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Case File · Timeline
Evidence timeline
Feb 13, 2017
Abby Williams & Libby German reported missing
Feb 14, 2017
Bodies discovered near Deer Creek
Feb 15, 2017
Audio and image released from Libby's phone
Oct 28, 2022
Richard Allen arrested
Nov 11, 2024
Guilty verdict
Case File · Documents
Source-document library
City of Moscow — Kohberger Investigation Documents
Police Report
Idaho State Police — Moscow Homicide Records Released
Press Release
Idaho State Police — Moscow Homicide Records (reports)
Police Report
Case File · Detective Notes
Detective note
How to study this case

This case is an excellent study in investigative genetic genealogy (IGG). Focus on the science and procedure: how IGG narrows a candidate pool from crime-scene DNA, and why it is an investigative lead rather than courtroom proof…

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Case File · Community
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Featured case
The Bryan Kohberger Case
Convicted (Guilty Plea)

The Bryan Kohberger Case

Moscow, Idaho

Four University of Idaho students — Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin — were killed in an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13, 2022. Investigators identified Bryan Kohberger as a suspect in part through investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) developed from DNA on a knife sheath. Kohberger pleaded guilty in July 2025 and was sentenced to four consecutive life terms without parole plus ten years; the plea spared him the death penalty, and authorities said the motive remains unknown. This workspace is a teaching example of forensic genetic genealogy and is for educational analysis only.

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