Forensic experts say that one of the victims of the University of Idaho murders, Xana Kernodle, was awake at the time of the killings, and fought back against her attacker, allegedly Bryan Kohberger, repeatedly grabbing the knife to the point that her fingers were almost severed during her battle with him. 

Police have evidence that the slain residents returned late to their rooms, that Kernodle received a DoorDash Delivery at 4 am, and that she went on TikTok minutes before her attacker entered the house and began his killing spree on the upper floor of the house.

The forensic report agrees with statements made by Kernodle’s father, Jeffrey Kernodle, in November of last year. Jeffrey Kernodle said that the autopsy report on his daughter showed that her skin had bruises from being torn by the knife.

The first students killed were Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21. They were found in a bed on the third floor of their house before the attacker went down to the second floor and murdered Ethan Chapin, 20, and his girlfriend Xana Kernodle, 20.

The noise and commotion on the third floor must have woken Chapin and Kernodle up, and Chapin stepped into the hallway where he was slashed in the neck and met his death. Police found Chapin in the doorway of Kernodle’s room.

Two other residents in the house at the time of the murders were not targeted. One of the survivors, Dylan Mortensen, told the police that she saw a man with bushy eyebrows before he walked out of the house. She froze and then locked herself in her room.

Recently, three students at the University of Idaho claimed they had seen Kohberger lurking on the campus several times and had seen him sitting alone in the Student Union building a few weeks before the murders. One of the students, Chelsea, said she saw the murder suspect eating alone in the University’s food court weeks before November 13.

Chelsea told People that Kohberger appeared to stare at people and would not look away even when caught staring. She said he seemed as if he wanted the person to notice that he was staring, adding that the man did not smile, nod or say anything.

Another student said Kohberger’s stare made her uncomfortable after she ran into him several times at the school.

The reports of sightings of Kohberger at the campus confirm what authorities said about the alleged killer spending a great deal of time at the University of Idaho campus before the killings.

After the murders, the University hired more security personnel and increased the number of officers on the campus. In spite of the suspect’s arrest, the school administration said the increased security personnel would remain in place.

Jordan Serulneck, who runs a bar in Pennsylvania, said the suspect, Kohberger, had numerous uncomfortable interactions with women at the bar.

Serulneck said workers labeled him as the problematic guy who makes “creepy comments” to women for refusing his advances.