Idaho murders: Here's why surviving roommate Bethany Funke never saw the aftermath of horrific killings
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: Months after the gruesome Idaho murders, the reason why surviving roommate Bethany Funke never witnessed the aftermath of the 2022 slayings has been revealed. A source close to the victims' families has now revealed that Funke did not witness the crime scene as she never went upstairs.
"She left the home and was outside in the chaos in the front of the house but never did go to that second floor, never did see the carnage," Ashleigh Banfield said on her NewsNation show, citing a source who has not been named. "She wasn't part of the discovery of the bodies. She was the only one living in the basement at that point," she said.
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Dylan Mortensen's encounter with the suspect
However, roommate Dylan Mortensen, who stayed in a bedroom on the second floor and survived the vicious attack along with Funke, allegedly saw a man in a mask inside the home around the time the murders are believed to have taken place. A probable cause affidavit unsealed in January this year said Moetensen opened the door after she heard crying and saw a man with bushy eyebrows, dressed in black, and wearing a mask over his nose and mouth. She heard a male voice saying, "It's ok, I'm going to help you," and she froze and eventually locked herself in her room. Ever since the revelations, Mortensen has been questioned about why she did not immediately call 911.
Bryan Kohberger was arrested in Albrightsville
Suspect Bryan Kohberger, 28, has been accused of fatally stabbing Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, in their off-campus three-story rented home on November 13, 2022. He was arrested in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, on December 30, 2022. Kohberger reportedly had a clean report apart from a drug problem. He was a PhD student in Washington State University’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology and maintained a disciplined diet and fitness routine.
It has been revealed that Kohberger returned to the crime scene area and may even have stalked the home of his victims about 12 times before the attack. His cell phone pinged its location in the area of the house where the crimes were committed at around 9 am on November 13, which was just five hours after he killed the students. He now reportedly plans to fight the probable cause evidence in a June 26 preliminary hearing, according to his attorney Kootenai County Public Defender Anne Taylor.
