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One of the surviving housemates of four University of Idaho students murdered in their home in 2022 has asked for her face to be blurred in an upcoming release of investigative video footage, citing years of harassment, threats and groundless allegations, according to court filings.
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face → survive → filings
Dylan Mortensen, who told police that she spotted a strange man featuring bushy eyebrows and wearing a ski mask inside the property the night of the killings, detailed the severe impact of the case in a Latah County court submission, stating her life "has changed in ways I never could have imagined."
In an affidavit submitted on 29 October, Mortensen explained that the "amount of attention and hostility" directed towards her has "affected nearly every aspect" of her day-to-day life.
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amount → tell → life
The ongoing ordeal has forced her and her family to relocate nine separate times while enduring "years of hateful messages and threats."
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ordeal → force → messages
Bryan Kohberger was handed a life sentence last year after admitting guilt to the 13 November 2022 stabbing deaths that traumatised the close-knit town of Moscow, Idaho.
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that → hand → Moscow
He is presently seeking to withdraw that plea.
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He → seek → plea
No motive has emerged for the killings, nor is it clear why Mortensen and another roommate were spared.
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Mortensen → emerge → killings
Judge Megan Marshall last month ordered the release of records after EWU Media, a company that produces crime documentaries, sued the city of Moscow for them.
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that → order → them
In Mortensen’s affidavit in support of her motion to intervene in the case, she asks Marshall to help ensure her face is blurred in any police interviews, body-camera footage and other investigative recordings that will be released.
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that → intervene → interviews
She said people can hear her statements to law enforcement through recordings that have already been released.
“I am already being recognized despite the privacy protections currently in place, and I worry that making additional footage of my face available would make it even easier for strangers to identify me in everyday situations,” Mortensen wrote.
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Mortensen → say → situations
Marshall wrote in an Oct. 20 decision that the city didn’t demonstrate that specific records were properly withheld and ordered the city to disclose them, absent any applicable exemption under the Idaho Public Records Act.
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records → write → Act
Marshall said the act doesn't broadly exempt the identity of witnesses in an investigation.
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act → say → investigation
A motion hearing is set for next week.
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hearing → set → week
Mortensen said she's received “numerous unsolicited messages from strangers accusing me of participating in my friends’ murders, blaming me for their deaths, and making cruel statements about what they believe should happen to me.”
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they → say → me
Mortensen said in the affidavit that she used an alias at her job and often introduces herself using a different name.
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she → say → name
She said she doesn't use her real name for package deliveries because she doesn't want people to know where she lives.
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she → say → deliveries
She said that while she knows that there are already photographs and videos online of her and that her identity is publicly known, she believes "there is a significant difference between the photos and videos people have already seen of me and the lengthy police interviews and body-camera recordings taken during one of the most traumatic and vulnerable periods of my life.”
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people → say → life
Mortensen said that not only could the release of the "extended footage” of how she talks, reacts and expresses herself make her more recognizable, but that she also does not want her facial expressions used as fodder for people to analyze, criticize or make accusations.
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people → say → accusations
“I want to be able to work, meet new people, attend concerts, celebrate important moments with friends, and enjoy ordinary experiences without constantly worrying about being recognized or confronted,” she wrote.
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she → want → experiences
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