
Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle lived in the three-story rental home with two other roommates. The students - Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Xana Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls, Idaho and Ethan Chapin, 20, of Conway, Washington - were members of the university’s Greek system and close friends. 13, several hours after investigators believe they died. “We believe we’ve got our man,” he said.īill Thompson, a prosecutor in Latah County, Idaho, said during a news conference Friday that investigators believe Kohberger broke into the University of Idaho students’ home near campus “with the intent to commit murder.” The bodies of the victims were found Nov. Dahlinger told The Associated Press on Saturday that authorities believe Kohberger was responsible for all four murders. “He should be presumed innocent until proven otherwise - not tried in the court of public opinion.”Ĭapt. Kohberger has been accused of very serious crimes, but the American justice system cloaks him in a veil of innocence,” LaBar said in a statement.

LaBar, the public defender in Monroe County, Idaho, urged people not to pass judgment until a fair trial has been held. The family said that relatives will continue to let the legal process unfold, and that “as a family we will love and support our son and brother.” They say they have fully cooperated with law enforcement to try to to “seek the truth and promote his presumption of innocence rather than judge unknown facts and make erroneous assumptions.”
