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Idaho Statesman investigative reporter Kevin Fixler covered the Idaho student murders from the first hours after Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were killed through Bryan Kohberger’s arrest, guilty plea, sentencing and the aftermath.
In part one of Courtroom Confidential: Idaho Four – After the Plea, Fixler joins criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor Joshua Ritter to explain what it was like reporting on the case under intense national scrutiny. They look back at the fear in Moscow, criticism of law enforcement, the national media frenzy, the gag order, court battles, the surprise plea deal and the unanswered questions that remain.
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0:00 The Idaho Four Case
1:50 Covering the Murders From the Beginning
4:58 What Moscow Was Like After the Murders
7:58 When Reporters Realized It Was Murder
9:59 Police Under Pressure and a National Media Frenzy
16:21 The Arrest of Bryan Kohberger
19:44 How the Gag Order Changed Everything
21:55 Covering the Victims’ Families
23:40 The Key Players in the Criminal Case
25:25 Two Years of Pretrial Proceedings
29:22 Moving the Trial From Moscow to Boise
31:53 The Fight Over the Death Penalty
34:30 The Dateline Leak Investigation
37:45 The Surprise Plea Deal
43:13 Inside Kohberger’s Sentencing
48:39 The Answers We May Never Get
50:56 The Case’s More Than $8 Million Cost
54:27 How the Murders Changed Idaho
57:14 Outro
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