It was in July 2025 when a judge sentenced criminology graduate Bryan Kohberger to life in prison. The sentence came after he pleaded guilty to stabbing four college students to death on November 13, 2022, at a house near the University of Idaho in Moscow.
Now, with the Netflix documentary, The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare, the case is once again in focus. For the unversed, Bryan Kohberger murdered four students: Ethan Chapin, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21. The documentary was released on July 29, 2026 (ET) and follows how police found Kohberger.
The mysterious motive behind The Idaho Murders explored in Netflix documentary
Netflix’s The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare traces how the police found Bryan Kohberger’s DNA on a knife sheath left behind at the crime scene, identified his getaway car, and figured out that his cell phone went off-grid around the time he committed the crime. However, despite having a prime suspect, the question lingered: why would he commit such a heinous crime?
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