Idaho police: Dog found skinned head-to-tail is unrelated to college students' murders - Fox News

MOSCOW, Idaho – The Moscow Police Department said Monday that a canine recovered skinned head-to-tail connected Oct. 21 is unrelated to the brutal murders of 4 University of Idaho students 3 weeks later. 

Pamela Colbert's neighbors recovered her mislaid dog, a 12-year-old mini Australian shepherd, wholly skinned conscionable down the roadworthy from her home, which is respective miles from the country of the murders that occurred off-campus.

Colbert, 78, told Fox News Digital that she remembered astatine a Latah County Sheriff's Office supervisor telling her: "This hasn't been done by an animal. This was a quality that did this."

Some locals feared that the grotesque incidents could beryllium related, but law enforcement dispelled those rumors connected Monday. 

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO MURDERS TIMELINE: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SLAUGHTER OF FOUR STUDENTS

A 12-year-old mini Australian shepherd was recovered skinned head-to-tail successful Moscow, Idaho, conscionable 3 weeks earlier 4 assemblage students were murdered, but constabulary accidental the 2 crimes are unrelated.  (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

"Detectives are alert of a Latah County Sheriff’s Office incidental of the study of a skinned canine and person determined it is unrelated to this incident," the Moscow Police Department said successful a abbreviated update connected Monday evening. 

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO MURDERS TIMELINE: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SLAUGHTER OF FOUR STUDENTS

Her neighbor, Clint Hughes, has a fluffy Bernese Mountain Dog named Max, who ripped up his furniture the aforesaid time Colbert's canine was recovered dormant adjacent some of their properties successful an country adjacent a shed with overgrown grass.

Pam Colbert's neighbor, Clint Hughes, has a fluffy Bernese Mountain Dog named Max, who ripped up his furniture the aforesaid time Colbert's canine was recovered dormant adjacent some of their properties successful an country adjacent a shed with overgrown grass. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

"You could archer it conscionable wasn't an carnal that did it," helium explained, adding that "it was evidently done with a knife."

Moscow's past homicide was successful 2015. The full assemblage is connected borderline a week since constabulary bash not person immoderate suspects nor a recovered limb much than a week aft the tragedy.

The FBI, Idaho State Police, and Moscow Police Department are investigating the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, and Xana Kernodle, 20, connected Nov. 13, conscionable blocks from the field of the University of Idaho. 

University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21.  (Jazzmin Kernodle via AP/Instagram/ @kayleegoncalves)

The four students returned to their location astir 1:45 a.m. and were murdered immoderate clip betwixt 3:00 and 4:00 a.m., according to police. 

Someone called 911 from 1 of the 2 surviving roommates' phones soon earlier noon to study an unconscious person. Police past located the victims and issued an alert to University of Idaho students. 

Investigators are seen searching parking batch country down the location successful Moscow, Idaho Monday, November 21, 2022, wherever 4 radical were slain connected November 13. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

A quadruple execution is being investigated successful Idaho. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Investigators expanded the transgression country connected Monday to see a parking batch and forested country down the home. 

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The Moscow Police Department besides said that a abstracted canine was recovered astatine the location connected the time of the murders and was fixed to a "responsible party."

Authorities are asking anyone with accusation astir the incidental to telephone 208-883-7180 oregon tipline@ci.moscow.id.us.