Demolition began Thursday on the home where four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered last year.
The sun was just about to rise over 1122 King Road in Moscow when excavators began dismantling the structure, photos show.
The university announced plans to demolish the off-campus home earlier this month — 13 months after Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were found stabbed to death inside on Nov. 13. , 2022.
Heavy equipment is used to demolish the home where four University of Idaho students were killed in 2022 on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. Kai Eiselein for NY Post Demolition starts at the house where Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were killed near the University of Idaho. Kai Eiselen for the NY Post
“It’s a grim reminder of the heinous acts that took place there,” University of Idaho president Scott Green wrote in a school-wide memo.
The house was slated for demolition earlier this year, when the property’s owner donated the site to the university.
The defense team of Bryan Kohberger, the prime suspect in the murder, made one final visit to the property to take photos, measurements and drone footage before the scheduled demo, the university statement added.
(Clockwise from top left) Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Kaylee Goncalves were found stabbed to death on November 13, 2022. An excavator began tearing down the front of the house. AP The house was slated for demolition earlier this year, when the property’s owner donated the site to the university. Kai Eiselein for the NY Post
The prosecution also visited the site on December 21, an additional memo announced.
Demolition began Thursday amid protests from family members of some of the victims, including Goncalves’ parents.
“PLEASE STOP THE KING STREET HOUSE!” the grieving family posted on Facebook Thursday morning.
“When victims can’t speak, you have to speak for them when you feel someone is hurting the case,” they continued, arguing that the house should remain standing for “fundamental evidentiary purposes.”
The sun was just about to rise over 1122 King Road in Moscow when forklifts began dismantling the structure, photos show. AP The house was completely destroyed. Kai Eiselein University of Idaho President Scott Green called the house a “grim reminder of the heinous acts that took place there.” James Keivom
Goncalves was found stabbed to death on the second floor of the house, in the same bed as Mogen.
Kernodle and Chapin, her boyfriend, were found together on the third floor, according to court documents reviewed by People.
In their statement, the Goncalves family suggested that keeping the King Road home intact could help jurors visualize the perspectives of the two surviving roommates who were in the home when the murders occurred.
They also asked whether Kohberger, 28, could have targeted the house himself.
Bryan Kohberger is suspected of killing the four students. AP
Kohberger was arrested in Pennsylvania on December 30, 2022, after DNA evidence linked him to the crime scene.
A probable cause affidavit later revealed that his cell phone data placed him in the King Road area several times in the months before the stabbing.
But a trial expert previously warned that taking jurors to tour the crime scene – which has been boarded up and monitored 24/7 for the past year – would be a “logistical nightmare.”
“Usually when you go to trial it’s at least a year after the allegation happened. So at that point the scene was over. You won’t have yellow tape everywhere, you won’t have blood stains, and you won’t see anything,” he explained.
Blood was pouring out of the side of an off-campus house on King Road. James Keivom
Kohberger – who was pursuing a doctorate in criminology at Washington State University in Pullman at the time of the killing – waived his right to a speedy trial in August.
Prosecutors are pushing for a summer 2024 start date, CBS News reported.
The University of Idaho scheduled the destruction for winter break to “minimize further impact on students living in the area,” the official memo said.
The university will also build a park in memory of the four victims on campus, the administration previously announced.
Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder in addition to one count of felony burglary.
Prosecutors announced earlier this year that they were seeking the death penalty.
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