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Floor plans reveal layout of house where killer knifed University of Idaho students to death: report

By
David Propper
Published Nov. 23, 2022
Updated Jan. 2, 2023, 10:59 a.m. ET

The killer of four University of Idaho students likely entered through a sliding door and stalked through three bedrooms carrying out their knife rampage, records indicate.

Floor plans of the off-campus house where the slain students lived show two bedrooms on the third floor and two on the second, all accessible through a glass screen door.

Police said the stabbings of Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, took place in the early hours of Nov. 13 while roommates Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen slept on the first floor.

General view of an off-campus home where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death. A view of the off-campus home where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death. James Keivom The back of the house on King Road had a sliding door that is assessable from the ground. The house on King Road had a sliding door on the second level that is accessible to the outside. James Keivom

The house plans of 1122 King Road obtained by the Daily Mail show provide a clearer layout of the split-level property in the city of Moscow.

Chapin and Kernodle, who were dating, are thought to have been sleeping together in a bedroom on one floor — while Mogen and Goncalves would have been in separate bedrooms on the other.

The house has a split-level layout, with a lower first floor accessed by a door with a code lock. The other two roommates — Bethany Funke and Dylan Martensen — unknowingly slept through the carnage on the lower level.

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A TikTok video of Goncalves with her pet dog was shot in a room on the third floor with the balcony visible, indicating that was where she lived.

To confront the victims on the third floor, the suspect would have passed through multiple common rooms, including the living room, on the second level.

Police declined to say Wednesday if the suspect entered through the front door or the sliding door.

The 2,300 square feet home also has three bathrooms and was most recently rented in June for ,498 per month.

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Maddie Mogen Maddie Mogen was one of the victims of the crime.Maddie Mogen/Instagram
Murder victim Kaylee Goncalves. Police are trying to figure out if Kaylee Goncalves had a stalker.Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram
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Murder victims Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle. Murder victims Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle. Ethan Chapin/Instagram
Surviving roommate Bethany Funke who also lived in the house where the stabbing took place. Roommate Bethany Funke lived in the house where the stabbing took place.
Roommate Dylan Mortensen, who was not attacked on Nov. 13. Roommate Dylan Mortensen was not attacked.
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Moscow police have ruled out several people as suspects, including the roommates and an ex-boyfriend of Goncalves. A man seen in security footage near the Mogen and Goncalves at a food truck on the night they died has also been ruled out, police said.

No murder weapon has been recovered. The FBI and state police are also part of the homicide probe. 

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