A surviving flatmate noticed a man dressed in black on the night of the murder.
One of many victims’ roommates told investigators she heard crying and noticed a man in black On the night of the murder, a mask walked towards her in the home, the affidavit said.
She was in a “rigid shock position” when the “muscular” man, about 5 feet 10 inches tall with “thick eyebrows,” walked past her, according to court documents, the roommate said.
The person walked up to the rear sliding glass door of the home, where the roommate said she had locked herself in her room.
Before meeting the person, the roommate said she woke up around 4 a.m. to find what appeared to be Gonsalves playing with her dog in an upstairs bedroom, the affidavit said.
“Soon,” the roommate told police, “she heard someone she believed to be Gonsalves say something like ‘There is someone here,'” according to the affidavit.
Obtained phone data confirmed that Kernodle was on TikTok at 4:12 a.m. and that the roommate may have heard the noise on her phone, the documents said.
The roommate “opened her door a second time when she heard what she thought was crying” from Knodel’s room, the affidavit said.
She told police she then heard a male voice say: “It’s okay, I’ll tell you what to do.”
According to court documents, at 4:17 a.m., a nearby security digital camera captured “sounds resembling voices or groans,” adding, “Several dogs were also heard barking from 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.