Prime Video Doubles Down On Idaho College Murders With Scripted Series And Documentary About Infamous 2022 Crime 

True crime fans are about to get a double-whammy of new content when it comes to their favorite genre. Amazon Prime Video just announced a new docuseries about the 2022 University of Idaho murders and investigation ahead of Bryan Kohberger’s impending 2025 trial.

Per Variety, the series is being produced by Skydance Television and Story Syndicate, and will be based upon James Patterson and Vicky Ward’s also recently announced upcoming non-fiction book on the subject. The doc will cover “the November 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students and the subsequent investigation, arrest, and trial of suspect Bryan Kohberger,” Variety reports.

Liz Garbus, whose past projects include I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and Yellowjackets, will co-direct the series with Matthew Galkin, who has also worked on Murder in the Bayou and Kevorkian.

Amazon has also announced that there will be a scripted series on the murders as well, which Garbus will also be working on. She will direct the first episode, per Variety.

Amazon’s announcement comes on the heels of the Paramount+ series #Cybersleuths: The Idaho Murders, which premiered its first season in February.

The killings of four University of Idaho students occurred in mid-November 2022 at an off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho. The victims were Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Xana Kernodle, 20, as well as Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, per NBC News. Kohberger was found and arrested in connection with the case in Monroe County, Pennsylvania nearly seven weeks after the killings took place.

As reported by Variety, the docuseries will feature interviews with the mother and stepfather of victim Mogen and the family of Chapin. 

In a statement, co-directors Garbus and Galkin said, “We are honored that the Chapin and Laramie families have decided to exclusively collaborate with us to shine a light on the personal stories of Ethan and Madison, as well as Xana and Kaylee,” per Variety.

They continued, “Our unparalleled access to the families and closest friends will allow us to paint intimate and authentic portraits of all four victims and their lives at the University of Idaho, which were so tragically cut short. We couldn’t ask for better partners than Skydance and James Patterson Entertainment to help bring the definitive telling of this important story to the world.”

The titles of Patterson’s book and the series, as well as the dates for publication and premieres, have yet to be announced.