A hand-drawn sketch from a survivor of the invasion massacre that killed four students at the University of Idaho shows the “ski mask”-like face worn when he entered her off-campus home in November 2022 and killed her friend.
The roommate, identified only as a DM in court documents, told her that she had no idea of suspect Brian Coberger and that she had not recognized him even after being shown a mug shot of him after her arrest, but she told investigators she saw a masked man with “bulging eyebrows.”
Also, in another unsealed filing on Thursday, prosecutors alleged that Kohberger purchased a black balaclava from a sports goods store in Dick in January 2022.
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A picture of a student DM from the University of Idaho depicting a mask seen by an intruder at 1122 King Road on the night of a student murder in Idaho. (Commentary of the ADA County District Court)
“This is the same type of mask explained by a DM who was seen wearing a man in his residence on November 13, 2022,” the prosecutor wrote.
The sketch was included in a defense filing asking the judge to block the DM from referring to “bubbly brows” after police documents showed that police documents used terminology to describe the intruder.
The defense argues that the DM only used the phrase after “suggestive” interrogation during the course of five interviews with police. Court documents also revealed that she had a wall of photographs and artwork in her bedroom, showing her face and eyebrows.
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Madison Morgen on the top left smiled on the shoulder of her best friend Kaylee Goncalves, who posed alongside two other housemates in Ethan Chapin, Zana Carnordal and Goncalves' final Instagram post, sharing four students before being stabbed and killed. (@kayleegoncalves/instagram)
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A DM text message shows that she told another survivor that she had identified as “it's almost like a ski mask” minutes after the murder.
Detectives first asked about the intruder's brows in their second interview with police on the day of the murder, according to defense counsel Elisa Massosus.
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Four days later, another detective asked her if the mask was a balaclava and explained it to her. Then, in another interview on December 1st, she drew a sketch.
“It looks very similar to balaclava,” writes Massos.
that's right.
This stock photo shows a man wearing a black balaclava and a hoodie. (istock)
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According to court documents, the DM peered into her bedroom door and was within three feet of the intruder. She froze in shock. However, he leaves towards the sliding door behind, and the police then think he left the scene around 4:17am.
The DM ran downstairs and was sleeping in the BF's room. They woke up a few hours later, making several calls before 911, and police arrived around noon and found four friends dead at the bloody crime scene.
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Brian Coberger arrives at Monroe County Courthouse in Pennsylvania before an extradition hearing. He is charged with murder of four students at the University of Idaho. (Fox News Digital Image Direct)
The victims were Madison Morgen (21, Kaylee Goncalves), 21, Zana Carnodor, and 20 and 20 Ethan Chapin. All three young women were roommates. Chapin lived nearby and was dating Carnodor.
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Coberger's trial on four counts of first-degree murder and another robbery trial are scheduled to begin on August 11th. The selection of the ju judge is scheduled for July 30th.
The previous judge entered into a plea for not guilty in May 2023 on behalf of Coberger. He could face the death penalty if convicted.
