WEBVTT - The Unsealed Files

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<v Speaker 1>The level of brutality is something I don't think that

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<v Speaker 1>even I was prepared for.

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<v Speaker 2>Did this really happen? Did I do this? Or was

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<v Speaker 2>this a fever dream?

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<v Speaker 1>I can only imagine the horror that she experienced in

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<v Speaker 1>those moments.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the Idaho Massacre, a production of KAT Studios

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<v Speaker 3>and iHeartRadio, Season three, Episode three, The Unsealed Files. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>Courtney Armstrong, a producer at KAT Studios with Stephanie Leideger

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<v Speaker 3>and Gabriel Castillo. For nearly three years, much of the

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<v Speaker 3>case against Brian Coberger has remained sealed, hidden behind reactions,

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<v Speaker 3>legal arguments, and courtroom silence. But now that silence is breaking.

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<v Speaker 3>Shortly after the convicted killer was led off to begin

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<v Speaker 3>his life sentence, hundreds of pages of investigative documents were unsealed,

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<v Speaker 3>giving us our most detailed look yet into the case

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<v Speaker 3>that stunned the country. The evidence, the interviews, and more

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<v Speaker 3>information on the chilling timeline of what unfolded in the hours,

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<v Speaker 3>days and weeks surrounding the murders of Madison, Mogen, Kaylei Gonzalvez, Xanakernodle,

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<v Speaker 3>and Ethan Chapin. What do these newly revealed documents tell

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<v Speaker 3>us how do they change our perception of what went

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<v Speaker 3>on that faithful night and what questions do they raise

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<v Speaker 3>about motive, surveillance and intent. Today we're diving into what

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<v Speaker 3>investigators walked into on that faithful day and what a

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<v Speaker 3>camean in terms of a possible target in this case.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's forensic expert Joseph Scott Morgan with our producer Alison Bankston.

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<v Speaker 4>When you were going through these documents, what stood out

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<v Speaker 4>the most to you and what surprised you the most?

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<v Speaker 4>What jumped out at you forensically level.

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<v Speaker 1>Of brutality for me because it sounds horribly naive, but

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<v Speaker 1>for me, I think I'd always hoped that it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>going to be as bad as it has turned out

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<v Speaker 1>to be. I should have known better as an old

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<v Speaker 1>death investigator and a forensic scientist, given all the hundreds

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<v Speaker 1>and hundreds of deaths that I worked as a practitioner,

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<v Speaker 1>all the cases I've covered in the media, I was

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<v Speaker 1>not prepared for what was the big reveal. For an investigator,

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<v Speaker 1>this is one of the tough parts. You have to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to shield yourself from this creeping sensation that

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<v Speaker 1>you know you've got destroyed lives in front of you.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot let your guard down in this environment relative

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<v Speaker 1>to the task that is at hand. You have to

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<v Speaker 1>focus like a laser. You have to be prepared before

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<v Speaker 1>you go into that dwelling, before you go into the

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<v Speaker 1>individual rooms, of what your plan is, what you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to do when you walk in, because if you go

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<v Speaker 1>in and you're out of sorts in any way, it

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<v Speaker 1>really has potential to train wreck the entire investigation.

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<v Speaker 4>Right absolutely, Joseph, Can you tell us you know about

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<v Speaker 4>what these investigators found that morning. Of course we knew

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<v Speaker 4>some of this from the affidavit and previously released documents,

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<v Speaker 4>but you know, these new documents give us an even

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<v Speaker 4>deeper glimpse into what the investigators really truly walked into.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's just horrifying.

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<v Speaker 1>When investigators come onto any scene, Okay, you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>do what's referred to Traditionally, it's referred to as the walkthrough.

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<v Speaker 1>You're observing the scene initially to get this kind of

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<v Speaker 1>overview to understand what you're up against. They enter on

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<v Speaker 1>the ground floor. There's two bedrooms downstairs in a bath.

