() A surprise guilty plea prevented the public from learning more about what happened on Nov. 13, 2022, when criminology Ph.D. student Bryan Kohberger killed four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home.
New documentary released around Bryan Kohberger, Idaho murders
But the parents of two of the victims, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin, are sharing their children’s stories in their first-ever televised interviews, revealing new details in the documentary, “One Night in Idaho: The College Murders.”
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Kohberger, a former graduate student in criminal justice at Washington State University, faces murder charges for the deaths of Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves and Ethan Chapin, who were killed at an off-campus house near the University of Idaho on Nov. 13, 2022. He had pleaded not guilty. -
Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students, appears at the Ada County Courthouse on July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool) -
This photo released by the State of Idaho, which prosecutors claim to have been taken from Bryan Kohberger’s phone, shows Kohberger, accused of slaying 4 University of Idaho students, gesturing in a selfie on Nov. 13, 2022, hours after the homicides occurred. (State of Idaho via AP)
The four-part series premiered in full Friday on Amazon Prime Video, a subscription-based streaming service.
“In the middle of the night on November 13th, 2022, four University students were brutally murdered in an off-campus house in the quiet college town of Moscow, Idaho,” the docuseries’ online description reads. “With exclusive and intimate access to figures closest to the victims, One Night in Idaho: The College Murders explores the emotional twists and turns of this American tragedy and its continued fallout.”
Bryan Kohberger takes plea deal
The docuseries was released nine days after Kohberger’s unexpected plea deal on July 2, leaving the victims’ families and the public with unanswered questions.
“The question everybody wants answered is why? Why these four kids?” one of the parents asks in the docuseries’ trailer.
Kohberger’s signed confession did not include a motive.
Kohberger fatally stabbed Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20. He faces four consecutive life sentences and will be sentenced July 23.
The families of victims are divided on the plea. The Goncalves family has criticized the deal, calling it hurried and secretive.
“The state is showing BK (Bryan Kohberger) mercy by removing the death penalty. BK did not show Kaylee ANY mercy,” the family said in a statement on Facebook last week, adding that Kohberger was “too afraid to die, but he wasn’t afraid to kill.”
However, Ben Mogen, father of victim Madison Mogen, told CBS News he was “relieved” to receive notification of the plea agreement, calling it justice: “We can actually put this behind us and not have these future dates and future things that we don’t want to have to be at.”
