One of the surviving roommates of the University of Idaho murders has raised $50,000 for her recovery in just two days
The GoFundMe for Dylan Mortensen, one of two people who was not killed by Bryan Kohberger in the house in November 2022, was started by her aunts to help her rebuild her life following the traumatic experience.
“It’s been two and a half years of Dylan silently and bravely putting one foot in front of the other, cooperating with law enforcement, processing, and healing from the unimaginable,” the appeal reads.
The GoFundMe for Dylan Mortensen was started by her aunts, Kate and Ellie, to help her rebuild her life following the traumatic experience. GoFundMe“Dylan has had to learn how to live in her new reality — forever lacking peace, security, safety and her closest friends,” it continues.
The fundraiser, which had raised more than $48,000 as of Tuesday afternoon, will pay for “relocation, intensive long-term trauma therapy, and extra security and privacy measures” for Mortensen, who bravely faced down killer Kohberger in court last week.
Dylan Mortensen speaks at the sentencing hearing of Bryan Kohberger on July 23. AP
Bryan Kohberger appears at his sentencing hearing for brutally stabbing four University of Idaho students to death. APMortensen and another roommate, Bethany Funke, were unharmed in the horrific attack at an off-campus residence in Moscow, ID, on Nov. 13, 2022.
They have faced backlash attention on social media and death threats since the incident, they said at Kohberger’s sentencing.
Final photo of the the victims, pictured just hours before their untimely deaths. Instagram/@kayleegoncalvesThe four victims, Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were murdered by Kohberger, a former doctoral student in criminology at Washington State University.He was arrested the following month and charged with four counts of first-degree murder, but ended up taking a plea deal and is serving life in prison.
