Ex-roommate tearfully remembers the last text to Madison Mogen

“It occurs to me more that that could have happened while I was there,” she said. “And you never know how long someone will be watching your house.”

Couch recalled the panic she experienced after receiving an alert from the university about a possible murder on King Road, revealing that she had texted Mogen, who she stayed closest to after moving.

“And I remember, like my last text message [Mogen] she said, choking back tears, adding, “And I felt like in that moment I just knew something was wrong.”

The former housemate went on to talk about how much the fatal stabbings of her friends had affected her.

“I couldn’t even walk to my car in the dark for months after it happened,” Couch told the newspaper GMA news reporter. The segment ended with Couch revealing her greatest wish.

“You wish you could just say goodbye,” she said of Mogen. “And that’s something that I wish I could do at least one more time — it’s, you know, just give her one last hug, just to be able to say goodbye.”

The Moscow murder house was demolished in December 2023 after its owner donated it to the university.

“This is a healing step and removes the physical structure where the crime that shook our community was committed,” the school said of the planned demolition in February 2023. “The demolition also removes efforts to make the crime scene even more sensational to make. We are evaluating options where students can be involved in the future development of the property.”