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<v Speaker 1>They usend the staircase and land on this second floor,

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<v Speaker 1>but on the second floor, you've got this kind of

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<v Speaker 1>great room combination of where the kitchen and the dining

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<v Speaker 1>area is. Xena and Ethan were on the second floor.

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<v Speaker 1>We learned that Xana was laying on the floor of

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<v Speaker 1>her room in a prone position. They see cast off

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<v Speaker 1>on the walls. Cast off means a very dynamic environment.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I teach I talk about blood deposition, imagine

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<v Speaker 1>taking a paintbrush and dipping it into a bucket of

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<v Speaker 1>paint and then slinging it over your shoulder, like with

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<v Speaker 1>a flick of the wrist. The room is not painted

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<v Speaker 1>in blood. However, it's almost as if you've taken an instrument,

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<v Speaker 1>dipped it into the blood, and then thrown it like this,

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<v Speaker 1>And so the cast off is thereabouts. That's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the first things that they actually notice other than the bodies.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's an indication of violence, but it's an indication

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<v Speaker 1>of the dynamics that the violence. It's not like the

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<v Speaker 1>individual that perpetrated this crime was simply stabbing Xana. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Like if you think about the motion of the sewing

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<v Speaker 1>machine needle going up and down, it's driving the knife

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<v Speaker 1>in and then with great force bringing the knife back. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So that it literally cast off blood so that it

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<v Speaker 1>is deposited on various surfaces. Just from that bit alone,

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<v Speaker 1>in that initial observation, they knew that there was tremendous

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<v Speaker 1>violence that was going on in here. She's got fifty

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<v Speaker 1>plus stab ones. The two to the heart, the one

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<v Speaker 1>to the right lung, and the rest of them are

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<v Speaker 1>being described as mostly defensive. If you think about what

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<v Speaker 1>she's doing and what she's going through, she's trying well.

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<v Speaker 1>First off, she's trying to survive, but she's putting up

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<v Speaker 1>a fight. She's trying to get him off of her,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to put as much distance between herself and him.

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<v Speaker 1>She knows what's happening to her. And remember, she was awake.

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<v Speaker 1>She was awake. I can only imagine the horror you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that she experienced in those moments.

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<v Speaker 3>After Brian Coberger was sentenced, the court unsealed hundreds of

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<v Speaker 3>pages of investigative documents, some revealing new details about what

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<v Speaker 3>the police found at the scene that November morning and

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<v Speaker 3>the extent of the injuries each victim suffered. These files

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<v Speaker 3>offer a rare and chilling glimpse into the final moments

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<v Speaker 3>of Madison Mogan Callie Gonzalvez, Xanakernodle, and Ethan Chapin.

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<v Speaker 1>After this brutality has been exacted on Xanna and they're

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<v Speaker 1>bearing witness to it, you move over as an investigator

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<v Speaker 1>and you see diametrically opposing Ethan's body in the bed. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>if we are to believe what has been said, he's

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<v Speaker 1>not moved, he's static in the bed. And listen, early

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<v Speaker 1>on there were all kinds of wild things flying about.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I even heard somebody say that he was

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<v Speaker 1>found in the doorway. Well, we know that that's a

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<v Speaker 1>complete fallacy. You know, that didn't happen. He died in

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<v Speaker 1>that bed, in that spot. And of course, the level

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<v Speaker 1>of brutality, and I'm not saying in any what Please

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<v Speaker 1>don't misconstrue. I'm not saying that Ethan's death was not brutal,

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<v Speaker 1>because it was. But when you compare the if you're

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<v Speaker 1>just comparing injuries, what we saw with Xana in that

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<v Speaker 1>environment is completely different than what we see with Ethan

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<v Speaker 1>where he's laying in the bed. There has been an

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<v Speaker 1>indication that there may have been arterial spray with him,

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<v Speaker 1>and what that means is that if you and this

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<v Speaker 1>is a rather robust area where he has been stabbed.

