When the Night Comes Falling: The Definitive True Crime Investigation into the Idaho Student Murders
by Howard Blum
View on GoodreadsBlum's account of the 2022 University of Idaho murders is about how investigators actually got to Bryan Kohberger, missteps included. You get the same case as the Patterson book, in about half the length, and with the motive still an open question.
Core ideas
- Genetic genealogy: Kohberger was identified from a DNA trace on a knife sheath.
- The irony: The man charged was a PhD student in criminology at nearby Washington State University.
- Two accounts: Blum's came out a year before Patterson's, while the case against Kohberger was still unresolved.
Published2024
Pages240
ISBN9780063349285
ReadJan 2026
