REVEALED: Survivor of Idaho College Murders Receiving Help From 'Spiritual Community,' Trauma Therapy
Kohberger is charged with the brutal 2022 stabbings of University of Idaho college students Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
Nov. 13 2023, Published 3:30 p.m. ET
One year after the gruesome murders of four University of Idaho students, the two surviving roommates are keeping low profiles since the horrific slaying, RadarOnline.com has learned.
On Nov. 13, 2022, Bryan Kohberger, 28, was studying for a Ph.D. in criminology at Washington State University when police believe he broke into a home in Moscow, Idaho, and allegedly fatally stabbed four students — Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kernodle's boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20.
Kohberger was connected to the crime through DNA evidence found on a knife sheath found at the scene.
Two other roommates, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, were also home at the time, but they survived. Mortensen, 21, even came face-to-face with the killer just moments after the murders took place.
She told authorities she saw a “figure clad in black clothing and a mask” walking toward the home’s back exit just after 4 a.m., as Front Page Detectives reported.
Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke were both home when suspect Bryan Kohbeger allegedly snuck into the Moscow house on Nov. 13, 2022.
Mortensen and Funke were also allegedly texting each other while the murders were taking place. The pair have received an onslaught of hatred online since the slayings after it was revealed no one called 911 for several hours, the New York Post reported.
Since the murders, the two roommates have been keeping low profiles.
Mortensen (left) and Gonclaves (right) in photo before murders took place.
Mortensen has reportedly been “isolating herself.” She was seen running near her parents’ home after the murders, but has not been seen since by the media.
“In the beginning weeks after those homicides, she was basically dogpiled on social media,” private investigator J. Reuben Appelman said, according to The Post. “This was part of the trauma that she experienced. Dylan herself has retreated from the public eye, very few people see her.”
Funke (left) has kept a low profile and now lives in Nevada.
Appelman added that Mortensen is now in “trauma therapy of sorts” and that she is “getting help from the spiritual community.”
Funke now lives in Nevada and has kept an even lower profile, sources claim.
The only time she has been heard from was when her attorneys filed a motion earlier this year to dismiss a subpoena that was forcing her to testify as part of Kohberger’s defense.
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Funke later agreed to sit down for an interview with Kohberger’s attorneys, but it is unclear if that ever happened.
In December 2022, Mortensen and Funke got matching tattoos on the back of their elbows to honor their murdered roommates, The Post reported.
The tattoo consisted of the first letter of each of their friends’ first names surrounded by angel wings.
Kohberger was eventually charged with four counts of first-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty in the case. He is currently behind bars without bail, and waived his right to a speedy trial, delaying the start of his trial.