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<v Speaker 1>And the reason you get the arterial sprays that the

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<v Speaker 1>heart is still pumping. It's tremendous force. This vessel itself,

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<v Speaker 1>the CROTD is actually what supplies the brain with blood,

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<v Speaker 1>and out of all the organs in the body, the

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<v Speaker 1>brain demands the most blood. I think that he would

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<v Speaker 1>probably lose consciousness relatively quickly.

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<v Speaker 3>After exiting Xanna's room, investigators make their way to the

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<v Speaker 3>third floor, where Madison Mogan and Kelly Gonsalvez live.

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<v Speaker 1>They go down to Kayley's old room and there's nobody

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<v Speaker 1>in there. They make their way down to Maddie's room.

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<v Speaker 1>They observe these two young friends covered in a pink

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<v Speaker 1>blanket and the blanket is super sad trade of blood.

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<v Speaker 1>So they had they remained under that blanket or was

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<v Speaker 1>a blanket placed on them by someone else. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have an answer to that. When you look at the

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<v Speaker 1>injuries that have been revealed regarding Maddie, it's very brief.

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<v Speaker 1>She only had sharp force injuries. I mean, like sad Ones,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that she did fight back. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>have any evidence of defensive injuries on her at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Merely what they talked about with Maddie is that she's

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<v Speaker 1>got a left lung laceration and then it migrates from

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<v Speaker 1>a left lung laceration to a liver laceration. They're only

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<v Speaker 1>identifying those two injuries. I'll be fascinated to see if

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<v Speaker 1>something else came about. But the least amount of damage

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<v Speaker 1>I think our trauma is Maddie is right there with

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<v Speaker 1>I think Ethan running a close second in that cond

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<v Speaker 1>Kaylee bought probably equal to the level that Xana did downstairs.

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<v Speaker 1>What's so striking about Kaylee, though, is the level of

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<v Speaker 1>violence that was exacted upon her. She's got multiple stab

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<v Speaker 1>wounds all over her body. But I think the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that really has caught people's attention, and this is you know,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of borne out relative to what we're hearing now

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<v Speaker 1>from the Truanta documents, is that there's a tremendous amount

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<v Speaker 1>of disfigurement. He lingered with her, because you don't just

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<v Speaker 1>have stab wounds, you've got blunt force trauma. She was

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<v Speaker 1>traumatized to the point with blunt force trauma that she

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<v Speaker 1>had hemorrhage that is literally inside of the sack surrounding

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<v Speaker 1>her brain. And so you're literally bleeding out in your brain.

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<v Speaker 1>We do know that she's got signs of asphyxia, which

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<v Speaker 1>means some way her airway was blocked. She's struggling. She's struggling,

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<v Speaker 1>and she's fighting while he's trying to perhaps keep her

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<v Speaker 1>quiet at the same time he's trying to murder her.

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<v Speaker 1>She's not doing what he wants her to do, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is die. She's fighting back, and so that's why

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<v Speaker 1>you get this disfigurement with the knife being utilized to

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<v Speaker 1>stab her or the knife being utilized to punch her with.

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<v Speaker 1>It's in this confusion as well that we think about

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<v Speaker 1>depositing of the sheath that's found adjacent to her leg,

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<v Speaker 1>and this furious thing that's going on here. He forgets

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<v Speaker 1>about the sheath. All he knows is he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>extricate himself from this environment so that he can put

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<v Speaker 1>as much distance between himself and the horror that he

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<v Speaker 1>has subjected these individuals to. In total, Kaylee had twenty

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<v Speaker 1>plus stab wounds.

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<v Speaker 4>The brutality of Kelly's wounds, you know, which are just awful.

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<v Speaker 4>Could this suggests that she was the target? You know,

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<v Speaker 4>I know there's been some speculation out there that Mattie

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<v Speaker 4>was the target. People think maybe Brian Colberger met her

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<v Speaker 4>at the Matta Greek where she worked. But after seeing

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<v Speaker 4>these new documents and just reading about the brutality of

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<v Speaker 4>Kaylee's wounds, I'm curious of being this changes.

