The Night of the Idaho Student Murders | Sneak peek | Forensic Files

Moscow will forever be known as a scene of one of the most tragic crimes in American
history there's still sort of a a Darkness whenever you talk to people it will be ever part of the
University's history and the town's history there are four very very important names in this case Kaye
gonzalves Madison Mogan Zan kodal and Ethan chapen and if you're going to remember any
names from this case I ask that it be all four my name is Olivia Gonzalez and Kaye was my little
sister everybody's going to work and you look out the window and there's kids running down the street laughing and
you're just like how can you be out there playing my daughter's dead you know key galz is
gone stop everything everything everybody in the whole world stop and everything just keeps
going my sister zna kodal is one of the happiest funniest people I've ever met and I had the
awesome privilege of growing up with her and I still have a hard time coming to terms with the facts that it did
happen bran cerg is accused of stabbing these four University of Idaho students in the
preon hours on November 13th 2022 uh the murder weapon which was a knife has never been found this is type of
survival knife Brian coburger did not make his own plea the judge entered a plea for him of not guilty maximum
penalties life in prison or the death penalty due to the nature of the crimes the state of Idaho is seeking the death
penalty he was was there to kill he came in with a kit I believe he had a kill kit and you believe that everything
right down to the Implement of Destruction this large Marine knife that was all planned all planned was inhumane
you wouldn't do these type of things to any living creature let alone an innocent human
being the star piece of evidence in the prosecution's case is the DNA that was found on the knife sheath that was left
at the crime scene that there's so much other evidence that's also pointing towards nobody else that we're aware
of how was Brian cober's car spotted leaving the scene why was his cell phone seen there 12 times including the
morning after the offense prosecution would like everyone to believe that it's an open and shut case but I think the
facts they have make the case more open than open and shut according to the defense there is no
connection whatsoever between Brian koberger and the victims and if there is no connection then there is no motive
and if there is no motive then it becomes very hard to make the case that he is the Killer and this is a graduate
student not a trained assassin it's more so about putting these pieces together because I know what the puzzle looks
like at the end I have the box in front of me but I'm missing so many pieces how did all of these pieces fall
to create what I'm living in right now where did where did this come from

The family of murdered student Kaylee Goncalves says they may have uncovered a connection between the suspect, their daughter, and Maddie Mogen. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports Saturday, Sept. 16 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Olivia Gonzalves discusses the impact of her sister's murder and the ongoing case against Brian Kohberger.

Key points

The Tragic Crime in Moscow. A deep dive into the tragic events surrounding the murder of four University of Idaho students.
The Accused and the Evidence. Brian Coberger faces serious charges with DNA evidence linking him to the crime.
The Defense's Argument. The defense claims there's no connection between Coberger and the victims, questioning the motive.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

How can you be out there playing? My daughter's dead!

A sister's anguish over her sibling's death.

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