Crime Fix with Angenette Levy - Idaho Roommate Reveals Haunting Details Right Before Murders

Episode Date: September 25, 2025

Dylan Mortensen is the only roommate who survived the murders at 1122 King Rd. who saw the masked intruder walking through the house. Mortensen was interviewed several times by police after the murders on November 13, 2022. One of her first interviews with police was just released and she discusses the doors at the house and creepy experiences her roommates had with men and someone possibly lurking near the house. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy breaks down the interview and new photos from the crime scene in this episode of Crime Fix — a daily show covering the biggest stories in crime.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW:Think you’ve seen it all? Think again. 50 Ways to Catch A Killer brings you real cases where detectives had to flip the script to take down cold-blooded killers. Hosted by 50 Cent, this isn’t your typical crime show—it’s a high-stakes, twist-filled ride into the minds of investigators who think outside the badge to break the case. From unforgettable setups to shocking reveals, every episode proves: when killers think they got away with murder, think again. Watch 50 Ways to Catch A Killer with 50 Cent exclusively on Fox Nation! https://bit.ly/3JN4n11Host:Angenette Levy  https://twitter.com/Angenette5Producer:Jordan ChaconCRIME FIX PRODUCTION:Head of Social Media, YouTube - Bobby SzokeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinVideo Editing - Daniel CamachoGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wondery Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of this Law and Crimes series ad-free right now. Join Wondry Plus in the Wondery app, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Remember about a month ago, I think that one of the police officers that Kail was outside taking Murphy out and she saw a shadow. A police interview of surviving King Road roommate Dylan Mortensen reveals clues detectives followed up on early in the investigation. Did you hear Murphy barking or doing anything? Yes, he was barking a lot. I go through what Dylan said, what it means and how it helped the investigation. Plus, more photos are released from the case.

We'll take a look. Welcome to Crime Fix. I'm Ann Jeanette Levy. Dylan Mortensen was one of two roommates who survived the quadruple homicides on King Road, nearly three years ago. And she is the only person that we know saw the killer walking through the house that morning, the only eyewitness. And frankly, she was also an ear witness who said she heard things in the house at the

time that her four friends were being murdered. Brian Coburger pleaded guilty to breaking into the house on King Road and murdering Maddie Mogan, Kaylee Gonsalves, Zana Cronodle, and Ethan Chapin. We've seen Dylan Mortensen, in body-worn camera footage, from the first officer to arrive on the scene. Her face, of course, is blurred. And she described for that officer, what she heard and saw. And we're going to take a look back at that here in a little bit.

But now we are seeing one of her several interviews with detectives after she appears to have calmed down a little bit. Dylan was taken to the Moscow police department and interviewed by Detective Lance Mowry. So I think that somebody might have got something that you said. I think what made me do this. Did you have her, in the recent history, have anybody that he thought might have been stalking you or that was just acting weird? No, but, I mean, Baxter talking,

remember about a month ago, I think Bette was one of the police officers that Kail was outside taking Murphy out and she saw a shadow. Yep, okay. And then when Kiley was at Winko, Zando was in the car, she noticed.

this guy was following her. She, like, got what she was going, getting, put it in the car. And she did see in her mirror that the guy was behind her in the car. Okay. So obviously he was trying to follow her. And then this, that was about like two three weeks ago. Now, this was the afternoon of the murders. And detectives were gathering information from the people who called 911, who were there

when, A, the murders happened. And B, when police arrived, it's very, very early in the investigation. And everyone is a suspect or at least should. be. This is a quadruple homicide and a murderer is on the loose. Someone who is capable of committing a cold-blooded murder using a knife to murder for people in a relatively short amount of time. We don't know if the investigators ever figured out who the shadow was. Was it Brian Koberger? We don't know. But we do know from court documents that the Winkho incident was investigated and the man who followed Kaley was ruled out as a suspect through DNA testing. And probably,

Prosecutors said that he cooperated by handing over his phone to detectives, that man told detectives that he thought Kaylee was pretty and wanted to ask her out, but he kind of chickened out and never did. Prosecutors said the incident was recorded by surveillance cameras. Brian Koberger's attorneys had tried to introduce that man as an alternate suspect, but Judge Hippler denied that request. Now, back to Dylan's interview, where she talks about the doors in the house on King Road. Then about a week ago, our door is broken, but we, Maddie, and Bethlehem home, the door's wide open. And, like, obviously, yes, the door is broken, but that could also be something else as well. Look at the front door? Yeah.

