Idaho Murders Live: Police looking for owner of car seen near murder site

No Suspect Named One Month After Murders

One month after 4 College of Idaho college students had been murdered of their off-campus residence, police have nonetheless not named a suspect or discovered the homicide weapon.

In a video replace Monday, Moscow Police Division Captain Roger Lanier stated police are “nonetheless one hundred pc dedicated to fixing this crime.”

He stated police should not releasing particular particulars as a result of they “don’t need to compromise this investigation” and owe it to the victims’ households to not simply get an arrest, however a conviction.

There are legislation enforcement groups throughout the nation, together with in Moscow, Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah and Virginia, engaged on this case, Lanier stated.

“We’re ready to do interviews and observe up on data at any level, wherever,” he stated.

The investigation continues as College of Idaho college students put together to take finals earlier than the semester ends and their winter break begins.

Lanier stated investigators are nonetheless working by new and previous ideas pouring by telephone traces and movies uploaded by the FBI tip line.

“Our analysts have spent hours sorting by and attempting to give you essentially the most related ideas first for the investigators to observe up on,” he stated. “They’ve reinterviewed among the people we have interviewed earlier on this investigation to make clear data.”

Lanier added that folks ought to keep away from spreading rumors or false details about the case circulating on-line and persist with official statements and press releases from investigators.

“Monitoring down rumors and quelling rumors about particular people or particular occasions that will or might not have occurred is a large distraction for investigators and oftentimes is the results of social media propagation,” he stated. “It is rather, very irritating to investigators and onerous to remain on monitor.”

Police are additionally requested the group to stay vigilant, because the killer(s) stays at giant. Lanier urged the group to pay attention to their environment, keep away from strolling in darkish locations and stroll in teams when attainable.

“This isn’t a sign of a selected elevated threat, however one thing that we needs to be vigilant with simply in our day by day lives,” he stated.