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Idaho 4- The University of Idaho Murders- Part 1

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Dylan Mortensen heard a voice say, 'there's someone here,' then saw a figure in black with bushy eyebrows.

1. This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast covers the University of Idaho murders and the King Road house in Moscow, Idaho. 2. Torella hosts the episode, and Madison “Maddie” Mogan, Kaylee Gonsalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin are the names that shape the narrative. 3. The episode asks what can be said about the Idaho 4 case now that the trial was expected for August 2025 but turned into a plea deal. 4. Kaylee Jade Gonsalves was born on June 8, 2001 in Concord, California, and her family described her as “fire in life.” 5. Kaylee’s family moved to North Idaho in 2002, and her sister Olivia and mother Christy describe her as spirited, wild, and protective. 6. Madison Mae Mogan was born on May 25, 2001 in Eugene, Oregon, and her obituary says it was “well known” not to let her get hungry. 7. Maddie’s parents Karen and Benjamin later split and remarried, and Torella notes that the family still stayed close. 8. Xana Kernodle was born on July 5, 2002 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and she told people her name was spelled “like Xanax without the X.” 9. Xana grew up in Post Falls, played gymnastics, volleyball, soccer, and track, and worked at Texas Roadhouse before the University of Idaho. 10. Ethan Chapin was born on October 29, 2002 in Seattle, was the oldest of triplets, and attended the University of Idaho with his brother Hunter. 11. The episode keeps returning to the shared college life of the roommates, including sororities, jobs at The Mad Greek, and the King Road house. 12. Kaylee lived in a bedroom on the third floor across from Maddie, and Xana lived on the second floor of the six-bedroom house. 13. Bethany and Dylan were the other two female roommates, and Torella says the house was known as a party house in a college town. 14. A publicized video reportedly shows all five roommates joking on the main floor and doing impressions of each other. 15. On the night in question, Kaylee and Maddie went to the Corner Club around 10 p.m., and Xana and Ethan were at a fraternity party nearby. 16. A food truck livestream captured Kaylee and Maddie ordering late at night, and they returned to the house just before 2 a.m. 17. The episode’s tone is conversational, with Torella and the co-host trading side comments, jokes, and personal reactions to the case details. 18. The format mixes victim profiles, timeline reconstruction, and commentary on college life, family statements, and documentary footage. 19. People interested in the Idaho 4 case and victim-centered true crime coverage. 20. People wanting a tight, fully resolved case narrative.

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A conversational opening to the Idaho 4 case that keeps the victims' youth and personalities in view.

An unclear 911 call just before noon on November 13, 2022, opens onto the deaths of Kaylee Gonsalves, Zanna Kernodle, Madison Mogan, and Ethan Chapin inside a University of Idaho house on King Road.

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You get the Idaho 4 case from an unclear 911 call to four young lives cut short inside the King Road house.

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