In her terrifying account to investigators, the roommate, identified as D.M. in the documents, revealed that she heard the killer inside the home, overhearing his chilling words to the victim.
She also revealed that at least two of the victims had realised that the assailant was inside their home prior to him launching his attack, recollecting a moment where she heard one of her roommate’s saying “there’s someone here”.
The survivor told investigators that the four victims had all come back to the King Road home from their respective nights out at around 2am and were in their rooms by around 4am – except for Kernodle who got up to collect a DoorDash order around that time.
D.M. told investigators that she had gone to sleep in her bedroom on the second floor of the three-floor home and was woken by what sounded like Goncalves playing with her dog in one of the third-floor bedrooms.
A short time later, D.M. said that she heard someone believed to be either Goncalves or Kernodle saying something to the effect of “there’s someone here”.
Minutes later, D.M. said that she looked out of her bedroom for the first time but did not see anything.
She then opened her door for a second time when she heard what she thought was crying coming from Kernodle’s room, the documents state.
At that point, she said she heard a man’s voice saying something to the effect of “it’s ok, I’m going to help you”.
When she opened her door for a third time minutes later, she said she saw “a figure clad in black clothing and a mask that covered the person’s mouth and nose walking towards her”.
As she stood in a “frozen shock phase,” she said the man – who she did not recognise – walked past her and headed toward the back sliding glass door of the home.
The witness said that she then locked herself in her room.
Hours later, Mogen and Goncalves were both found stabbed to death together in Mogen’s single bed in her room on the third floor.
The bodies of young couple Kernodle and Chapin were both found in Kernodle’s bedroom on the second floor of the property, with the 20-year-old woman found on the floor.
In an eerie revelation it has emerged that Goncalves’ pet dog Murphy was found unharmed in Goncalves’ bedroom, which is also on the third floor, the officer wrote.
