Ep. 58 | Murder Cases That Are Still Unfolding...
March 18, 2026
AI Summary
5 min readThe episode covers three active true crime investigations: the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, with suspect Bryan Kohberger awaiting trial; the 2022 death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe, where Karen Read was acquitted of major charges after a retrial; and the May 2025 killings of three young sisters by their father, Travis Decker, who remains at large.
Idaho Quadruple Homicide
On November 13, 2022, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were stabbed to death in their Moscow, Idaho off-campus home, while two other roommates slept through the attack. A surviving roommate saw a masked man with bushy eyebrows flee. Key evidence linked Bryan Kohberger, a Washington State University criminology PhD student: his phone pinged near the home multiple times beforehand, a matching white Hyundai Elantra appeared on surveillance, DNA on a dropped knife sheath tied to his family trash, and records showed his Amazon purchase of a similar KA-BAR knife. Arrested in December 2022, he faces four first-degree murder counts and burglary; prosecutors seek the death penalty. Pretrial motions challenged evidence like the eyebrow description and his post-murder searches and selfie. The trial moved to Boise for impartiality, under gag order, with no cameras; jury selection starts late July 2025.
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What you'll learn
- 1 **[01:00] Episode Intro & Case Teasers**
- 2 **[03:41] Bryan Kohberger & University of Idaho Quadruple Murders**
- 3 **[16:43] Karen Read & Death of Boston Cop John O'Keefe**
- 4 **[32:29] Travis Decker & Murders of His Three Daughters**
- 5 Standout Quotes
- 6 "One step forward, two steps back, are we ever going to get there?" (Idaho victims' father on trial delays).
- 7 "If somebody would have provided Travis with the help that he needed, those girls would be alive." (Whitney Decker's attorney on mental health failures).
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Show Notes
In today's episode, we go over cases that are unravelling as we speak. What do you think about all these cases? Comment below!
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