Idaho murders refers to the November 2022 University of Idaho student killings and the continuing case against Bryan Kohberger. Google Search interest for the keyword idaho murders reached 21 for the week of August 1 2026, after Kohberger's July 27 petition to undo his July 2025 guilty plea and the August 3 appointment of new counsel. get_growth returns +2000.0% over 7 days (1 → 21). Series-derived 30-day and 90-day percent changes are null because the closest baselines on July 4 and May 2 2026 are 0. The all-time series peak remains 100 on December 31 2022. On the Google Trends board as of August 5 2026 06:01 UTC, idaho murders ranked 1; Wikipedia Trending listed 2022 Idaho student murders at 27. Data pulled August 5 2026 from source google search.
Idaho murders search interest right now
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of August 1 2026) | 21 |
| 30-day change | not enough nonzero history (0 on July 4 2026 → 21) |
| 90-day change | not enough nonzero history (0 on May 2 2026 → 21) |
| Peak value | 100 on December 31 2022 |
| Prior week value (July 25 2026) | 1 |
| Prior local high (2025) | 19 on July 26 2025 |
| First nonzero week | November 19 2022 (value 8) |
| 7-day growth (get_growth) | +2000.0% (1 → 21) |
| 30-day growth (get_growth) | sentinel from 0 baseline (omit as percent) |
| Series length | 261 weekly points |
| Nonzero weeks | 176 of 261 |
| Google Trends board rank (August 5 2026) | 1 |
| Wikipedia board rank, 2022 Idaho student murders | 27 |
| bryan kohberger 7-day growth (get_growth) | +2400.0% (1 → 25) |
| university of idaho 30-day growth (get_growth) | +42.86% |
Figures come from Trends MCP get_time_series, get_growth, and same-day get_top_trends for Google Trends and Wikipedia Trending, pulled August 5 2026. Source for the stored chart is google search.
About Idaho murders
In November 2022, four University of Idaho students (Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin) were stabbed to death in a Moscow, Idaho home near campus. Bryan Kohberger was charged in the case, pleaded guilty in July 2025 to four first-degree murders and burglary, and received four consecutive life sentences plus 10 years. On July 27 2026 he filed a handwritten post-conviction petition seeking to withdraw that plea, alleging coercion and withheld discovery by prior counsel; AP, Fox News, and the Idaho Statesman reported the filing and the August 3 2026 appointment of Moscow attorney Greg Rauch. Coverage also notes a Netflix documentary window overlapping the petition news. People search idaho murders for court updates, victim names, plea-withdrawal odds, and how the case could reopen.
What the time series shows
This is a crime-case attention curve with a historic peak and long quiet stretches. The series opens August 7 2021 at 0. First nonzero interest is 8 on November 19 2022, rising through 41 on November 26 and peaking at 100 on December 31 2022, then 90 on January 7 2023 before falling into low single digits for years. A July 2025 sentencing window reaches 19 on July 26 2025, then fades again. Summer 2026 stays at 0 or 1 until August 1 jumps to 21. Derived labels from the series: growth regular, speed exponential, seasonality medium, volatility high. Growth is regular under the stored rules because 30-day and 90-day percent changes are null when baselines are 0; the live move still shows as get_growth +2000.0% week over week from 1 → 21. Speed is exponential because the prior 30-day absolute change is 0 while the latest absolute change is 21. Seasonality is medium: major spikes around charging, plea, and petition news rather than a clean yearly cycle. Volatility is high on week-over-week percent changes (series stdev about 173%). Latest 21 is 79% below the December 2022 peak of 100, so August is a sharp reopening of attention, not a new high.
Related topics
Same-day Google Search neighbors with measured growth (Trends MCP get_growth, August 5 2026):
- bryan kohberger: +2400.0% over 7 and 30 days (1 → 25)
- pan am 103: +1650.0% over 30 days (board rank 37); adjacent news-crime attention on the same Google Trends pull
- university of idaho: +42.86% over 30 days
- 2022 Idaho student murders (Wikipedia Trending board): rank 27 on August 5 2026
Spokane fires appeared near the same Google Trends board (#5) but Google Search get_growth returns a 0-baseline sentinel and a low-quality warning, so no growth percent is stored for that neighbor.
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