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Early morning fire destroys wing of Idaho high school
On this picture taken from video from KIFI Native Information 8, firefighters work on the scene of an early morning fireplace at a big highschool in Pocatello, Idaho, Friday, (KIFI Native Information 8 by way of Related Press)
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POCATELLO, Idaho — An early morning fireplace destroyed half of a giant highschool within the southern Idaho metropolis of Pocatello on Friday.
Nobody was injured within the fireplace, however Pocatello Fireplace Division Assistant Chief Shane Develop mentioned one wing of Highland Excessive Faculty was fully destroyed. The wing housed the college’s cafeteria, gymnasium, choir and band rooms, and it had extreme structural harm together with a collapsed roof.
Nonetheless, the Pocatello Faculty District mentioned in a memo to oldsters that it seems the fireplace doorways between the opposite wings of the college operated correctly, stopping the fireplace from spreading.
It is not but clear how a lot smoke and water harm occurred to the remainder of the college, however at the very least two different wings have “vital water on the ground floor,” the district mentioned.
“We want we may have saved the whole faculty however really feel good that we have stored the fireplace from spreading to the opposite wings,” Develop mentioned.
The hearth was reported simply earlier than 4 a.m., and when firefighters arrived they discovered flames exhibiting above the constructing amid heavy snowfall. Develop mentioned an investigation into the reason for the fireplace would start as soon as the smoke clears.
The college has roughly 1,500 college students, making it one of many largest in Idaho. Faculty district officers canceled lessons till Tuesday and mentioned they might swap to distant studying then till lessons can resume in-person. Standardized testing set for subsequent week has been postponed and Idaho State College is now internet hosting the college’s promenade, set for Saturday.
Officers are working with the district’s insurance coverage firm to interchange any private property that was destroyed within the fireplace, and making an attempt to give you plans to deal with faculty lunches for the remainder of the yr, the district mentioned in a memo to oldsters.
Develop mentioned he doesn’t anticipate any a part of the college to reopen earlier than the present faculty yr ends in June.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little mentioned he was working with Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield and native officers to find out the district’s wants.
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Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger was once investigated in connection to a chilling home invasion that took place mere miles from where he allegedly slaughtered four college students inside their off-campus housing in 2022, according to a new report.
New information about the accused killer comes after ABC News obtained bodycam footage of police responding to a suspected home invasion in nearby Pullman, Wash., in October 2021 — more than a year before the University of Idaho students were stabbed to death.
“I heard my door open and I looked over, and someone was wearing a ski mask and had a knife,” a frightened woman told police.
“I kicked the s–t out of their stomach and screamed super loud, and they like flew back into my closet and then ran out my door and up the stairs.”
The alleged incident — which took place just 10 miles from the gruesome slayings in Moscow, Idaho — happened at 3:30 a.m., the woman told police, adding that the masked intruder was silent the whole time.
Her roommate immediately called the police, the outlet reported, but the case was left unsolved as police were left without a suspect or evidence at the time.
The terrifying incident shared eerie similarities with the gruesome quadruple University of Idaho murders.
Kohberger, 29, is accused of butchering students Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Madison Mogen, 21, around 4 a.m. inside their off-campus house on Nov. 13, 2022.
A surviving housemate later told police she saw a masked man with “bushy eyebrows” fleeing the house after overhearing cries and sounds of a struggle.
Kohberger, a criminology Ph.D. student at Washington State University, was arrested at his parents’ Pennsylvania home on Dec. 30 and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary — charges he has since pleaded not guilty.
Thirteen days later he was named a person of interest in the Pullman case, ABC reported, but is no longer considered a suspect.
“We have no reason or evidence to believe he was involved in this burglary at this time,” Pullman police told the outlet, citing a height difference between the alleged attackers.
While Kohberger is 6 feet tall, the alleged attacker in the Pullman incident was described as being 5’3′ to 5’5′. The accused stabber was also not yet enrolled at Washington State University at the time of the 2021 incident, the outlet reported.
The case is now closed but remains unsolved, police said.
“My family and I have been frustrated that the case was not investigated more in-depth or resolved,” the victim in the break-in told the outlet.
Kohberger’s highly anticipated trial is slated to begin in August and last through November.
The lengthy trial, which was moved to Idaho’s capital of Boise, will include two phases — one to determine his guilt or innocence, and the other, if he’s found guilty, to determine whether he should receive the death penalty.
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