MOSCOW, Idaho – Despite a temporary restraining order blocking some images from release, Moscow Police released body camera footage late Thursday that shows their initial discovery of the murder of four University of Idaho students.
A judge has temporarily blocked images showing the bedroom where Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves were killed.
That’s because Mogen’s mother Karen Laramie is fighting in court to stop the release, saying it violates the victims’ privacy.
A judge put a temporary restraining order in place this week, blocking Mogen’s room from being shown while considering the release of the rest of the graphic images.
The City of Moscow said it won’t allow the release of images of any of the victims’ rooms until the judge makes a final decision.
Idaho law allows autopsy and graphic crime scene photos to be excluded from public view if it violates the victims’ privacy.
Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to killing Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle in November 2022. He’s serving four life sentences without parole.
Chapin’s family has also joined the request to keep the graphic images from being made public.
The video shows the point of view of one Moscow Police officer as he arrives on scene.
It shows them entering the home and discovering the victims, first Kernodle and Chapin, then later finding Mogen and Goncalves in a bedroom upstairs.
Because of the restraining order, there’s a large black bar covering the bedrooms in the video.
The body camera also captures the officer interacting with the victims’ friends and roommates outside of the home.
There are interviews with the two young women who lived in the home but were not attacked.
You see their confusion, not knowing for sure what has happened in the home and which of their roommates and friends were inside. It shows the college students huddled on the ground near a dumpster, some wrapped in blankets.
At one point, you see an investigator on the phone saying, “We’re going to need some help.”
4 News Now is sharing some of the body camera video to give context to the restraining order and what is being prohibited from public release. We are not airing any of the interviews with the survivors or witnesses, as it does not shed any new light on the case and has the potential to do more harm.
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