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24 Feb 2023


Neither the landlord nor property manager immediately responded to requests for comment from Fox News Digital Friday morning, and authorities are subjected to a gag order in the case.

It was a Saturday morning around 4 a.m. when a masked suspect snuck into the home with a knife. The four victims included three housemates, 21-year-olds Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, and Xana Kernodle, 20, plus her visiting boyfriend Ethan Chapin, also 20.

IDAHO MURDERS SUSPECT BRYAN KOHBERGER HAD PHOTOS OF VICTIM ON PHONE WEEKS AFTER MASSACRE: REPORT

The house where four college students were brutally stabbed to death is boarded up and surrounded by security fencing on Thursday, February 23, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho.

The house where four college students were brutally stabbed to death is boarded up and surrounded by security fencing on Thursday, February 23, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

They had been seen partying Friday evening into the early morning of Saturday, and some of them were likely asleep at the start of the attack, according to Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt. She said all four suffered multiple stab wounds, and police later revealed they recovered a Ka-Bar knife sheath near Mogen's body.

In a bombshell court filing, investigators revealed that one of the two surviving housemates witnessed a black-clad, masked man with "bushy eyebrows" leaving out the rear sliding door.

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It's unclear what will become of the home, which appeared boarded up and fenced in on Thursday, Feb. 23. 

It's unclear what will become of the home, which appeared boarded up and fenced in on Thursday, Feb. 23.  (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Police say that man was Bryan Kohberger, then a 28-year-old criminology Ph.D. student at Washington State University, about 7 miles away, across state lines.

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He has since been expelled and is sitting in the Latah County Jail in Moscow, where a judge ordered him held without bail on four counts of first-degree murder and a felony burglary charge.

The back door where suspected killer Bryan Kohberger is alleged to have exited the crime scene is also boarded up.

The back door where suspected killer Bryan Kohberger is alleged to have exited the crime scene is also boarded up. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Police allege that Kohberger stalked the King Road home at least a dozen times before the attack and returned once more about five hours after the murders – which was still hours before the initial 911 call.

They say they traced his car to and from the crime scene on the morning of the slayings and used phone pings to follow his suspected path.

For months, open blinds gave an eerie peek inside the crime scene.

For months, open blinds gave an eerie peek inside the crime scene. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

And they found DNA on a knife sheath that detectives said was a familial match to DNA collected from Kohberger's parents' house in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested on Dec. 30.

WATCH: Moscow police bodycam shows Xana Kernodle speak with officers during noise complaint response 

The six-bedroom rental home, situated near the University of Idaho's Greek Row, was a known party house, with dozens of students coming and going on any given weekend, friends of the victims previously told Fox News Digital.

Moscow police bodycam videos show several encounters with the victims in the past semester – involving noise complaints and underage drinking.

Madison Mogen, top left, smiles on the shoulders of her best friend, Kaylee Goncalves, as they pose with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and two other housemates in Goncalves' final Instagram post, shared the day before the four students were stabbed to death.

Madison Mogen, top left, smiles on the shoulders of her best friend, Kaylee Goncalves, as they pose with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and two other housemates in Goncalves' final Instagram post, shared the day before the four students were stabbed to death. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)

The case is subject to a gag order, which itself is currently being challenged by a coalition of media organizations and the attorney for Goncalves' family.

Bryan Kohberger arrives at Monroe County Courthouse in Pennsylvania in advance of highly anticipated extradition hearing. He's charged with the murders of four University of Idaho students. 

Bryan Kohberger arrives at Monroe County Courthouse in Pennsylvania in advance of highly anticipated extradition hearing. He's charged with the murders of four University of Idaho students.  (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)

As a result, authorities have declined to comment repeatedly.

Kohberger is due back in court on June 26 and could face the death penalty if convicted on any one of the murder charges.

He has not yet entered a plea, but through his former Pennsylvania attorney said he expected to be exonerated.

Michael Ruiz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to michael.ruiz@fox.com and on Twitter: @mikerreports