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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

KOHBERGER BOMBSHELL: ROOMMATE SEES XANA DEAD ON FLOOR, SPOTS MASKED INTRUDER, MOTIVE REVEALED

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

*New Kohberger Evidence Reveals What Idaho Roommates Saw the Night of the Murders

According to court documents, one of the surviving roommates, identified as "D.M."—referring to Dylan Mortensen—saw one of the victims lying on the floor hours before calling 911.

On the night of the killings, around 4 a.m., D.M. saw a man dressed in all black wearing a ski mask. She called and texted her roommates but only received a response from "B.F."—identified in the documents as Bethany Funke—who told her to run into her bedroom. As Mortensen ran toward Funke’s room, she allegedly saw Xana Kernodle lying on the floor of her bedroom, with her head near the wall and her feet pointing toward the door. The two survivors exchanged more texts throughout the night.

Bryan Kohberger is accused of killing University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin at an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13, 2022.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

  • Howard Blum - Author: "When The Night Comes Falling, A Requiem for The Idaho Student Murders;" INSTA: howard_blum_author TW/X: howardblum
  • Joshua Ritter - Criminal Defense Attorney, Former Prosecutor, Host of Courtroom Confidential on YouTube; X, Instagram & TikTok: @joshuaritteresq, YouTube: CRConfidential
  • Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author of"Deal Breaker: When to work on a relationship and when to walk away;” Also featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive
  • Chris McDonough - Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective [worked over 300 Homicides in 25 year career], Trained the First Native American Homicide Task Force; Host of YouTube channel, "The Interview Room"
  • Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X @JoScottForensic
  • Scott Eicher -  A Founding Member of the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team (C.A.S.T); Historical Cellular Analysis Expert; Former FBI agent of 22 years; Former Police Officer and Homicide Detective with Norfolk, Virginia, Police Dept. having served 12 years; Has worked several missing persons cases. Currently with Precision Cellular Analysis handling Criminal, Defense and Civil Case
  • Sydney Sumner - CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

0:05.6

A Brian Coburger bombshell.

0:09.5

Did a survivor roommate actually see her roommate, Zana, lying dead on Zana's bedroom floor

0:19.0

and spots the masked intruder

0:22.3

wearing all black

0:24.5

Antonite motive revealed.

0:29.0

I mean, I see Grace, this is crime stories.

0:30.7

I want to thank you for being with us.

0:35.5

I'm on location of your emergency?

0:38.3

Something just happened in our health.

0:41.3

We don't know what.

0:42.3

What is the address of the emergency?

0:45.3

11223.

0:47.3

Did one of the surviving young women, a young girl, actually see Zana Kurnodle's dead body lying on her bedroom floor,

1:01.0

prone, mistaking it for alcohol consumption, then spots the masked intruder that the state says

1:10.5

was none other than PhD student Brian

1:13.4

Coburger. But also tonight, did two of the roommates nearly collide with the killer? Listen.

1:24.2

Zana Kronodal and Ethan Chapin head straight to Zana's room when they get in from a Sigma Kui

1:28.5

party at 145.

1:29.9

But Kaley Gonzalez and Madison Mogan chat with Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funk in Kaylee's room

1:34.6

when they arrive about 20 minutes later.

1:36.9

The smell of Kaylee and Madison's grub truck snacks make Bethany and Dylan debate going back

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