Newly released court filings detailed the horrific stabbing injuries and final movements of the four University of Idaho students moments before they were murdered by Bryan Kohberger, according to a report.
Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were stabbed by Kohberger a combined total of 150 times, according to an unsealed key autopsy findings obtained by People.
The sick killer stabbed Goncalves roughly 38 times, Mogen 28 times, Chapin 17 times, and Kernodle 67 times, at their off-campus home in Moscow, the report, which did not show the full autopsy results, revealed.
Evidence also showed that Kernodle moved around her bedroom during a struggle with the knife-wielding Kohberger in the November 2022 attack.
Goncalves and Mogen were both found together in Mogen’s bedroom. The two close friends died from multiple sharp force injuries, the outlet said.
Goncalves had 24 stab and incised wounds on her scalp, face, and neck, 11 stab and incised wounds of the chest, and three stab and incised wounds of the upper extremities, according to the report.
Additional factors, such as blunt force injuries of the head and asphyxial injuries, contributed to her death. The autopsy report revealed she also had punctures on the outer table of the skull, injuries to the teeth and tongue, and a hemorrhage into the chest cavities.
Mogen was stabbed 13 times on her scalp, face, and neck, five times to her chest, and had 10 incised wounds of the upper extremities, the filing added.
She suffered wounds to her lung and liver, perforations of the subclavian vein, artery, and blood vessels of the chest wall, and an incision of the nasal septum, the outlet said.
Chapin and Kernodle, who were dating, were found dead of multiple sharp force injuries in Kernodle’s room. Chapin was still in the bed, and Kernodle was on the floor, the findings showed.
Chapin had one stab wound of the upper chest, four stab and incised wounds of the scalp, face, and neck, six incised wounds of his upper extremities, and six stab and incised wounds of the lower extremities.
He also suffered perforations of the jugular vein, subclavian vein, and subclavian artery.
Chapin, Mogen, and Goncalves were all attacked by Kohberger as they slept and had no chance to fight back. But Kernodle was able to tussle with the failed PhD criminology student as he launched the brutal assault, the outlet said.
Kernodle had abrasions and contusions of the head, torso, and extremities as well as 23 stab and incised wounds to the scalp, face, and neck, seven stab wounds to the chest, four stab wounds to the abdomen, and three incised and puncture wounds to the back.
She also had 25 incised wounds of the upper extremities and five to the lower extremities.
Kernodle suffered punctures on the outer table of the skull, a perforation of the jugular vein, heart, lung, and pulmonary blood vessels, hemorrhage into the chest cavities, wounds extending into the bones of her right hand, and scrapes and bruises across her face and body.
The 20-year-old also had blood on the bottom of her feet from moving around during the attack, the report revealed.
“Bruises, torn by the knife. “She’s a tough kid. Whatever she wanted to do, she could do it,” her father, Jeffrey Kernodle, previously told Arizona Family after learning she fought back.
Kohberger left behind the sheath of a Ka-Bar knife, which he had bought months earlier on Amazon and used to stab the four students. The sheath had his DNA on it, which would later ensure his downfall.
Two other roommates were in the house, but were not targeted in the brutal attack.
One of the surviving roommates, Dylan Mortensen, told investigators she came face-to-face with a man with “bushy eyebrows” — a distinctive attribute that helped investigators zero in on Kohberger — before he walked out the door.
A massive, 3,000-file dump from the Idaho State Police this month offered a glimpse into the savage killings, including crime scene photos, before they were quickly scrubbed from the website.
Kohberger, in July, unexpectedly copped to the Nov. 13, 2022, murders of the four University of Idaho students — earning him life in prison.
The controversial deal he struck with prosecutors allowed him to avoid the death penalty and dodge a trial where victims’ loved ones might have gotten a look into the motivation for the heinous stabbings — the lack of which drew ire from some victims’ families.
He is being held at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna.
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