Surviving Idaho roommate heard killer say ‘it’s okay, I’m here to help you’ before she SAW man with ‘bushy eyebrows’ and mask over his nose and mouth walk past her down the hallway as she stood ‘frozen’ in shock – before he left after the massacre
- Dylan Mortensen saw the suspect – who was masked and dressed in black – exit after one victim was heard crying and another said ‘there’s someone here’
- She was apparently unaware of the massacre that took place and locked herself in her room after seeing the suspect, bombshell court filings reveal
- Mortensen told cops that during a roughly 20-minute window, she heard victim Kaylee Goncalves say ‘there’s someone here’
- She also told police she heard ‘crying’ from victim Xana Kernodle’s bedroom
- A male was also heard saying, ‘it’s ok, I’m going to help you’, the filings reveal
A surviving roommate of the murdered Idaho students saw the suspected killer leave their house moments after the massacre took place, bombshell court filings reveal.
Dylan Mortensen saw the suspect – who was masked and dressed in all black – exit the house after one victim was heard crying and another said ‘there’s someone here’.
She also heard the suspect say, ‘it’s ok, I’m here to help you’ as he wandered the house committing the atrocity.
The newly-unsealed affidavit, which refers to Mortensen as DM, describes how she was then confronted by the suspect after she investigated the disturbances – but apparently hadn’t realized the murders had taken place.
Mortenson told cops she was awoken at around 4am by what sounded like victim Kaylee Goncalves, 21, ‘playing with her dog’ in a third floor bedroom.
(L-R) Dylan Mortensen, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen (on Kaylee’s shoulders), Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Bethany Funke
A short time later Mortensen, who was in her second-floor bedroom, heard Goncalves say ‘there’s someone here’, the haunting affidavit reveals. Mortensen looked out of her bedroom door but didn’t see anything.
She opened her room a second time shortly after, ‘when she heard what she thought was crying’ coming from victim Xana Kernodle’s room.
Mortensen then heard a male voice say something like, ‘it’s ok, I’m going to help you,’ the affidavit states.
At 4.17am, a neighbor’s security camera picked up audio of ‘what sounded like voices or a whimper followed by a loud thud. A dog can also be heard barking numerous times.’
Mortensen ‘stated she opened her door for the third time after she heard the crying and saw a figure clad in black clothing and a mask that covered the person’s mouth and nose walking towards her.
‘D.M. described the figure as 5’ 10″ or taller, male, not very muscular, but athletically built with bushy eyebrows. The male walked past D.M. as she stood in a “frozen shock phase”.
‘The male walked towards the back sliding glass door. D.M. locked herself in her room after seeing the male.
‘D.M. did not state that she recognized the male. This leads investigators to believe that the murderer left the scene.’
Police said Mortensen’s statements, combined with phone records, led them to believe the killings took place between 4am and 4.25am.