According to forensic experts, one of the University of Idaho murder victims, Xana Kernodle, reportedly fought back against her accused attacker, Bryan Kohberger, repeatedly grabbing the knife after her friends were killed on November 13 of last year.
A report claimed that Kernodle’s fingers were almost severed from repeatedly grabbing the sharp knife and fighting back.
Kernodle was likely awake at the time of the slayings. Records show she received a DoorDash delivery at 4 a.m. and minutes later was on TikTok.
The first two killed were Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21 years old. They were found in a bed on the third floor of their house before the alleged killer Bryan Kohberger went down to the second floor and murdered Ethan Chapin, 20 and his girlfriend Xana Kernodle, 20.
The commotion on the third floor might have woken Chapin and Kernodle up, and it appeared Chapin stepped into the hallway before he met his death. Police found Chapin in the doorway of Kernodle’s room with a slash to his neck.
The report matches statements made by Kernodle’s father, Jeffrey Kernodle, in November of last year. Jeffrey Kernodle said that the autopsy report on his daughter showed that her skin had bruises from being torn by the knife.
Two other residents in the house at the time of the murders were not targeted. One of the survivors, Dylan Mortensen, told the police that she saw a man with bushy eyebrows before he walked out of the house.
Recently, three students at the University of Idaho claimed they had seen Kohberger on the campus several times and had seen him sitting alone in the Student Union building a few weeks before the murders. One of the students, Chelsea, said she saw the murder suspect eating alone in the University’s food court weeks before November 13.
Chelsea told People that Kohberger appeared to stare at passersby and would not look away even when caught staring. According to her, he seemed as if he wanted the person to notice that he was staring, adding that the man did not smile, nod or say anything.
Another student said Kohberger’s stare made her uncomfortable after she ran into him several times at the school.
The reports of sightings of Kohberger at the campus come after authorities said they believed he spent a great deal of time at the campus before the killings.
After the news of the murders broke out, the University hired more security personnel and increased the numbers of officers on the campus. In spite of the suspect’s arrest, the school management said the increased security personnel would remain.
It was not the first time Kohberger made women feel uncomfortable. Jordan Serulneck, who runs a bar in Pennsylvania, said the suspect had numerous uncomfortable interactions with women at the bar.
Serulneck said workers labelled him as the problematic guy who makes “creepy comments” to women for refusing his advances.