Okay. Did you ever find the back slider open or anything? Does that usually lock? What's the condition? I mean, we're pretty good at walking it. Okay. I don't think we locked it last night. And who, it sounds like the code.

is fairly well known to the front door for by people. I mean, only people that, like, know us. Like, random people would not know, but, like. Right. Because he knew it. Yeah, he does. Obviously, it looks. It's not like she was going to move in with you guys, possibly.

Doesn't that sound like he knew it. Okay. Did Karely ever say anything or report that weirdness anybody else other than you guys no because I mean like can't there's like no proof you know I can't really do anything about it and people are just weird sometimes we didn't like obviously were scared a little bit we didn't think much about after that because there's nothing like weird after that did she see uh what kind of car was they was driving nothing like that what did Kaylee work she worked at home for a

business I believe I can't remember what exactly it is So she was just in the, she worked from her apartment from her room. Okay. What about Maddie and Zana, where did they work? Maddie and Santa both worked at Mad Greek and then Maddie also had a paid internship through this business as well. That was online at home. Um, who would know? what that business is. How would I be able to figure that out?

You might know. Okay. I can't know what it's called. There's like, because they were business majors and through their majors, they were able to get these jobs. Think you've seen it all. Think again. 50 ways to catch a killer brings you real cases where detectives had to flip the script to

take down cold-blooded killers. Hosted by 50 Cent, this isn't your typical crime show. It's a high-stakes twist-filled ride into the minds of investigators who think outside the badge to break the case, from unforgettable setups to shocking reveals, every episode proves when killers think they got away with murder, think again. Watch 50 ways to catch a killer with 50 cent exclusively on Fox Nation. Now, at the beginning of that exchange, Detective Maori asked Dylan about the doors at the house. She said the front door lock was broken. But the sliding glass door was the main point of interest. It was open when Officer Nunes arrived. And Dylan said she saw a man in all

Black walked toward the kitchen and out the sliding glass door. But at that point, they don't know whether the killer entered through the front door or not. The discussion then turned to Murphy, Kaylee's dog, who can be heard on surveillance video? Did you hear Murphy barking or doing anything? Yes, he was barking a lot. Throughout the night or? Um, and I heard Kaylee go upstairs. He's barking a lot. And then I heard Kaylee go upstairs. He's barking a lot. could tell that he was outside I don't know how the police found him because he was in the house okay but he was he has puppy he barks but he was barking a lot

if there was someone there and that was at 132 or was that round four and when he was barking when you first heard him on barking after she was up there playing did you hear him inside go outside or did he start outside He woke, Murphy was with Kaylee when they were like dancing, they walked upstairs, he was still with her, and then when she would yell, someone's here, he started barking in the house, and then I believe the slider door was open, and I think he went out that way, because I could tell, like, the sound of his barking was getting, like, more distant. Do you think that Murphy would have went after him, whoever he was? Maybe, but I mean his puppy, he doesn't fully know that yet. No, he would just be, if anything, probably they'd tie in with him. Yeah, I don't know.

When the guy in black left, did he close the slider, or did he leave it open? I don't know. I just ran downstairs. Perfect. Okay. Okay, anything else? Not that I think of. All right.

I'm going to go talk to my guys who've done the other interviews and see if anybody's got questions so we can kind of start putting more pieces together. After this, the interview ends, but there are other interviews. When Dylan talks about Kaylee playing with Murphy and going upstairs, I think she likely had her confused with Zana. We know that Zana was up getting her door dash order, which was dropped off right around 4 a.m. and her food was in the kitchen. We can see that in photos.

