Bryan Kohberger Said Victim’s Name on Night of Idaho Murders, Surviving Roommate Told Police in Newly Unsealed Interview

Bryan Kohberger did not have any known connection to his victims, prosecutors said. But according to one surviving roommate, he called out one victim’s name before killing her.

Two newly unsealed court documents reveal that Dylan Mortensen told police she heard the killer say Kaylee Goncalves’ name during the stabbing attack.

Idaho State Police Trooper Jeffory Talbot wrote in his report that when he arrived at the Moscow home, Sgt. Dustin Blaker of the Moscow Police Department gave him a summary of what investigators had learned.

“Early that morning, [Mortensen] woke up and opened her door [redacted] and heard a male voice say, ‘It’s okay Kaylee, I’m here for you,’ followed by crying,” Talbot reported in documents obtained by PEOPLE.

At first, Mortensen believed she heard Goncalves running down the stairs while trying to escape.

She also told investigators that she then heard a man’s voice say, “It’s okay, I’m going to help you.” Mortensen thought the man was in the bathroom with the person crying, and she believed it was Kaylee.

Later that same day, Mortensen changed her account, saying she thought it was “probably Xana [Kernodle] who was crying,” though she originally believed it was Kaylee. She also said Kernodle was likely the one running down the stairs.

Even though she admitted she was in shock, Mortensen told police she was sure about hearing the killer use Kaylee’s name.

“She advised she knows what she heard, especially about hearing who she believed was Kaylee crying and the male voice telling her he was there for her,” Det. Victoria M. Gooch wrote in her report after interviewing Mortensen.

Mortensen, the only eyewitness who saw the killer that night, also struggled to confirm that Kohberger was the man she encountered.

A newly unsealed interview shows that her testimony might have been uncertain in court. On the day Kohberger was arrested, Mortensen said she couldn’t be sure he was the person she saw.

“From people releasing Bryan Kohberger’s name, I know it’s him, but I don’t know,” she told investigators after the arrest.

Later, when shown a photo of Kohberger, she admitted, “Nothing came back to me at all… I feel like if I saw that my mind would be like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s him,’ but I just don’t remember at all.”

Mortensen was present in court when Kohberger was sentenced to four life terms in prison. Through tears, she addressed him directly, describing the fear she still lives with.

“He is a hollow vessel. Something less than human. A body without empathy or remorse,” she told the judge.

Speaking about the killer, she added, “He chose destruction, he chose evil. He feels nothing. He tried to take everything from me.”

Kohberger, who confessed to the murders three weeks earlier, showed no reaction to Mortensen’s words.