The newest episode of “Dateline” takes a deep dive into the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022, and the man accused of killing them, Bryan Kohberger.
Kohberger was charged with four counts of murder and one count of burglary about six weeks after Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were found stabbed to death in an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, 2022.
A judge entered a not guilty plea on Kohberger’s behalf in 2023, and his trial is set to begin on Aug. 11 in Boise, Idaho.
The May 9 episode of “Dateline” provides new details about the case that have not been previously reported, like security footage from a house near the murder scene, and records from Kohberger’s cellphone and some of his Google searches.
“Dateline” correspondent Keith Morrison interviewed a woman who met Kohberger at a pool party just months before the killings, as well as a mother whose daughter was supposed to be staying at the house in Moscow, Idaho, on the night of the murders, according to a preview of the episode aired on TODAY on May 8.
“All I could think about was the kids,” Angela Navejas, the mother of Ashlin Couch, who was supposed to be staying over at the house that night, told Morrison as she got emotional.
The “Dateline” team has been reporting on the ground in Idaho for more than two years since the slayings occurred. Here’s how to watch the latest “Dateline” episode titled, “The Terrible Night on King Road.”When is the ‘Dateline’ episode about Bryan Kohberger?
The newest episode of “Dateline” will air on NBC at 9 p.m. ET on May 9.
The episode establishes a timeline starting from the months before the murders when Kohberger moves to Washington to pursue his PhD in criminology at Washington State University, which is just a few miles over the state line from the University of Idaho.
In July 2022, Kohberger attended a pool party, and exchanged numbers with a woman named Holly who did not return his text message.
“You know, the universe intervened, and for whatever reason, just distracted me … from further engaging in that interaction,” Holly, who asked to be identified by only her first name, said in the preview clip of the episode.
And in the hours after the murders, records obtained by “Dateline” and in the possession of law enforcement show that Kohberger made calls to a phone linked to his parents, just before he took a controversial selfie, which was released by prosecutors in a court filing earlier this year.
Kohberger’s trial is scheduled to start in August and end in November. If convicted, Kohberger can face the death penalty, a judge ruled last month.
This article was originally published on TODAY.com