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<v Speaker 1>Things between Kayley and Mattie. Guys say I'd list more

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<v Speaker 1>toward Kaylee because of disfigurement, brutality, blunt force, trauma, suffocation,

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<v Speaker 1>or occlusion of airway. However, one thing that kind of

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<v Speaker 1>muddies the waters here is that both these individuals were

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<v Speaker 1>occupied in the same space, allegedly in a bed together.

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<v Speaker 1>So you cannot completely discount that this individual who's already

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<v Speaker 1>being driven by sexual urges and has potential for violence,

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<v Speaker 1>has been studying violence. He's going to get mighty angry

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<v Speaker 1>if somebody's going to get in between him and his

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<v Speaker 1>actual target. So if you take that same logic and

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<v Speaker 1>apply it to Kaylee, suddenly she becomes not the target

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<v Speaker 1>of any kind of sexual motivation. That's pure anger that

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<v Speaker 1>you're seeing. You've got in the way of what I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to do. It may have disrupted the whole damn thing.

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<v Speaker 1>He's made mistakes all along the way. You can see

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<v Speaker 1>where he's trying to commit the perfect crime, but maybe

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<v Speaker 1>his observational skills were not as keen as he thought

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<v Speaker 1>that they should be, or that he perceived himself to be.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't expect to find her there. But I got

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you, I don't know that we will ever know.

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<v Speaker 1>People can speculate about this all they want, but these

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<v Speaker 1>two young ladies died in such close proximity to one

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<v Speaker 1>another that any kind of post mortem data like changes

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<v Speaker 1>in the body, with Roger mortis and all those sorts

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<v Speaker 1>of things and post mortal avidity, that data is worthless.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not going to be able to ascertain anything from that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's stop here for a break. We'll be back in

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<v Speaker 3>a moment. Welcome back to the Idaho massacre. We've been

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<v Speaker 3>reviewing newly released documents following Brian Coberger. Sentencing forensic expert

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<v Speaker 3>Joseph Scott Morgan just walked us through what investigators uncovered

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<v Speaker 3>about the injuries to all four victims. It's a disturbing

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<v Speaker 3>and sobering account. We're now joined by crime analyst Body Moven,

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<v Speaker 3>an expert in analyzing complex data, along with our producer

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<v Speaker 3>Alison Bankston to dive deeper into more of the documents

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<v Speaker 3>released in this massive evidence dump.

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<v Speaker 4>So you've been through all these documents, there's just so

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<v Speaker 4>much to unpack, and you know there's even more to come.

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<v Speaker 5>There's a lot in there actually.

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<v Speaker 4>Right aside from learning more about what police found that

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<v Speaker 4>night and the victim's injuries, I also was pretty intrigued

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<v Speaker 4>by getting more into on Dylan's full statement.

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<v Speaker 5>I thought that was very interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>As a reminder, Dylan Morton was one of the two

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<v Speaker 3>roommates who survived the attack. According to the Affidavid, around

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<v Speaker 3>four am on the night of the murders, she saw

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<v Speaker 3>a figure dressed in black wearing a mask that covered

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<v Speaker 3>his mouth and nose. He was outside of her bedroom

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<v Speaker 3>on the second floor, and she described him as having

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<v Speaker 3>bushy eyebrows and a slight but athletic build. Dylan froze

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<v Speaker 3>in shock as the man walked past her and out

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<v Speaker 3>of the house.

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<v Speaker 2>This is so weird. This is very weird. Dylan's statement

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<v Speaker 2>to Moscow Police Department. She said she believed Maddie and

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<v Speaker 2>Kaylee arrived home around one thirty or two. She said

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<v Speaker 2>that nothing weird had happened during the night. She describes

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<v Speaker 2>being woken up around four anywhere between four and four twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>which of course is when the event occurs, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in the home. Dylan is insistent, and she says it

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<v Speaker 2>three times that she heard Kaylee go up the stairs

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<v Speaker 2>with Murphy and then immediately come back down halfway down

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<v Speaker 2>the stairs and say someone's here, and then go back up.

