Idaho
Idaho police zero in on movements of 2 victims who went to frat house before killings
Moscow, Idaho, police are on the lookout for extra data on the actions of College of Idaho college students Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, who had been on the Sigma Chi fraternity home within the hours earlier than they had been killed together with two different Idaho college students final month.
Police mentioned the couple, each 20 years previous, was believed to be at Chapin’s frat home from 9 p.m. on Nov. 12 to 1:45 a.m. on Nov. 13.
Chapin and Kernodle’s timeline “appears to be one of many bigger areas that we do not have lots of data in,” Idaho State Police spokesman Aaron Snell advised ABC Information. “So, having the ability to find what they did that night time, and possibly who they contacted, possibly any routes that they took house, that might be essential for the investigation.”
A photograph posted by Kaylee Goncalves a number of days earlier than their deaths exhibits College of Idaho college students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.
Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram
Police are additionally on the lookout for any particulars that may very well be related within the case total, saying in an announcement Monday: “We imagine somebody has data that may add context to the image investigators are creating of what occurred. … Your data, whether or not you imagine it’s vital or not, is likely to be one of many puzzle items that assist resolve these murders.”
Chapin, Kernodle and two of Kernodle’s roommates, 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves and 21-year-old Madison Mogen, had been all stabbed to demise within the women’ off-campus home on Nov. 13. Officers imagine the assaults had been between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.
No suspects have been recognized.
Lewis-Clark State School college students pay their respects for the 4 College of Idaho college students who the place killed in Moscow, Idaho, at a vigil held at their campus in Lewiston, Idaho, Nov. 30, 2022.
August Frank/Lewiston Tribune through AP
Two surviving roommates — who police mentioned are usually not suspects — had been house on the time and certain slept via the assaults, in keeping with authorities. They had been on the bottom ground whereas the 4 college students killed had been on the second and third flooring.
Police mentioned Monday it is not clear the place Goncalves’ canine was throughout the killings, however when officers arrived there was no indication the animal had been within the rooms the place the victims had been attacked.
“Now we have not decided if the canine was contained in the residence throughout the murders or not,” Snell mentioned. “What we do know is that the canine was inside when officers arrived. The canine didn’t seem to have any proof on it.”
The home the place 4 College if Idaho college students had been discovered useless on Nov. 13, 2022.
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“We do not imagine that there was any look of pressured getting into into the house,” Snell added.
Authorities additionally mentioned Monday that they are nonetheless “trying into details about Kaylee having a stalker.”
Police mentioned they’ve spoken to 2 males who could have been the “stalker” Goncalves talked about to family and friends. In October, the boys had been seen at a neighborhood enterprise, and one of many males appeared to observe Goncalves into the shop after which observe her as she headed to her automotive, in keeping with police. The person by no means made contact with the faculty scholar, police mentioned.
These males have since advised police they had been making an attempt to fulfill girls on the enterprise, police mentioned.
The authorities mentioned there is not any proof these males had been concerned within the murders.
Police mentioned “details about a possible stalker or uncommon occurrences ought to undergo the Tip Line.”
Police urge anybody with data to add digital media to fbi.gov/moscowidaho or contact the tip line at tipline@ci.moscow.id.us or 208-883-7180.