Sister of Idaho murder victim reveals ‘weird’ text she received from brother just hours before he was killed

The triplet sister of one of the Idaho murder victims reveals the 'weird' text she'd received from her brother just hours before he was killed.

On November 13, 2022, now-convicted killer Bryan Kohberger crept into a popular off-campus student residence in Moscow, Idaho, and brutally stabbed four pals to death while they slept: Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20 and Ethan Chapin, 20.

Now, the friends and families of the victims have spoken out for the first time in a tell-all four-part Amazon docuseries, One Night in Idaho: The College Murders, which discusses the night of the crime, the impact the quadruple murders had on the youngsters, their families and the wider Moscow community, and Kohberger's eventual capture and arrest.

The documentary starts by exploring the harrowing ordeal the 20-somethings went through to learn the gruesome death of their friends.

Ethan Chapin (left) was amongst the victims of the Idaho murders in 2022 (NBC News)

While one walked in on the crime scene of the couple, Xana and Ethan, and spared his buddies the 'extreme trauma' of what he saw while they anxiously called 911, siblings Maizie and Hunter, who were triplets with Ethan, were called out to the scene where they learned from friends of their brother's horrific fate.

The night before the murders, Maizie said she considered it 'weird' that her brother had texted her after the pair had attended a formal sorority together.

The siblings had left the party at 9 pm on November 12, and while Maizie departed to go to bed, Ethan continued partying in his frat house alongside his brother, Hunter.

"For some reason, I stayed and went to bed," she said. "Ethan kept texting me, 'Maizie, come hang out.' I went to sleep, so I wasn't responding to any of them."

Maizie Chapin opened up about the horrific ordeal her family went through (Amazon Prime)

She then said: "Last one said, 'I love you,' which was also weird because we don't say that to each other."

Ethan then left the party with his girlfriend and went to her house at 1122 King Road just before 2am. The couple, as well as Kaylee and Madison, who were asleep upstairs in the home, were then murdered just hours later at around 4am.

The next day, the friend group descended on the crime scene and called Hunter, who recalled the moment his buddies told him of Ethan's murder.

"I didn't know how to respond to it because it was so unreal that someone I had spent almost every minute of my life with...", he trailed off through tears. "I don't even know."

The first person he called was Maizie, who recalled coming to the scene: "I remember sitting in the car, feeling like something was wrong, it was weird. I just knew."

Brother Hunter was the first to find out - and was tasked with telling his family (Amazon Prime)

Hunter revealed there was 'never a time more than a 12 hour period' where the trio were separated, describing them as 'best friends with each other'.

He then had the heartbreaking task of informing his mom over the phone.

Kohberger, a criminology PhD student at Washington State University, pleaded guilty to the killings on July 2 in a plea deal to avoid the death penalty.

He'd previously pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.

Sentencing for the 30-year-old is now set for July 23, where it is anticipated that he will spend the rest of his life in jail.

One Night in Idaho: The College Murders is available to watch on Amazon.