Bryan Kohberger's victims 'endured a high degree of pain' and suffering, unsealed autopsy reports show

Graphic content warningThe autopsy reports for the University of Idaho student victims have been unsealed by the Ada County court, where the case was transferred after killer Bryan Kohberger successfully asked for a change of venue.They were conducted by Dr.Veena Singh, Spokane's chief medical examiner, who prosecutors said was planning to testify in the penalty phase of trial had their accused killer not pleaded guilty first.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XUniversity of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and two other housemates pose in the final photo shared by Goncalves on Instagram before four students were fatally stabbed in November 2022.
(Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram)The reports do not include photographs.Some of the information about the devastating injuries to the victims has already been made public.BRYAN KOHBERGER MAY HAVE USED SECOND WEAPON AND LEFT ‘SCARED’ WHILE SPARING SURVIVING ROOMMATE: REPORTDr.
Singh found that all of the victims suffered wounds "consistent" with a "Ka-Bar Full Size US Marine Corps Fighting Knife" — the suspected murder weapon.Some injuries may have been caused by different parts of the weapon, she found.SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERAn evidence photo from the Moscow Police Department shows a KA-BAR knife sheath believed to have housed the knife Bryan Kohberger used to murder four University of Idaho students in November 2022.
(Moscow Police Department)All four were killed by multiple sharp-force injuries and "endured a high degree of pain and/or suffering" in the attack, which took place as three of the four were sleeping around 4 a.m.on Nov.
13, 2022.She noted that Kaylee Goncalves, 21, had also suffered blunt-force injuries to her face and that an "unidentified object" appeared to have been used to cover her mouth.She also showed signs of asphyxia.SEND US A TIP HEREBryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on July 23, 2025, for his sentencin...