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<v Speaker 2>The police believe Xana is the one who said someone's here.

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<v Speaker 2>Dylan is insisting it was Kaylee. Dylan said she opened

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<v Speaker 2>the door when she cried out to Kaylee, then closed

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<v Speaker 2>the door because she was scared. She said who she

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<v Speaker 2>thought was Kaylee, but could have been Xana crying in

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<v Speaker 2>the bathroom. Dylan said she then heard a man's voice

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<v Speaker 2>say it's okay, I'm going to help you. Dylan said

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<v Speaker 2>it was weird because the statement was not in a

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<v Speaker 2>nice way, and the voice was one she had never

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<v Speaker 2>heard before. She would have recognized it if it was Ethan. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>we got some leaked audio from the Dateline episode. Right

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<v Speaker 2>in the PCA, which is a probable Cause affidavit that

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<v Speaker 2>we've had for years.

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<v Speaker 5>It describes the.

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<v Speaker 2>Leaked audio and it says, you know that there's scream,

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<v Speaker 2>there's like a I can't remember if it says a

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<v Speaker 2>whimper or scream and then a thud. And when we

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<v Speaker 2>got the audio from the dateline leak, of course, so

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<v Speaker 2>I had to listen to it over and over and

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<v Speaker 2>over again. And I can't help but create what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>hearing in my own mind. Yes, I can't help it.

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<v Speaker 2>Here Ethan help me, and then a thud. And then

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<v Speaker 2>weeks later we get the document dump and we learn

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<v Speaker 2>that he says this, don't worry, I'm going to help you,

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<v Speaker 2>very menacingly, and I can't help but think Ethan helped me,

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<v Speaker 2>and he catches up to her, don't worry, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to help you, and then we hear the thud and

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<v Speaker 2>that's Sannah hitting the floor.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know it makes sense. It might not be,

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<v Speaker 2>it might not be, you know, but this is the chatter.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what people are talking about from the document ump.

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<v Speaker 2>But those two kind of go hand in hand. Ethan

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<v Speaker 2>helped me, and don't worry, I'm gonna help you. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>the one that's going to help you. You don't need him.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the one that's gonna help you. It's very menacing

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<v Speaker 2>and I mean awful to think about and poor Xanna. Okay, so,

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<v Speaker 2>Dylan said when she saw the suspect, said she believed

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<v Speaker 2>the suspect was white, but not remember eyebrow, collar or

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<v Speaker 2>what his eyes looked like. He saw her and just left.

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<v Speaker 2>Dylan was asked how long she believed it was from

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<v Speaker 2>the time Kayleie said someone is here to when she

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<v Speaker 2>saw the suspect. Dylan said she thought it was about

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<v Speaker 2>ten or twenty minutes. Dylan said the suspect was between

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<v Speaker 2>her bedroom door and the kitchen, so he was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like walking in that little u turn away from

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<v Speaker 2>Xanna's room to the kitchen. Dylan said she remembered watching

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<v Speaker 2>the suspect go out the kitchen door and leave. Dylan

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<v Speaker 2>said at this time she closed her door and locked

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<v Speaker 2>it as fast as she could.

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<v Speaker 5>She said the suspect did not walk toward her or

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<v Speaker 5>say anything. I'm terrifying.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's stop here for a break. We'll be back in

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<v Speaker 3>a moment. After Dylan Mortensen came face to face with

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<v Speaker 3>Brian Coburger, a man in black clothing, wearing a mask

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<v Speaker 3>and walking straight out of her house, she immediately slammed

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<v Speaker 3>her bedroom door shut and locked it. Terrified and Confused,

0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:38.800
<v Speaker 3>she texted her roommates to see if anyone else was awake.

