Murder In Moscow: The Surviving Roommates Were Texting During The Attacks Per Sources

A 2023 report raised new questions about what the two surviving roommates may have heard and done while Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were being killed. According to Air Mail, Steve Goncalves had been told by someone connected to the grand jury that the surviving roommates were not only awake during the attack, but had allegedly heard what was happening and were texting one another as the killer moved through the King Road house. The claim went significantly beyond what authorities had initially told the public. For weeks after the murders, Moscow police had repeatedly stated in official updates that the surviving roommates had been asleep and did not wake until later that morning. That account changed after Bryan Kohberger’s arrest, when the probable-cause affidavit revealed that surviving roommate D.M. had actually been awake, heard noises, opened her bedroom door several times and ultimately saw a masked man dressed in black walking toward the sliding glass door.

The report also said Goncalves tried to learn more about what the surviving roommates had experienced but was warned by the FBI not to contact a potential witness whose identity had been protected after the person came forward through a confidential tip line. Inside Edition emphasized that it could not independently confirm the claims about the roommates texting or hearing the entire attack because the gag order prevented police and prosecutors from commenting. Even so, the story highlighted a significant discrepancy in the early public narrative: authorities initially portrayed both surviving roommates as sleeping through the murders, while later court records established that at least D.M. had been awake and had witnessed a man leaving the house. The allegations about texting therefore became another unresolved piece of the case, raising questions about exactly what the surviving roommates knew in real time, what they communicated to each other and why the public account of their actions changed so dramatically after Kohberger’s arrest.


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