{"id":119369,"date":"2024-12-19T06:16:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T06:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/idaho-murder-victims-mom-breaks-silence-two-years-after-daughters-killing-new-york-post\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T06:16:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T06:16:43","slug":"idaho-murder-victims-mom-breaks-silence-two-years-after-daughters-killing-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/idaho-murder-victims-mom-breaks-silence-two-years-after-daughters-killing-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho murder victim\u2019s mom breaks silence two years after daughter\u2019s killing &#8211; New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PVjZKabJIoM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>University of Idaho murder victim Madison Mogen&#8217;s mother spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday since <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/10\/us-news\/murder-trial-for-bryan-kohberger-set-for-summer-of-2025-to-last-three-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the quadruple homicide in 2022.<\/a><br \/>Mogen, 21, and three other students, including her 21-year-old best friend, Kaylee Goncalves; their roommate, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle; and Kernodle&#8217;s 20-year-old boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, were <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/27\/bryan-kohbergers-defense-claims-idaho-murders-suspect-has-no-connection-with-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stabbed to death in their house<\/a> just steps from the U of I campus on Nov. 13, 2022.<br \/>&#8220;It&#8217;s real, but I know where the girls are, and faith is really the basis of how you get up every morning when you have a loss this deep,&#8221; Karen Laramie, Mogen&#8217;s mother, told the &#8220;TODAY&#8221; show on Wednesday when asked if the gravity of her daughter&#8217;s death two years ago feels &#8220;real.&#8221;<br \/>She described the 21-year-old as &#8220;a joy&#8221; in her younger years and a genuinely kind person as she grew into adulthood.<br \/>&#8220;We never had slammed doors in our house. \u2026 There was one string cheese fight one time when she was eight because she wouldn&#8217;t eat dinner. She would snack, snack, snack,&#8221; Laramie recalled. &#8220;And I said, \u2018Honey, no, you cannot have string cheese because I\u2019m making dinner.&#8217; And she slammed it on the counter and marched to her room, and my husband Scott and I looked at each other like, \u2018What just happened there?\u2019 That was so out of character.&#8221;<br \/>She recalled another time when Mogen called her cousin on Veterans Day to thank him for his service.&nbsp;<br \/>Two years after tragedy struck U of I, Mogen&#8217;s family, Goncalves&#8217; family and Kernodle&#8217;s family came together to create the Made With Kindness Foundation, which is described on its website as &#8220;a non-profit organization that stands as an overarching beacon of hope created in remembrance and in honor of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves and Xana Kernodle.&#8221;<br \/>It has a mission to &#8220;partner with colleges and universities to provide scholarship funds, grief wellness seminars, and comprehensive on-campus safety awareness.&#8221;<br \/>&#8220;We&#8217;re missing our kids, and to have something to put your heart into positively, I have no words,&#8221; Laramie told &#8220;TODAY&#8221; of the nonprofit.&nbsp;<br \/>Chapin&#8217;s family also started a charitable foundation called Ethan\u2019s Smile, which will fund scholarships for students in Skagit Valley, Washington, to the University of Idaho.&nbsp;<br \/>Murder suspect Bryan Kohbegerger, a 30-year-old former Ph.D. student who was studying criminology at the nearby Washington State University in Pullman, is <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/29\/us-news\/bryan-kohberger-returns-to-court-as-he-fights-to-move-idaho-murders-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused of fatally stabbing the four students<\/a> in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022. Two other roommates survived the massacre.<br \/>Kohberger&#8217;s alleged motive remains unknown, and he has pleaded not guilty to the gruesome crime. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/16\/us-news\/university-of-idaho-victims-families-seeking-donations-to-attend-bryan-kohbergers-murder-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His trial is scheduled for August <\/a>of next year after numerous delays due to legal challenges.<br \/>&#8220;I feel like the legal system is not about the victims, and I&#8217;ll leave it at that,&#8221; Laramie said when asked her feelings about the lengthy justice process so far.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/20\/us-news\/bryan-kohberger-can-face-death-penalty-if-he-is-convicted-in-the-slaying-of-4-idaho-college-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kohberger faces the death penalty<\/a> in Idaho if convicted.<br \/>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxOeEhsRHZQTWJhN0lqcEdwbzRxVHhocGdXbjYxNHc0M21tV0pNaFdkdUNrWTJETkh5d0FUODAwZTZXYk50WjNVZkY1SWY0dTVJZDBPRmZ3c1VhNWdFdEQwQnE5eHNBTTNPR2N4c3hyNmtHRTFvWEFLbERucXFkTlVFR0hRLTNmR0pDMjhSS0pZcGczUGFCbi1iZ09CNzdfdVBzRUdwemY1TUxndmtNLTV5anFHS1l1R3JwNEJwZElzSHBkTWU3?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Idaho murder victim Madison Mogen&#8217;s mother spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday since the quadruple homicide in 2022.Mogen, 21, and three other students, including her 21-year-old best friend, Kaylee Goncalves; their roommate, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle; and Kernodle&#8217;s 20-year-old boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, were stabbed to death in their house just steps from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-119369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}