Maddie and Kaylee were in Maddie's bed upstairs covered in blankets and sheets. so I can tell you, it was not Kaylee at 4 a.m. dancing and playing with Murphy, sadly. It was likely Zana, who yelled, someone is here and ran to her bedroom from the second floor, followed down the stairs by the killer. Dylan was interviewed at the police department after the initial statement she gave to Officer Nunes, outside of the house, just afternoon. All I heard was, I heard, go upstairs. Like, okay, I'm going to go to sleep now because she's going upstairs.

And you heard who go upstairs? Kaylee and the dog Murphy. and upstairs to the very top yeah that's where her room is okay and then ultimately her walking up i heard her scream and she ran downstairs because she saw someone that's what i'm pretty sure she said she's someone's here and she screamed and just ran downstairs and i called for her name but i jumped up and locked my door because i was so scared um and then and the i heard from the bathroom when I heard her crying and I heard some guys say that you're going to be okay. I'm going to help you.

And I kept calling her name, but she wasn't answering. And then I opened the door for a second. And I saw this guy and he was not insanely tall, but he was wearing all black and like this mask. It was just covering his forehead and his mouth. And then I walked the door and I called B. And I didn't know what to do. This is at 4.m. Yes.

And so I just ran down to the-you left here? I left my room down to B. She's that one with the white blinds at the very bottom. I ran down there and we talked and we just we just locked the door. We didn't think anything of it. We're like, nothing happens in Moscow, so we just tried to go to bed. And then we woke up, and it was weird because none of our roommates were up. And we called all of them.

They were not waking up. And so me and this is weird. So I called and asked to come over, and then that's what all this happened. What are their names? Madie M-D-D-I-E-M-O-G-E-N. And then Kaylee, K-A-Y-L-E-E-G-O-N-C-L-A-V-E-G-O-N-C-L-A-V-E-S. I think that's how you spelled up. How old is, Maddie?

She's 21. Over 21 or 22. I can't remember. They're both over 21, but I don't know what I said me. I think so. How old is Kaylee? Over 21. I believe she's 21 or 22.

Sorry, I don't remember. That's okay. You're doing great. Thank you. I'm asking a lot of you. So I appreciate you. You're doing very well. Do you know if the other two girls are upstairs or not?

Right now, what we've got to do is we've got to process this whole thing. I don't know why to be permitted. That's fine. That's fine. I understand. Okay. Let's go back. I just want to make sure.

sure we're getting everything so you're sure at about four this morning yes it was four four four times you first noticed a guy well i first noticed katee go upstairs and scream and run downstairs so four this morning kate going upstairs yeah to the way top yes to her room with murphy the dog okay and then you heard kaley scream i heard a scream and run like run as fast as she could downstairs and she said someone's here She ran downstairs. Yes, I can hear, you can hear everything. I'm not sure I heard her to run downstairs really fast.

And then I heard Murphy barking a lot. Okay. And then I heard her going to the bathroom, and I remember her sobbing, and I just didn't break her in this guy's voice, and I didn't recognize saying, you're going to be okay, I'm going to help you, but it wasn't like, I don't know how to explain it.

Like, it wasn't in, like, a nice way. It was, like, a weird way, like a weird tone. You're going to be okay. I'm gonna help you. Yeah. And you didn't hear anything from Kaylee anymore? No, I have to have that, I didn't hear anything. Okay.

So then I kept calling for a name. I called on my phone, I called Zana, Maddie, and Kaylee. None of them answered. So then I opened up the door to look, and that's when I saw the guy pass by. He looked at me, but he didn't come towards me or say anything, which was really confusing to me. I don't understand that. And I'm pretty sure he went out the side door. and then I called and said she thought maybe there was a fire or like a firework.

We didn't know. She heard this loud noise and there was a light, I guess. And you hear it like a pop, like a bang? I don't know. Did you hear it bang? It's what she heard. Now, for whatever reason, in the clip of Dylan's police interview that I showed you earlier, they only discussed a few things, but there was another interview with Dylan that day that is longer

that has not yet been released. officer nunez had dylan describe the man again remember this was before the interview at the police department all right describe describe the guy that you saw i don't think he was he was a little bit taller than me and um i couldn't really see much of him but i'm almost positive he's wearing a full black outfit and he had this mask that was just over his forehead and over his mouth and he didn't say anything to me like at all. I just shut the door and locked it because I didn't know what's to do. And I think he went out like the side door, the sliding door in the kitchen that goes up to the backyard. And then I didn't know anything else.

