Recently unsealed court documents detail the chilling text messages and frantic 911 call made by the two surviving roommates of the 2022 University of Idaho murders. The records provide new insight into the moments following the brutal killings of four students in an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.
The attack occurred on November 13, 2022, when suspect Bryan Kohberger allegedly entered the residence around 4 a.m. and fatally stabbed Madison Mogen, Kaylee Gonclaves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. The two surviving roommates, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, exchanged a series of text messages that prosecutors believe establish a critical timeline of events.
According to the court filings, Mortensen awoke around 4 a.m. to what she thought was Gonclaves playing with her dog. Around the same time, Kernodle received a DoorDash order and was active on TikTok at 4:12 a.m. At 4:17 a.m., Mortensen unsuccessfully attempted to call her roommates, then texted Gonclaves, “Kaylee” and “What’s going on.”
Funke responded to Mortensen’s texts, and the two exchanged increasingly panicked messages:
DM to BF: “No one is answering.”
DM to BF: “I’m really confused rn.”
BF to DM: “Ya dude wtf.”
BF to DM: “Xana was wearing all black.”
Mortensen then revealed that she saw a masked man in the house:
DM to BF: “No it’s like a ski mask almost.”
BF to DM: “Stfu.”
DM to BF: “Like he had [something] over his forehead and little nd mouth.”
DM to BF: “I’m not kidding [I] am so freaked out.”
BF to DM: “So am I.”
Funke urged Mortensen to come to her room, texting her to “Run.”
It wasn’t until 10:23 a.m. that Mortensen attempted to contact Mogen and Gonclaves again before Funke called 911 from her phone. The transcript of the call shows the girls struggling to explain what happened, with one saying, “Something happened in our house… We don’t know what,” and another voice later stating, “I think we have a homicide.”
The first body discovered was that of Xana Kernodle. Prosecutors plan to use the text messages and 911 call as key evidence in Kohberger’s upcoming trial.