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<v Speaker 3>Only Bethany Funk responded. Dylan then ran down to Bethany's

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<v Speaker 3>room on the first floor, still unsure of what she

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<v Speaker 3>had seen and not fully grasping the horror that had

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<v Speaker 3>unfolded just feet away. The two roommates ended up falling

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<v Speaker 3>asleep in the same room. Around eleven am, Dylan texted

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<v Speaker 3>her friend Emily, asking if she and her boyfriend Hunter

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<v Speaker 3>could come over to check on things. She said she

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<v Speaker 3>was scared that she'd seen a strange man inside the

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<v Speaker 3>house the night before and still didn't know what was happening.

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<v Speaker 3>What Hunter saw when he arrived would change everything. Here's

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<v Speaker 3>crime analyst Body Movin speaking with producer Alison Bankston about

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<v Speaker 3>what Hunter walked into that day.

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<v Speaker 2>Another thing we learned in the documents, the first one.

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<v Speaker 2>It mentions how Hunter arrives un scene at one one

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<v Speaker 2>two two King Road the morning the victims were discovered,

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<v Speaker 2>and he entered the code into the front door and

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<v Speaker 2>went in and he found Dylan and Bethany in Bethany's

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<v Speaker 2>room right there at the bottom floor, right where the

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<v Speaker 2>door is. Hunter said he went up the stairs and

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<v Speaker 2>immediately went to Zana's room. Hunter said he approached the door,

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<v Speaker 2>it was only partially open. Hunter said he then opened

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<v Speaker 2>it and he saw Xana in the room. Hunter said

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<v Speaker 2>he thought at first they had been drunk and left

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<v Speaker 2>a mess. Hunter said when he stood there for a moment,

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<v Speaker 2>he began to realize what he was seeing. Bethany and

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<v Speaker 2>Dylan were uncontrollably crying. Hunter said he told them to

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<v Speaker 2>get out of the house and call law enforcement, something

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<v Speaker 2>that was massively traumatic. First of all, he took on

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<v Speaker 2>all of this alone. Ethan was his best friend, and

0:21:23.960 --> 0:21:26.679
<v Speaker 2>Emily and Xanna were very close, and they all they

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<v Speaker 2>were like the the you know double date crew, right,

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<v Speaker 2>they were always like the couple like Ethan and Xana

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<v Speaker 2>and Hunter and Emily. I mean, can you imagine finding

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<v Speaker 2>your best friend in the condition and her girlfriend, who

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<v Speaker 2>you're your girlfriend is like best friends with. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>it's tragic.

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<v Speaker 5>But Hunter.

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<v Speaker 2>Hunter really kept Ethan's dignity intact, do you know what

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<v Speaker 2>I mean? Like he has really respected Ethan and he's

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<v Speaker 2>never given any graphic details, and I really respect that

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<v Speaker 2>from him.

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<v Speaker 5>He's never come out and said.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, yeah, you know, there's blood everywhere. You know, he

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<v Speaker 2>was never he's iver done that. He's really respected at

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<v Speaker 2>Ethan's integrity, and I think that's he's a friend for forever.

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<v Speaker 4>That's so true. He really truly is such a hero.

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<v Speaker 4>His strength is amazing. His account that that morning also

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<v Speaker 4>brings up another interesting document.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yes, when Hunter arrives around eleven am, he said

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<v Speaker 2>he entered the code to get into the house. But

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<v Speaker 2>we learned that a witness was walking his dog, and

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<v Speaker 2>it appears that he works at the University of Idaho

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<v Speaker 2>because they went to the University of Idaho to interview him.

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<v Speaker 2>He was walking his dog that morning and it was

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<v Speaker 2>around eight or nine am, and he saw the front

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<v Speaker 2>door wide open, and he walked his dog for about

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<v Speaker 2>an hour, and when he passed the house again closer

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<v Speaker 2>to eleven am, the door was still wide open. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's interesting because we know Brian Coberger went back into

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<v Speaker 2>the vicinity of the house that morning.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, at around nine am, his phone was pinging in

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<v Speaker 4>that area.