So I called me and I was like, I just need to come downstairs and find you because I don't know where anyone else is. And I called Maddie. I called Dana. I called Kaylee. No one. Now we've seen a number of photos that have been released by Moscow police and Idaho State Police that show the crime scene. But there are more. And a new batch were released just this week. They show the front of door of 1122 King Road, the steps that lead to the second floor of the house from the front door and the living room area where the roommates often watch TV and hung out. The beer pong table was photographed and a cart that held flowers to the side of it. Also, the neon good vibe sign that was on the wall to the side of that cart was also photographed again. In the kitchen, you can see

the interior of the cabinets. It shows exactly what you would expect from a college house and the freezer full of food for five young women, and even the dishwasher. And sadly, a sign in the kitchen that said, this is our happy place. The house was a place that was full of happiness until November 13th, 2022. There's also an open drawer that showed a stuffed animal belonging to one of the roommates. It appears that every inch of that house was photographed. This was a quadruple homicide investigation and nothing, absolutely nothing, could be left a chance. Tire tracks from someone apparently peeling out of the area were meticulously photographed and measured. Those were never mentioned in the case against Brian Coburger, and they don't appear to be coming from the direction

where he would have parked. So we are left to assume they were not relevant to the case, but there was no way to know that at the time. At Brian Coburger's sentencing in July, Dylan Mortensen, who would have been a witness at his trial, spoke about how the loss of her four roommates, Maddie Kaylee, Zana, and Ethan impacted her. Because of him for a beautiful, genuine, compassionate people were taken from this world for no reason. He didn't just take their lives. He took the light they carried it into every room. He took away how they made everyone feel safe, loved, and full of joy.

He took away the ability for me to tell them that I love them and then I'm so proud of them. He took away who they were becoming and the futures they were going to have. He took away birthdays, graduations, celebrations, and all the memories that we were supposed to make. All of it is gone. And all the people who loved them are just left to carry that way forever. He didn't just take them from the world.

He took them from me, my friends, my people who felt like my home. The people I looked up to and adored more than anyone. He took away my ability to trust the world around me. What he did shattered me in places I didn't know could break. I was barely 19 when he did this. We had just celebrated my birthday at the end of September. I should have been figuring out who I was.

I should have been having the college experience in starting to establish my future. Instead, I was forced to learn how to survive the unimaginable. I couldn't be alone. I had to sleep in my mom's bed because I was too terrified to close my eyes, terrified that if I blinked, someone might be there. I made escape plans everywhere I went. If something happens, how do I get out?

What can I use to defend myself? Who can help? Then there are the panic attacks, the kind that slam into me like a tsunami out of nowhere. I can't breathe. I can't think. I can't stop shaking. All I can do is scream because the emotional pain and the grief is too much to handle. my chest, it feels like it's keeping in.

Sometimes I dropped the floor with my heart racing, convinced something is very wrong. It's far beyond anxiety. It's my body reliving everything over and over again. My nervous system never got the message that it is over, and it won't let me forget what he did to them. People call me strong. They say I'm a survivor, but I don't see what my new reality looks like.

They don't see the panic attacks, the hypervigilance, the exhaustion, the way I scan every room I enter, the way I flinch and sudden sounds. They don't know how heavy it is to carry so much pain and still be expected to keep going, and that's because of him. He still parts me, I may never get back. told that he took the version of me who didn't constantly ask, what if it happens again? What if next time I don't survive? He may have shattered parts of me, but I'm still putting myself back together.

Brian Coburger is serving four consecutive life sentences for the murders of Maddie Kaley's Santa and to Ethan. Now, there are other police interviews with Dylan Mortensen, as I mentioned earlier. Those have not yet been released. And that's it for this episode of Crime Fix. I'm Ann Jeanette Levy. Thanks so much for being with me. I'll see you back here next time.