Boise, Idaho (AP) – Two surviving roommates at home where four students from the Idaho University were stabbed to the death that morning about a masked man in the Chamber, according to court documents published Thursday.
A roommate sent a text after 4 am on November 13, 2022 that they “panicked” perhaps seeing a man in the house wearing what seemed to be a ski mask. The messages also indicated that the roommate had tried to call their other roommates, but none had answered their phones.
One of the survivors, identified by the initials DM in court documents, told the other surviving roommate identified as BF that no one answered calls and that they were really confused.
“I panic,” then sent a text to DM, describing to see a man with something above his head and his mouth “like an almost ski mask.”
BF then told DM to run in their room.
Bryan Kohberger is accused of four murder leaders in the death of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, the students who were stabbed in a rental house near their campus in Moscow, Idaho. A judge pleaded for a plea of non-measure in name of Kohberger.
His trial is later scheduled for this year.
One of the surviving roommates told investigators that noise woke her up around 4 am that day, and she thought she had heard another roommate say something like: “There is someone here.” She looked in front of her room and saw nothing. Later, she thought she had heard tears from Kernodle’s room and looked outside again. It was at this point that she said that she had heard a male voice say something to the effect: “It’s good, I’m going to help you,” according to an affidavit.
Later, she opened her door again and saw a masked man in black clothes whom she did not recognize to go towards her and stood under a “frozen shock” while he passed in front of her towards a sliding glass door, said the affidavit. She returned to her room and locked the door.
Investigators believe that the suspect then left the house. Documents do not say why the police were not alerted for several hours.
Mental health experts say that current physiological responses to frightening or traumatic experiences include a desire to fight, a desire to flee or a desire to freeze.
