Exclusive new details and never-before-reported evidence about the investigation into the murders of four University of Idaho students. Keith Morrison reports. Keith Morrison and Blayne Alexander go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’ Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/4jW1RmoListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JOOPTjs8ZIiRxN04Wj45q
Chapter 1: What is the background of the murders on King Road?
Tonight, a Dateline exclusive.
Sorry.
It's just weeks away. The trial and the terrifying murders of four college students in Idaho.
Brian! Brian, did you do it?
Now, startling new information. Video never seen before. There's evidence to show that his car left in such a hurry, he almost hit somebody. Yep, that's right. Ominous selfies from the suspect's phone. Images of women and serial killers. Googling the words forced, passed out, drugged.
These are all themes of power, domination and control.
It was very known that Brian Koberger had a problem with women.
I was like, he had my phone number. He had asked to hang out with me.
New details from inside the house. What will be revealed in court?
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Chapter 2: Who were the victims and what was their life like?
On August 16th, six weeks after Kohlberger arrived in the area, records from his phone obtained by Dateline and in possession of law enforcement show that Kohlberger googled the name of the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, although with a misspelling of the name.
and the name of one of Koberger's professors at Washington State, and then downloaded a paper written by that same professor called, Ted Bundy on the Malignant Being, an analysis of the justificatory discourse of a serial killer. In other words, how serial killers justify themselves. Was it part of Koberger's research for school? Or, as profiler Cooper speculates, something else.
He can't achieve that level of power, domination, and control within his own life. And so he looks to those that emulate those characteristics of success that he's determined to follow and has decided, I can do this.
That search regarding Ted Bundy was far from the only Bundy-related item on Koberger's phone. But more about that later. That same day, August 16th, Maddie Mogan posted this photo on Instagram, showing her and all of her four roommates on King Road, Dylan Mortenson, Zanna Cronodle, Bethany Funk, Kaylee, and Maddie. And then later, at 5.30 p.m. You know why we're here?
I assume noise.
Noise, yeah. That is Kaylee Goncalves talking to officers on police body cam. The house on King Road had been the regular setting for large parties and noise complaints.
Hey, ladies, how's it going?
Like this party, where none of the actual residents was even present.
So, I just looked for everyone that lives here, and they're not here right now. All right, can you hear me, Maddie?
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Chapter 3: Who is Brian Koberger and what was his history before arriving in Idaho?
The appeals could take decades. So inmates can spend decades on death row. In that of dying of old age anyway. Some might. Some might.
Of course, there's always talk that a trial might still be avoided if Koberger would agree to plead guilty in exchange for the state dropping the death penalty. But that's mere speculation, given what Koberger's attorneys have said.
From what I understand, this is a not guilty, I didn't do it. From the outside looking in, a win is avoiding the death penalty, potentially a hung jury. and hoping that you may be able to work something out to avoid the death penalty in the long term. Understandably, defense and Mr. Kohlberger are probably of the position that there's only one victory, and that's not guilty.
That's a tough road to hoe.
A tough row. That's an understatement for what life has been like for all the families of the victims the last two and a half years. The ripples, as always, extend. In this case, to so many, including Maddie's best friend, Ashlyn. Is it true that Ashlyn is sort of unwilling to come home because of where you are in proximity to the area where this happened?
So she moved away. She just needed to get away and regroup. She wanted to go somewhere where nobody knew who she was, didn't ask questions. She could make new friends, start a new life.
But do you hope she gets to the point someday where she's more comfortable to come back home? What do you think it'll take?
I'm not sure. I think that once the trial is over, I think that that's really when you're going to be able to start grieving the right way.
Took quite a hit, didn't she?
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