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<v Speaker 2>He was there for nine minutes. Where was he We

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<v Speaker 2>don't know did he get out. I can't imagine that

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<v Speaker 2>he got out of his car in broad daylight and

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<v Speaker 2>walked to that front door, and he doesn't have the

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<v Speaker 2>coat anyway, so how would he have opened it?

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<v Speaker 5>Right?

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>But did he go through the slider and come out

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<v Speaker 2>the front door and leave it open?

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<v Speaker 5>I who knows? We do know that he didn't go

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<v Speaker 5>get the sheet, though, we do know that.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, the timing works there. I think you're right

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<v Speaker 4>that I can't really like imagine him because he was

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<v Speaker 4>really stupid of him to go back in the first place,

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<v Speaker 4>But to get out of the car is like next level.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean a lot of people think he went

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<v Speaker 2>back that morning to just look at police activity. We

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<v Speaker 2>know that he was monitoring police activity on the scanner

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<v Speaker 2>from the documents. We know that, you know, and he

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't hearing anything like nothing's going on? Did this did

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<v Speaker 2>I did this really happen? Did I do this? Or

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<v Speaker 2>was I was this a fever dream? Did he go

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<v Speaker 2>back to the house to see if he really had

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<v Speaker 2>done it? And did he actually go into the home? Wow?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah? And another document made it seem like he maybe

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<v Speaker 4>had even been in the area before, right, that someone

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<v Speaker 4>may have seen someone who looks like him there before.

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<v Speaker 2>We also learned from the documents that a woman who

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<v Speaker 2>lives very near the home, saw somebody lurking at her backyard,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was interesting because of the clothing he was wearing.

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<v Speaker 2>He was like kind of dressed up a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>And we know that Brian Coburger at WSU when he

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<v Speaker 2>was a teaching aid kind of you know, buttoned up

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<v Speaker 2>his shirt all the way, you know, from that thumbs

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<v Speaker 2>up photo exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, as a reminder, Brian Coburger, he took a selfie

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<v Speaker 4>at around ten thirty am on the morning of the

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<v Speaker 4>murders and he's all dressed up and he has his

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<v Speaker 4>thumb up and he's taken his selfie in the bathroom.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and she was She's pretty convinced it was him.

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<v Speaker 2>She's pretty convinced it was him, and she chased him off.

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<v Speaker 5>It kind of creepy. Additionally, we learned.

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<v Speaker 2>That Kaylee saw a dark figure staring at her from

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<v Speaker 2>the tree line when she took her dog Murphy out

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<v Speaker 2>to pete. This occurred about a month prior to the murders.

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<v Speaker 4>Ah, it's so creepy because we know his cellphone was

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<v Speaker 4>in the area twenty three times before the murders. But

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<v Speaker 4>I always just kind of assumed that he staked his

0:25:03.359 --> 0:25:06.160
<v Speaker 4>car kind of drove around, but these new stories about

0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:09.320
<v Speaker 4>him being out and about they'd make it so much.

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<v Speaker 2>Cleepier, I know, and it's so terrifying to think that

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<v Speaker 2>the literal Boogeyman broke into this home.

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<v Speaker 3>Throughout this season, we'll continue digging into these documents piece

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<v Speaker 3>by piece to see what they reveal, what they suggest,

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<v Speaker 3>and what they can tell us about how Brian Koberger

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<v Speaker 3>took four innocent lives. Next time, we're turning to newly

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<v Speaker 3>released records about his time as a teaching assistant at

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<v Speaker 3>Washington State University and the unusual ways he crossed paths

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<v Speaker 3>with law enforcement while the investigation was still unfolding, and

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<v Speaker 3>if these documents are any indication, the story is far

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<v Speaker 3>from over. More on that next time. For more information

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