Former Adam Levine yoga instructor who survived 1992 attack defends University of Idaho roommate

A woman who found her college roommate near death in her blood-soaked room in 1992 defended survivors of the University of Idaho quadruple murder, saying she, too, had a belated response.

Alanna Zabel, 50, has revealed the “disturbing similarities” of the attack she survived more than 30 years ago, exclusively telling the DailyMail that living with “survivors’ guilt” has haunted her all her life.

He has blasted critics of Dylan Mortensen, who lived through the murder of his four friends on November 13 along with Bethany Funke, saying people “don’t know how I would react” in a similar situation.

Idaho victims Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, both 21, Xana Kernodle and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, both 20, were stabbed to death while in bed at a home in Moscow, Idaho; Mortensen and Funke were the only survivors.

Zabel lived in a house with five sorority sisters off the University at Buffalo campus and said she can relate to the “anguish” Mortensen and Funke are feeling.

She said she, too, had a late response and felt guilty that she had gone to sleep despite hearing heavy, choked breathing in her roommates’ room, only calling the police the next day.

“Someone was stalking us and came in one night while we were partying and drinking late,” he said.

‘They brutally beat and raped my roommate. I found her six hours later and she almost died.

The 50-year-old woman said she had “heard heavy breathing” in her roommates’ room, but assumed she was with her boyfriend.

The next morning, around 9 am, Zabel entered the victim’s room to ask her to move her car, saying that she had been overcome by the stench of vomit.

“I didn’t see any blood at first, even though the room was covered,” he said.

‘I saw only liquid, her hair matted to her face, her tongue sticking out between her teeth.

“I called 911 to report that my housemate was unconscious and I assumed she had choked on her vomit from drinking too much. so i called [her] parents.’

It was only when the paramedics arrived and commented on the amount of blood in the room that Zabel noticed that the room was covered in blood.

The psychologist said it was a protection mechanism. The wall had what looked like red broom marks on it,” he said.

‘[The victim’s] the hair was soaked in blood, as were the bed and the floor. They think she used a hammer.

Zabel has noted the “disturbing similarities” to the University of Idaho case.

This week, a probable cause affidavit revealed that Mortensen had heard several fights on the night his roommates were killed and opened the door for him.

Mortensen told police he saw a suspect dressed entirely in black with a mask covering his face and heard one of his housemates say, “There’s someone here.”

He also heard the suspect say, ‘it’s okay, I’m here to help you’ as the person wandered through the house committing the atrocity.

Police confirmed that one of the surviving roommates made a 911 call at 11:58 a.m. and requested help for an unconscious person, though who spoke to police has not been confirmed.

Mortensen is now under pressure to reveal why she did not call the authorities sooner, with some arguing that she may have been “frozen” with fear.

Zabel said he can relate to also having a late response while reconstructing the horrific 1992 attack.

“For those who are critical of the roommate who saw you inside the house and didn’t call the police, I completely understand, and I’m also distraught that he didn’t,” she said.

“But I can also say that you don’t know how you would react or respond in a similar situation until you are there.”

Zabel said that having been through a similar situation, living with the guilt of not calling 911 sooner, haunts her.

I have lived with the guilt of not calling 911 sooner my entire life. I never saw the attacker or any sign of the robbery until I found my roommate the next morning,” he said.

I can imagine the guilt this surviving roommate in Idaho must feel. I also called 911 reporting an unconscious person because he did not understand the extent of what was happening.

He went on to say that when you live in an environment, like college, where having strangers in your house becomes normal, it’s hard to “imagine” a tragedy like this.

You don’t want to believe it’s true. Being so young I can imagine that she went into shock, it is a real defense mechanism to survive, ”she said.

“I pray for his healing and for all the families involved in this senseless tragedy. I ask people not to judge her, she will judge herself for the rest of her life.’

The blood-soaked bodies of Goncalves, Mogen, Kernodle and Chapin were found by police just before noon after Mortensen and Funke, two housemates who survived the murders, woke up around 11 a.m. to find their dead friends.

The savage killings shocked Moscow, a small college town in Idaho with a population of just 26,000 that hadn’t seen a murder since 2015.

This week, police unsealed an arrest affidavit revealing why they pointed the finger at 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger, more than a month after four students were murdered in their beds.

The explosive document shows the painstaking work of Moscow police and the FBI tracking down the 28-year-old criminal justice graduate student.

He was denied bail during a brief court appearance in Moscow on Thursday, shortly after the affidavit outlining part of the case against him was shared online.

The documents included details about how Kohberger’s DNA was found on a knife sheath near the bodies of Mogen and Goncalves.