Idaho 4: After the Plea – Part 1 | Inside an Investigative Reporter’s Search for Answers with Kevin Fixler

Idaho 4: After the Plea – Part 1 | Inside an Investigative Reporter’s Search for Answers with Kevin Fixler

July 19, 2026 · 58 min · Episode 455

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Kevin Fixler discusses his experience covering the Idaho student murders and the subsequent legal proceedings.

Idaho Statesman investigative reporter Kevin Fixler covered the Idaho student murders from the first hours after Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were killed through Bryan Kohberger’s arrest, guilty plea, sentencing and the aftermath. In part one of Courtroom Confidential: Idaho Four – After the Plea, Fixler joins criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor Joshua Ritter to explain what it was like reporting on the case under intense national scrutiny. They ...

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