Idaho murders survivor Dylan Mortensen has taken on an alias and moved nine times since the 2022 killings, and she is now asking a judge to keep her face blurred in investigative footage, according to The Daily Beast.
Mortensen, 23, is one of two roommates who survived the November 2022 attack that killed Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin at their home in Moscow, Idaho. In October, Judge Megan Marshall cleared the release of video and images that could show her face after a request from true-crime content company EWU Media.
In an affidavit, Mortensen wrote that her family has had to "move nine times in an effort to protect our privacy and safety" since November 2022. She said she now uses an alias at work, for delivery orders and when meeting new people, Fox News reported.
"Reporters and strangers investigating the case on their own have shown up outside our homes, followed family members, and invaded our privacy in ways that have made it difficult to feel safe," she wrote. A separate affidavit filed in support of her motion cited a recent online post that read, "Next time I see Dylan in downtown Boise, I am putting her in my trunk."
Mortensen said she is not asking for the recordings themselves to be withheld from the public. "My statements do not change when my face is visible, and the information being discussed in those recordings remains the same," she wrote.
Her attorney, Robyn McPherson, filed motions last week asking to intervene in the case, for the judge to reconsider the order and for a stay while appeals play out. The filing also asks that the withheld records be submitted to the judge for a private in-camera review.
Mortensen has faced online accusations since telling police she saw a masked man in the house around 4 in the morning and texted roommate Bethany Funke instead of calling 911. Police were not called until nearly eight hours later, when the bodies were found.
Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the four murders in July 2025 and is serving four life sentences. According to the Daily Mail, he tried to retract that plea earlier this year.
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