Idaho student murders: Housemate of victims woken by crying and saw masked man in black clothing, police say

A woman who lived in the same house where four University of Idaho students were murdered says she saw a masked man in black clothing walking towards her, according to an investigator.

The unidentified housemate said she awoke to the sound of crying and opened her second-floor door around 4am and stood in “frozen shock” as the man walked past her towards a back door, court documents showed.

After seeing the male, she locked herself in her room.

The housemate, who was not harmed in the attack, described the male as 5ft 10in or taller, “not very muscular, but athletically built with bushy eyebrows”.

She said she had been woken at 4am by what sounded like her flatmate playing with her dog, and a short time later said she heard one of her flatmates say something like “there’s someone here”.

The flatmate said she looked out of her bedroom but did not see anything.

She said she opened her door a second time when she heard what she thought was crying coming from her flatmate’s room, before she heard a male voice say something to the effect of “it’s ok, I’m going to help you”.

The court documents also revealed the DNA of Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, was found on a knife sheath at the crime scene.

Kohberger, a 28-year-old criminology student, was flown from Pennsylvania where he was arrested to Idaho yesterday. He is scheduled to appear in court today.

He has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary.

His attorney in Pennsylvania has said he is eager to be exonerated.