Bryan Kohberger Trial: Chilling 911 Call From Idaho Murder Scene Revealed

Newly surfaced audio recordings detail events following the University of Idaho murders, which occurred over two years ago.

A phone call to 911 made several hours after roommates Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, and Xana Kernodle (alongside Kernodle’s boyfriend Ethan Chapin) were fatally wounded in November 2022 provides a glimpse into the unfortunate events before Bryan Kohberger‘s upcoming murder trial.

At 11:55 a.m., on November 13th, an emergency operator tried to get details from a troubled young lady during our conversation.

In an audio obtained by TopMob News, the woman said to the dispatcher, “There’s been some event at our home, but we’re not sure what it is.

After a short discussion on the location of the event, a different woman then detailed the situation as it was during her phone call.

She informed the dispatcher that “one of us, a roommate, appears to be unconscious,” and added, “she was intoxicated last night and isn’t responding now.

The second woman added, “Oh, and they saw some man in their house last night.”

After that, the woman went back to the queue and tried to describe what had happened the previous night. But the dispatcher asked her to verify if a person was truly unconscious.

“Come on… we gotta go check,” she told another person at the scene. “We have to.”

After a brief pause, more tears could be heard on the call.

“Is she passed out? What’s wrong?” the woman asked. “She’s not waking up.”

On February 13, during the early morning hours, Kohberger stands accused of carrying out a solitary, deliberate assault on four students, using a cutting instrument like a knife.

Before making the 911 call public, the prosecution asked the court on February 24 to include it as evidence, as stated in court documents acquired by TopMob News. In their filing, the prosecutors argued that although the defense labeled the call as “improper hearsay,” it meets the exceptions for hearsay in the state of Idaho.

In a court hearing held in May 2023, Brian Kohberger, accused of committing four counts of first-degree murder, pleaded not guilty. If found guilty, he may be sentenced to capital punishment. The start of his trial is scheduled for August 11.

For more details on the murders, keep reading.

Five young individuals, namely Kaylee Goncalves (age 21), Madison Mogen (also 21), Xana Kernodle (20), and Ethan Chapin (her 20-year-old boyfriend), were students at the University of Idaho who resided in an apartment situated off campus.

On November 12, 2022, Gonclaves and Mogen spent their evening at a local sports bar, while Kernodle and Chapin attended a fraternity party. By 2 a.m. on November 13, all four roommates and Chapin had returned to their three-story rental house.

Goncalves, who specialized in general studies, was a senior at the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. It was anticipated that she would graduate in December. Afterward, she planned to move to Austin, Texas, for a job at a marketing company, as her friend Jordyn Quesnell shared with The New York Times.

Mogen, a marketing student, has been close friends with Gonglaves since the sixth grade. It was revealed by their family friend, Jessie Frost, to The Idaho Statesman that she intended to relocate to Boise after graduation.

At that point, Kernodle was a marketing major in her junior year, as stated. She and Chapin, who specialized in recreation, sport and tourism management, had been together since the spring, according to their neighbor, Ellie McKnight, as reported to NBC News.

On the day of the murders, two housemates, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, were present at home. Text messages made public on March 6, 2025, reveal that Mortensen and Funke attempted to reach their fellow roommates on November 13 after Mortensen spotted a masked individual navigating through the residence, as reported in documents obtained by TopMob News.

“No one is answering,” Mortensen texted Funke at 4:22 a.m. “I’m rlly confused rn.”

She persisted in contacting their housemates, encouraging them to get back to her. At 4:32 a.m., she sent Goncalves a text saying, “Please reply,” and then again at 10:23 a.m., asking, “Are you awake?

11:58 a.m. saw me placing an emergency call to 911, following the discovery of an unresponsive individual, Kernodle, as reported by additional motion details obtained by TopMob News. In the subsequent conversation transcript, a woman identified as A1 shared the current state of affairs with the operator.

She mentioned, over the phone, that one of the roommates is currently unconscious due to excessive drinking the previous night and hasn’t regained consciousness yet. They also reported spotting an unknown man inside their residence last night.

Bryan Kohberger, currently facing charges for four counts of first-degree murder, was a doctoral student at Washington State University. Approximately a month after the bodies of Gonclaves, Mogen, Kernodle, and Chapin were found, Kohberger was apprehended on December 30 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. He was transported to Idaho on January 4.

It was through DNA evidence found on a knife sheath left at the crime scene that authorities linked him to the murders, as reported by NBC News in their June 2023 court documents.

When the DNA didn’t align with anyone in the FBI database, authorities decided to search public ancestry sites to generate a pool of possible suspects, as stated in the documents. Later, it was discovered that Kohberger had visited his parents’ residence in Monroe County, prompting local officials to examine their trash and uncover DNA links between it and the one found on the sheath.

Currently, no clear reason behind the attack has been disclosed, as those connected to the case are under a court order restricting them from making public statements. Nevertheless, some details about their arguments have been revealed through unsealed documents. (NBC News reporting)

In a motion made public by TopMob News, Kohberger’s legal team has requested to dismiss the possibility of capital punishment. If found guilty on all charges, Kohberger might be sentenced to death, but this was only ruled possible in November 2024. They argue that Kohberger has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and executing him would go against the Eighth Amendment’s ban on “inhumane and uncommon punishment.

In my professional opinion, I often observe individuals like Kohbereger who exhibit a pattern of thought that is notably inflexible. They tend to fixate on certain subjects, breaking down information bit by bit instead of seeing the bigger picture. Planning ahead can be a challenge for them, and self-awareness regarding their behaviors and emotions seems limited.

In simpler terms, the statement suggests that due to Mr. Kohberger’s Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), he may struggle to behave according to societal norms. This raises an unfair concern that he might face capital punishment because of his disorder rather than his actions or guilt.

At his court appearance in May 2023, the judge entered a “not guilty” plea on behalf of Kohberger for the first-degree murder charges he faced. Despite being given the opportunity to speak at this time, Kohberger chose not to. Initially scheduled for October 2, 2023, his trial was postponed after Kohberger opted to forgo a swift trial in August 2023.

The start of his upcoming trial, located in Ada County over 300 miles away from Latah County where the crimes occurred, is scheduled for August 11, 2025.

In September 2024, Judge John Judge of Latah County granted Kohberger’s legal team’s petition for transfer due to potential bias if the trial stayed in Latah County. However, Judge Steven Hippler of Ada County, now handling the case, refused the defense’s motion to exclude crucial DNA evidence, cell phone and email records, surveillance footage, past Amazon purchases, and DNA evidence from the trial.

2025-03-15 04:17

Read More