AFFIDAVIT: See the affidavit detailing probable cause to arrest Bryan Kohberger for Idaho quadruple murder
On Thursday, new details came to light after police released the probable cause affidavit that outlines the early stages of their case against Bryan Kohberger in the gruesome and tragic murder of four University of Idaho students as they lay sleeping in their beds in the early morning hours of November 13.
Some of the details contained in the affidavit are shocking, including the discovery that the murderer left behind a knife sheefe beside one of the victims and that a positive DNA match was made to Kohberger.
One of the biggest shockers found in the documents was that one of the surviving roommates was awake at the time of the murders, heard alarming sounds, and even saw the intruder as he walked past her while she stood frozen in fear.
According to the affidavit:
- The victims’ roommate Dylan Mortensen was awake at 4am when they believe Kohberger entered the house
- She heard victim Goncalves say ‘there’s someone here’
- Mortensen heard ‘crying’ and emerged from her room to see a ‘figure clad in black clothing and a mask that covered the person’s mouth and nose walking towards her.’
- She watched him leave through a sliding door and locked herself in her bedroom
- Mortensen saw enough of him to identify that the killer had ‘bushy eyebrows’
Other notable tidbits of information:
- A vehicle similar to Kohberger’s that police believed him to be driving, a 2015 Hyundai Elantra, was seen throughout the night and was captured on multiple cameras. So much so that police were able to map his travels that night and later the following day.
- Kohberger’s cell phone pinged in the area of the house shortly after 9 a.m., just five hours after he allegedly committed the murders.
- Cellphone records showed that he turned his phone off during the murders and during his approach to the house, and officers alleged that he did this in an attempt to conceal his movements, despite the phone continuing to show him in motion in the hours before the murders and the hours after the murders were believed to have been committed.
- In the months before the murders, Kohberger’s cell phone records place him near the house at least 12 times, and police allege that this shows preparation on his part.
