One of two housemates who survived a quadruple stabbing inside their home near the University of Idaho has agreed to an interview with an attorney for Bryan Kohberger, who has been charged with the gruesome murders.
Bethany Funke said she would sit down with Kohberger’s legal team in Reno, Nev., where she is from, according to legal documents obtained by NBC News.
Lawyers for the accused killer previously said Funke was aware of key evidence and requested she appear at a preliminary hearing in June and, potentially, for the duration of the subsequent murder trial.
In response, attorneys for Funke earlier this week worked to quash a subpoena that would’ve requiredher to travel to court in Latah County, Idaho. A judge in the case released Funke from the subpoena after she agreed to be interviewed by the defense.
Kohberger, a former criminology Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University, was arrested in December for the murders of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20. Authorities found all four students dead from fatal stab wounds on Nov. 13 inside a Moscow home not far from campus.
Funke and another woman, Dylan Mortensen, were inside the residence when the killings occurred. Authorities initially believed both women were asleep at the time of the murders, likely between 4:00 and 4:30 a.m. It was later revealed Mortenson saw a masked man leaving their home, though it’s not clear if he saw her.
It wasn’t until hours later that someone discovered the victims and phoned 911.
Both Funke and Mortensen were questioned by police and have cooperated with the investigation. They have not spoken publicly about the case.
Authorities have not said whether Kohberger knew the victims nor why he would have targeted their house. The murder weapon, believed to be a large fixed-blade knife, has not been recovered, but a bloody sheath found on the crime scene helped police link the murders to Kohberger.