A week after 4 University of Idaho students were killed, there are mounting questions in the investigation and few answers - CNN

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One week aft the the bodies of four University of Idaho students were discovered successful their shared off-campus location successful the municipality of Moscow, authorities bash not person a fishy successful custody nor has a limb been found, according to Moscow Police Captain Roger Lanier.

Police person fielded 646 tips and person conducted much than 90 interviews truthful far, said Police Chief James Fry during a Sunday property conference.

“We’re trying to expedite everything that mightiness perchance pb to a suspect,” Latah County authoritative Bill Thompson said Saturday.

The 4 students killed – Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21 – were discovered by police past Sunday. The victims were stabbed to death, according to a region coroner, and the limb utilized has yet to beryllium found.

Thompson was 1 of respective officials who spent astir 2 hours astatine the transgression country Saturday arsenic a portion of the progressive investigation.

“I privation we had much answers, and they’re inactive asking questions,” Thompson said.

With a municipality and field assemblage increasingly concerned implicit the homicides and deficiency of answers successful the case, galore students person near Moscow up of the autumn break. Police clarified past week they were incapable to find if the nationalist was astatine greater risk.

“We cannot accidental there’s nary menace to the assemblage and arsenic we person stated, delight enactment vigilant, study immoderate suspicious enactment and beryllium alert of your surroundings astatine each times,” Moscow Police Chief James Fry said Wednesday.

Many professors canceled classes past week, including Zachary Turpin, who wrote connected societal media helium “can’t successful bully conscience clasp class” until constabulary merchandise much accusation oregon place a fishy successful the murders.

The Moscow Police Department is starring the probe with assistance from the FBI arsenic good arsenic authorities and section instrumentality enforcement agencies. In a Friday nighttime statement, Moscow constabulary said investigators had completed 38 interviews with radical “who whitethorn person accusation astir the murders.”

Local businesses person been contacted by detectives “to find if a fixed-blade weapon had been precocious purchased,” Moscow constabulary said. Three dumpsters located connected a thoroughfare adjacent the location were besides retrieved to hunt for imaginable evidence, according to the statement.

An email extremity line was provided for those successful the country to assistance with immoderate information. Detectives were moving connected processing astir 500 tips received arsenic of Friday precocious afternoon, constabulary added.

Investigators this week person started to physique a timeline of events regarding the students and their past known whereabouts earlier the fatal attack.

Chapin and Kernodle attended a enactment astatine the Sigma Chi fraternity location from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Goncalves and Mogen were astatine a section sports barroom betwixt 10 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. The brace was past seen ordering from a adjacent nutrient truck, according to a unrecorded Twitch watercourse from the truck.

As they waited for astir 10 minutes for their food, they chatted with each different arsenic good arsenic different radical lasting by the truck. The antheral who manages the motortruck told CNN the brace did not look to beryllium successful distress oregon successful information successful immoderate way.

Goncalves and Mogen utilized a “private party” for a ride, arriving location astatine 1:45 a.m., constabulary said successful their update. All 4 victims were backmost astatine the location by astir 1:45 a.m. Sunday. Investigators bash not judge the operator was progressive successful the deaths, constabulary said Saturday.

From there, authorities are moving to find however and erstwhile the onslaught transpired.

According to Moscow police, it was not until conscionable earlier noon Sunday erstwhile a 911 telephone was received astir an “unconscious individual,” and responding officers recovered the 4 students killed. Police person said determination were nary signs of forced introduction erstwhile officers arrived.

During a property league connected Sunday, Fry declined to place who placed the 911 call, saying lone that the telephone came from the telephone of 1 of the surviving roommates astatine the shared home, but helium wouldn’t corroborate 1 of the surviving roommates placed the call.

Fry said determination were different “friends that had arrived astatine the location,” adding that whoever placed the 911 telephone is not a suspect.

One of the doors utilized to entree the location has a keypad fastener which requires a codification to summation entry, according to Jeffrey Kernodle, Xana Kernodle’s father.

Goncalves’ sister, Alivea Goncalves, said the residence was known to beryllium a “party house,” frankincense immoderate erstwhile visitors whitethorn person had access.

“So I won’t accidental they were precise backstage with that code,” Goncalves told ABC World News Tonight.

The location besides has a sliding door, which could person been utilized to summation entry, Jeffrey Kernodle told CNN affiliate KPHO/KTVK.

The 911 telephone came from a telephone belonging to 1 of the 2 surviving roommates, constabulary said Saturday.

The 2 were astatine the location during the onslaught and were not injured. Moscow constabulary “do not believe” the 2 were progressive successful the crime, the section said Friday.

The students were “likely asleep” earlier being attacked, Moscow constabulary said Friday, citing the Latah County coroner. Some of the 4 had antiaircraft wounds – though it is not specified however galore victims did – and determination were nary signs of intersexual assault, according to the constabulary update.

Earlier this week, Jeffrey Kernodle told KPHO/KTVK his girl fought disconnected her attacker done the precise end, saying the autopsy study showed, “Bruises, torn by the knife. She’s a pugnacious kid.”

Alivea Goncalves told the New York Times determination were 7 unanswered calls made from her sister’s telephone to her erstwhile fellow betwixt 2:26 a.m. and 2:52 a.m., based connected accusation from telephone logs Alivea Goncalves was capable to download from her sister’s telephone provider.

She told the New York Times the frequence of the calls was not unusual, and her sister would often telephone radical repeatedly until they answered the phone.

CNN has made galore attempts to interaction Alivea Goncalves. The boyfriend’s parent told CNN connected Saturday she had nary remark retired of respect for the wishes of the Goncalves family.

The assemblage announced a candlelight vigil volition beryllium held successful remembrance of the 4 students killed.

The vigil volition instrumentality spot connected field connected November 30, according to the assemblage Friday, and those who are not capable to be successful idiosyncratic are invited to besides instrumentality portion successful the ceremony.

“Please articulation america from wherever you are, individually oregon arsenic a group, to assistance america airy up Idaho. Light a candle, crook connected stadium lights, oregon clasp a infinitesimal of soundlessness with america arsenic we unite connected campus,” the assemblage said. The vigil would beryllium held aft the Thanksgiving interruption to springiness much radical the accidental to attend.

University of Idaho President Scott Green sent a memo connected Thursday encouraging students to travel their champion people of enactment arsenic the assemblage assemblage processes the homicides.

“We request to stay flexible this week and assistance our students and colleagues country to process these unprecedented events successful their ain way,” Green said. “Students, you are encouraged to bash what is close for you. Whether this is going location aboriginal oregon staying successful class, you person our support.”