Ethan Chapin: Last News

The arraignment of Bryan Kohberger went pretty much as you’d expect — with one odd little wrinkle.

The man accused of brutally murdering four University of Idaho students last November allegedly broke into a female colleague’s home months before the awful tragedy. As readers will no doubt recall, forme

Sophia Scorziello editor James Patterson and investigative journalist Vicky Ward are working to turn the tragic deaths of students Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Kaylee Goncalves into a non-fiction title. In November 2022, the four students at the University of Idaho were violently killed in their homes. Dubbed the “Moscow Murders,” the infamous attack gained a rapid following online as internet sleuths on Reddit, Twitter and other platforms gathered to try and find the killer and his motive. The book will recount the violence that rattled the college town and the subsequent investigation and arrest of suspect Bryan Kohberger. Skydance Television is seeking to option the rights of the book as part of their first-look deal with Patterson. Story Syndicate (“Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence,” “Harry and Meghan”) is in final negotiations to be the production partner with Skydance on the docuseries

The story of the horrific Idaho student murders is in the works for the page and the small screen. Bestselling author James Patterson and award-winning journalist Vicky Ward are teaming on a nonfiction book about the 2022 murders of the four University of Idaho students. Additionally, Skydance Television intends to option the rights to the book for development as a docuseries, based on Patterson and Ward’s investigation, as part of their first-look deal with Patterson.

Just when you thought the Idaho murder case couldn’t get more deranged, suspect Bryan Kohberger has inexplicably gained fans… a LOT of fans… of the romantic variety…

The school year is just about over… and the students who went to the University of Idaho in 2022-2023 are reflecting on the horrific events that changed everything.

It turns out Bryan Kohberger got in trouble with the law just before the University of Idaho murders… unfortunately not enough trouble.

Bryan Kohberger‘s legal team is getting what they want. Mostly.

Bryan Kohberger is facing four charges of first-degree murder for the brutal stabbing deaths of University of Idaho students Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. It’s shaping up to be one of the most intensely watched trials of the decade — and maybe the biggest in Idaho’s history.

We have a long time before Bryan Kohberger faces trial for the murders of four college students in Moscow, Idaho. His next hearing isn’t even until June, so this is going to be some wait. So what is he doing with all this time?

Well, this is upsetting. We imagine most everyone following the case of the University of Idaho murders is on roughly the same page right now. The evidence we’ve seen against Bryan Kohberger is overwhelming, and any delays in the trial are just delaying the inevitable — justice for the victims, Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.

The arrest warrant for Bryan Kohberger has finally been released after having been sealed for 60 days.

The house where four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered last November will be torn down, and a memorial will be erected for the four victims.

One of the key aspects of the University of Idaho murder investigation is the veil of silence over it. The Moscow Police Department chose to keep everything about the case secret — right up until they made an arrest six weeks in. And since then, apart from the probable cause affidavit, there’s been more silence. There’s even a gag order on all law enforcement right now.

Did this whole thing just get unlocked?

Wow, we were just saying we’d likely only seen the tip of the iceberg when it came to the evidence against Bryan Kohberger.

How is this even possible? We thought this guy was going for a criminology PhD!

The gag order may still firmly be in place in the Bryan Kohberger murder case, but slowly and surely we’re getting a more complete look at what happened the night four University of Idaho students were murdered in their off-campus home in Moscow.

We learned last week that just before Bryan Kohberger was arrested for the shocking murders of four University of Idaho students, he was also fired.

Certain details of the University of Idaho murders have been confounding due to the lack of transparency by the Moscow Police Department and other cooperating law enforcement bodies. (Though considering their efficacy in bringing in suspect Bryan Kohberger without incident, it’s hard to blame them for the way they handled it.) However, the more we learn, the more everything seems to come into focus and tell a coherent story — even if that story is at times a horrifying tragedy of errors… One confusing detail? The roommates…

Could the suspect for the University of Idaho murders be linked to other unsolved cases? That’s what investigators in Pennsylvania have been trying to figure out!