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Idaho police investigating quadruple murders asked about similarities to 2021 unsolved Oregon stabbing attack
Moscow Police Division Chief James Frye, whose division is main the investigation into the murders of 4 College of Idaho college students, mentioned throughout a press convention on Wednesday that investigators acquired a tip about one other stabbing final 12 months in Salem, Oregon.
Within the Oregon case, Travis and Jamilyn Juetten had been woke up from their sleep round 3:00 a.m. on Aug. 13, 2021, to an unknown assailant attacking them with a knife. Travis fought off the attacker, however was pronounced useless on the scene.
Jamilyn suffered 19 stab wounds and different accidents, however was transported to a hospital and survived. Police should not have a suspect in that assault.
Travis and Jamilyn Juetten had been attacked of their house round 3:00 a.m. on Aug. 13, 2021 by an assailant wielding a knife.
(Marion County Sheriff’s workplace)
A reporter requested Chief Frye on Wednesday if investigators are wanting into any doable connection between the quadruple murder in Idaho and the Salem assault, noting that each instances contain an unknown assailant breaking into a house round 3:00 a.m. and attacking sleeping victims with a knife.
“We’re each avenue and now we have different companies reaching out to us with different instances, stuff that we’re going to observe up on,” Frye answered, noting that he was conscious of the Oregon case and had acquired a tip about it. No official connection has been drawn between the 2 instances.
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In June 2022, ten months after Travis Juetten was murdered, his household provided a $50,000 reward for info resulting in the arrest and conviction of his killer.
A detective from the Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace in Oregon assigned to the 2021 investigation didn’t reply to questions on Wednesday night.
Flowers and a toy bear sit as a memorial in Moscow, Idaho on November 21, 2022, the place 4 college students had been murdered.
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Common views of the Moscow, Idaho house taken on Wednesday, November 16, 2002 the place the place 4 college students of the College of Idaho had been murdered.
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In Moscow, Idaho, greater than 100 regulation enforcement officers from the FBI, Idaho State Police, and Moscow Police Division are nonetheless combing by means of proof ten days after Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves had been murdered.
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The 4 associates returned house round 1:45 a.m. on Nov. 13 and had been attacked whereas they slept a while between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m., in line with police.
A cut up photograph exhibiting the crime scene and the victims, together with College of Idaho college students Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21.
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All 4 victims had been stabbed a number of instances and a few of them had defensive wounds, a medical expert decided.
Police haven’t recognized a suspect and should not have a homicide weapon, however are searching for a “fixed-blade knife.”