Prolific author James Patterson will take a rare detour into true crime with a new book focusing on the brutal murder of four University of Idaho students. Patterson, along with journalist Vicky Ward, will “draw from dozens of exclusive interviews, extensive on-the-ground reporting, and copious court transcripts,” publisher Little, Brown …
Read More »Witness in University of Idaho Killings Asks Judge to Quash Subpoena
One of the roommates of the University of Idaho students killed last November is trying to quash a subpoena demanding she attend an upcoming hearing for suspect Bryan Kohberger, NBC News reports. The fight is over whether Bethany Funke should have to attend a preliminary hearing in Kohberger’s case, reportedly …
Read More »TikTok's True Crime Community Is Turning on Idaho Murder Survivors
The Nov. 13 discovery of four dead University of Idaho students shocked the community of Moscow, Idaho. But on TikTok, the murders jump-started the app’s true crime engine: a web of amateur sleuths who quickly went to work absorbing, spreading, and dissecting all available information. It was six weeks before …
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