10 things about Eugene, Oregon native Madison Mogen

Madison May “Maddie” Mogen was an American woman born in Eugene, Oregon, United States to Benjamin Mogen and Karen Caufield Laramie. Benjamin is married to Korie Hatrock while Laramie is married to Scott Laramie.

Benjamin is Mike Mogen and Kim Cheeley‘s son. Mike is married to Pamela Mogen while Cheeley is married to Tom Pagliasotti.

Karen is Tim Caufield and Ruth Marie Caufield‘s daughter. Karen has a younger brother named David Caufield.

Ruth died of severe head trauma after a head-on crash on April 11, 2007 on U.S. Highway 95 near Genesee, Idaho. The crash was allegedly caused by Idaho Department of Correction employee Marciano Lee Meckle.

BIOGRAPHY

Maddie lived in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She attended Winton Elementary School and the Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy, which are both in Coeur d’Alene.
2. She and her best friend Kaylee Goncalves had been inseparable since the sixth grade.
3. After graduating from Lake City High School in Coeur d’Alene, she and Goncalves entered the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.
4. While attending the University of Idaho, she worked at the Mad Greek restaurant in Moscow and lived in a rented off-campus three-story home in Moscow with Goncalves and their fellow University of Idaho students Xana Kernodle, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen.
5. In 2002, she and her family moved from Oregon to Idaho.
6. In 2015, she visited Belize, Honduras and Mexico.
7. In 2017, she visited Jamaica.
8. In 2019, she visited Mexico
9. In 2020, she and her fellow University of Idaho student Jake Schriger started dating and had their first date at The Breakfast Club in Moscow.
10. In 2022, she died at age 21.

TIMELINE

Maddie’s father moved to Hayden, Idaho in 2014. Her mother is an alumna of Priest River Lamanna High Schooll in Priest River, Idaho.

2010s

• In April 2014, she visited Maui, Hawaii, USA.
• In April 2015, she traveled to Belize, Honduras and Mexico.
• In June 2015, she visited Honeysuckle Beach in Hayden, Idaho and different parts of California, USA including San Jose and Bodega Bay.
• On November 7, 2015, she and Goncalves watched Mac Miller‘s concert at Knitting Factory in Spokane, Washington, USA.
• In March 2016, she visited Seattle, Washington.
• In November 2017, she and Goncalves traveled to Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
• In January 2018, she visited Miami, Florida, USA.
• In May 2018, she visited Honolulu, Hawaii.
• In September 2018, she visited Sedona, Arizona, USA.
• In March 2019, she traveled to Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
• On June 8, 2019, she and Goncalves graduated from Lake City High School.
• In August 2019, she entered the University of Idaho to pursue a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

2020s

• On May 25, 2001, she turned 21.
• At 10:00 p.m. on November 12, 2022, she and Goncalves went to The Corner Club, a sports bar in Moscow.
• At 1:30 a.m. on November 13, 2022, she and Goncalves left The Corner Club and went to The Grub Truck in Moscow to get food. At 1:56 a.m., they arrived at their rented home in Moscow. Between 4:00 a.m. and 4:25 a.m., she, Goncalves, Kernodle and Kernodle’s boyfriend Ethan Chapin were fatally stabbed inside the home by Bryan Kohberger. She and Goncalves were found together in the bed in Goncalves’s room on the third floor of the house.
• On December 30, 2022, Kohberger was arrested. He pleaded guilty to four counts of murder on July 2, 2025 and was sentenced to life in prison without parole on July 23, 2025.