Know where are survivors Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke now in 2023
Suffering from ‘survivor’s guilt,’ Dylan Mortensen, the roommate who survived the infamous Idaho killings in November 2022, decided to leave Moscow earlier this year, opting for isolation and a change of Institutions.
Patricia Munroe, stepmother of Dylan Mortensen, made her first public statement to the New York Post, revealing that her stepdaughter had encountered the alleged murderer, Bryan Kohberger, but fortunately emerged unharmed.
Where are Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke now in 2023 after University of Idaho Moscow students murders
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Where is Dylan Mortensen Now?
Approximately a year after the University of Idaho student killings, Mortensen switched colleges. Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old criminology student, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder and is currently held in custody with no trial date set yet.
Patricia Munroe, 53, from Costa Mesa, California, shared that since the tragic event on November 13, 2022, Mortensen has been coping “OK.”
Bryan Kohberger allegedly murdered Mortensen’s friends Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin at 1122 King Road in Moscow, Idaho.
Munroe expressed the difficulty of dealing with guilt, stating, “There’s a lot of guilt because, you know, if someone says, ‘Oh, well, Dylan was so lucky,’ you know, you don’t want to take on that luck — because all of the children deserved luck. They all deserved to be spared from that.”
Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke were both home when criminology student Bryan Kohbeger allegedly snuck into the Moscow house on Nov. 13, 2022, and stabbed their roommates Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernoddle, and Ethan Chapin to death.
Mortensen’s father told Appelman that his daughter is now in “trauma therapy of sorts.”
“She’s getting help from the spiritual community,” the private investigator said. “She’s doing what she can without going into public.”
Funke, 21, has kept an even lower profile and now lives in Nevada and has only been heard from when her attorneys filed a motion earlier this year to dismiss a subpoena that would force her to testify as part of murder suspect Bryan Kohberger’s defense.
In December, Mortensen and Funke got matching tattoos on the back of their elbows to honor their murdered roommates, the first letter of each of their friends’ first names surrounded by angel wings.
Mortensen informed authorities that she saw a man leaving the home early in the morning, only realizing the devastating fate of her housemates hours later.
Dylan Mortensen’s father, Brent Mortensen, conveyed to author and private investigator J Reuben Appelman that Dylan has been socially withdrawing and using video games as a stress coping mechanism.
According to a police affidavit, Mortensen had a chilling encounter with the alleged killer as he left the house. Idaho detectives noted that Mortensen and Bethany Funke, another surviving roommate, didn’t contact the police until almost noon the following day, and the reasons for this delay remain unclear.
Mortensen’s Testimony
A trial expert, Ted Rowlands, Court TV executive producer, warned Dylan Mortensen to brace for intense scrutiny during her testimony in the trial of suspect Bryan Kohberger. Rowlands emphasized the potential significance of Mortensen’s testimony, particularly regarding the delay in calling 911.
Rowlands predicted, “I think Dylan is going to be big because the defense is going to jump on her,” highlighting potential challenges in her testimony. He pointed out the uncertainty surrounding the impact of Bethany Funke’s testimony, as she is currently challenging a subpoena to testify in court.
In this high-profile case, where prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty, Kohberger is accused of breaking into the off-campus residence where both Mortensen and Funke were present, allegedly murdering four other individuals in their beds.
Following the revelation that no one contacted 911 for several hours following the killings, Mortensen and Funke faced online hatred directed toward them as they were purportedly messaging each other during the murders.