Kena Whitworth

Thank you.

It's a pleasure to be with you.

Yeah, I mean, you really start to learn a lot about these families, about these kids, and frankly about yourself in the process when you cover a story this closely for this many years.

These students have become a part of my life too.

I planted yellow and white tulips in my garden in honor of Ethan Chapin.

Whenever I see pink, I think of Madison Mogan.

If there's a big

you know, boastful laugh in the room, I think of Kaley Gonsalves.

And man, anybody that can DJ, I think of Xana Kernodle.

Absolutely.

And it stood out to me early on when Kaylee's sister said, they are all so much more than their last day.

It's really important to remember how these kids lived their lives.

And so throughout our coverage at ABC, we have really tried to make sure that the audience gets to know them for those reasons and that their names are the ones that ring true and that Brian Koberger's name is the one that sort of slips away.

Yeah, it takes a lot to build a relationship with people, especially in a town like Moscow.

This is a small town in northern Idaho.

People live there because they want a quiet lifestyle.

They appreciate being secluded.

So when the national media sort of pounced on Moscow, Idaho, it was a bit jarring.

And over these years, I've been able to build relationships.

And the police chief at the time of the murders, James Fry, I was the first to be able to speak with him during the investigation and the first to speak with him after the sentencing as well.