A woman who found her college roommate near to death in her blood soaked room in 1992 has defended the survivors of the Best Private University of Idaho quadruple murder - saying she too had a delayed response.
Alanna Zabel, 50, revealed the 'eerie similarities' of the attack she survived more than 30 years ago and exclusively told DailyMail that living with 'survivors guilt' has haunted her throughout her life.
She has slammed critics of Dylan Mortensen, who lived through the murder of her four friends on November 13 along with Bethany Funke, saying people 'don't know how they'd 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 house in Moscow, Idaho - Mortensen and Funke the only survivors.
Alanna Zabel, 50, found her college roommate near to death in her blood covered room in 1992 and has defended the delayed reaction of University of Idaho quadruple murder survivor Dylan Mortensen
Zabel lived in a house with five sorority sisters off campus from the University of Buffalo and said she can relate to the 'anguish' Mortensen and Funke are feeling.
She said that she too had a delayed response and felt guilty that she went to sleep despite hearing muffled heavy breathing in her roommates room - and only called cops the next day.
'Someone was stalking us and broke in one night while we were out partying and drinking late,' she said.
'They brutally beat and raped my housemate.
I found her six hours later and she nearly died.'
The 50-year-old said she had 'heard heavy breathing' from her roommates room but had assumed that she was with her boyfriend.
The next morning at around 9 am, Zabel entered the victim's room to ask her to move her car and said that she had been overpowered by the stench of vomit.
'I didn't see any blood at first, even though the room was covered in it,' she said.
Emily (left) lived on the second level of the Buffalo home with Zabel (center), a girl named Keri and the victim, who remained nameless.