(NewsNation) — Authorities have released audio of the 911 call made after four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed as they slept in their off-campus home.
In the recording from the morning of Nov. 13, 2022, a surviving roommate who was not aware of the killings called emergency dispatchers to report unsettling news.
“Something’s happened in our house, and we don’t know what,” a distraught young woman says at the beginning of the call.
A female neighbor then takes the phone to say that one of the occupants of the house is “not waking up.”
“Oh, and they saw some man in their house last night,” the neighbor says.
“I need to know what’s going on right now, if someone is passed out,” the 911 operator says. “Can you find that out?”
The caller agrees to check, with others accompanying her. More grim comments from the house are heard, such as, “She’s passed out. What’s wrong?” The caller sobs and pants and confirms, “She’s not waking up.”
Another person, a male, takes the phone and tells the 911 operator the 20-year-old roommate is not breathing.
The dispatcher says an ambulance and police are on the way. By then, an officer has arrived, the caller says.
Authorities would discover four victims: Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin and Kaylee Goncalves, all of whom were killed overnight at the Moscow, Idaho residence.
Bryan Kohberger, a graduate student at Washington State University in nearby Pullman, Wash., was charged with first-degree murder and is expected to go to trial in August.
Authorities zeroed in on Kohberger after collecting DNA evidence from a knife sheath left at the scene. He also drove a white Hyundai Elantra, the type of vehicle that was observed in the area at the time of the killings.
NewsNation’s Liz Jassin, Cassie Buchman and The Associated Press contributed to this story.
