Episode Details

The private driver who took Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen back to their King Road home in the early hours of November 13, 2022, said the final ride had appeared completely normal at the time but weighed heavily on him after he learned the two women had been murdered. Goncalves and Mogen had spent the evening in downtown Moscow, stopped at a food truck and then received a ride home from the driver, arriving at the residence shortly before 2 a.m. He said there had been nothing about their behavior or the trip that had raised alarms, and he had seen no obvious sign that the women were in danger. In the aftermath, however, he repeatedly thought about the ride and the fact that he had been one of the last people known to have seen them alive. Police investigated the driver early in the case and determined that he was not believed to have been involved in the killings.

The driver also described how unsettling the atmosphere in Moscow had become while the murders remained unsolved, with fear, rumors and online speculation spreading throughout the community. He said he had cooperated with investigators and provided information about his movements after dropping Goncalves and Mogen off, while authorities worked to reconstruct the victims’ final hours. At that stage of the investigation, police were still trying to account for portions of the victims’ timelines and determine who had entered the King Road residence before Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were found stabbed to death. The driver’s account ultimately reinforced one of the most haunting aspects of the case at the time: Goncalves and Mogen had apparently made it home safely after an ordinary night out, with no indication during their ride that they were only hours away from being murdered.


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