before the documents were released, Funke revealed that she woke up to her “worst nightmare” as she recounted during Kohberger’s sentencing hearing the fond memories she shared in their home.

Funke’s heartbreaking words were read aloud to the court by friend Emily Alandt.

“Never in a million years would I have thought that something like this would have happened to our closest friends,” Alandt read.

Alandt continued reading the statement, revealing that Funke has carried an immense amount of guilt following that night.

“I was so frantic that morning and scared to death not knowing what had happened. And when I made the 911 call, I couldn’t even get out the words.

“That was the worst day of my life and I know it always will be,” Alandt read.

Funke’s statement continued by recalling the happy days she and her friends shared in the home, which has since been demolished.

“Our house was not just a house, it was a home.”

Meanwhile, Mortenson admitted that she has been left debilitated with fear ever since Kohberger crept through the halls of their home and carried out the cold-blooded murders.

“He didn’t just take their lives, he took the light they carried into every room. He took away my ability to trust the world around me—and shattered me in places I didn’t know could break,” she said.

The crimes left her with intense feelings of anxiety, she said. “I was barely 19 when he did this. We had just celebrated my birthday at the end of September. I should’ve been figuring out who I was.

“I should’ve been figuring out the college experience. … Instead I was forced to learn how to survive the unimaginable. I couldn’t be left alone. I had to sleep in my mom’s room because I was too terrified to close my eyes.

“Sometimes I drop to the floor with my heart racing, convinced something is very wrong. … It’s my body reliving everything over and over again.”

She ended her statement by branding the killer “less than human.”

The parents of Mogen, Goncalves, and Kernodle then addressed the court and Kohberger as they choked back tears and expressed how deeply they have felt their children’s absence.

“Karen and I are ordinary people, but we lived extraordinary lives because we had Maddie,” said Mogen’s stepfather, Scott Laramie. “Maddie was taken senselessly and brutally in a sudden act of evil.

“Since Maddie’s loss, there’s emptiness in our hearts, home, and family—an endless void.”

Her father, Ben Mogen, added to the heartbreaking words by revealing that he thought “we would have the rest of our lives together to be together and know each other, and I really took her for granted.”

Steve Goncalves, father of Kaylee, revealed that his child was stabbed “34 times,” adding that they would “forget” about Kohberger before branding him “foolish and stupid.”

Jeff Kernodle, father of Xana, added that he missed his daughter more than he could put into words. He missed receiving phone calls from Xana on the weekends and wished that he had visited the infamous home on the night Kohberger brutally took their children’s lives, he said.

Following the statements, Kohberger declined to address the court.

Judge Steven Hippler branded the killer a “coward” who “slithered through the sliding glass door at 1122 King Road.”

He added, “This unfathomable and senseless act of evil has caused immeasurable pain and loss. No parent should ever have to bury their child. This is the greatest tragedy that can be inflicted upon a person.

“We are now certain who committed these unspeakable acts of evil, but what we don’t know, and what we may never know, is why.”

Although Hippler noted that they wanted to know the motive behind the gruesome killings, he said that “by continuing to focus on why, we continue to give Mr. Kohberger relevance and the spotlight, attention and power he appears to crave.”

The judge then sentenced Kohberger to four consecutive life sentences on the four first-degree murder charges and the maximum sentence of 10 years on the burglary count.

Kohberger was arrested in the Poconos on Dec. 30 and extradited to Idaho on Jan. 4.

Kohberger was charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary. During his first appearance in a Moscow courtroom on Jan. 5, a judge noted that each victim had been “stabbed and murdered with premeditation with malice and forethought.”

He was indicted by a grand jury on May 17. His lawyers entered a not guilty plea on his behalf five days later.

The prosecution announced on June 26 that they would be seeking the death penalty in the case.

By accepting a plea deal, Kohberger avoided having to go to trial as well as the death penalty.

The rented property where the bodies of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were discovered on Nov. 13, 2022, was located on the border of Idaho and Washington—where Kohberger was studying for a doctorate in criminology.

The six-bedroom, three-bathroom home had been used largely as off-campus housing for University of Idaho students in the years leading up to the heinous crime, and was being resided in by three of the four victims.

Mogen, Goncalves, and Kernodle were understood to have been living in the dwelling along with two other roommates. The fourth victim, Chapin, the boyfriend of Kernodle, was staying in the home on the night of the murders.

The property was owned privately but managed by a real estate company, which stated in January 2023 that the home was still “in the hands” of law enforcement as they continued their investigation into the murders.

In February, the owner offered to give the property to the University of Idaho, which then announced plans to raze it—a decision that was met with ire by some of the families of the victims, who argued that the home should not be demolished until Kohberger’s trial began.

In an email sent to University of Idaho students that same month, the institution’s president, Scott Green, said the plans to destroy the home were being carried out in an effort to help the community heal from the atrocities that had been carried out inside its walls, while also preventing any further sensationalizing of the location.