Idaho police seek car seen near site where 4 students killed - The Associated Press - en Español

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police are asking for assistance uncovering the occupant of a car that was seen adjacent wherever 4 University of Idaho students were stabbed to decease past month, saying that idiosyncratic could person “critical information” astir the case.

The Moscow Police Department issued a connection Wednesday day asking for the public’s assistance tracking down the idiosyncratic oregon radical wrong a achromatic Hyundai Elantra made betwixt 2011 and 2013 that was adjacent the off-campus location successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Nov. 13. Investigators bash not person the sedan’s licence plate.

“Your information, whether you judge it is important oregon not, mightiness beryllium the portion of the puzzle that helps investigators lick these murders,” the section wrote.

Relatively fewer details person been released astir the slayings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. The constabulary section has not yet named a fishy oregon made immoderate arrests, and investigators person not yet recovered a weapon. Autopsies determined the 4 students were stabbed to death, the onslaught apt starting portion they were sleeping.

“Tips and leads person led investigators to look for further accusation astir a conveyance being successful the contiguous country of the King Street residence during the aboriginal greeting hours of November 13th. Investigators judge the occupant(s) of this conveyance whitethorn person captious accusation to stock regarding this case,” the section wrote successful a quality release. “If you cognize of oregon ain a conveyance matching this description, oregon cognize of anyone who whitethorn person been driving this conveyance connected the days preceding oregon the time of the murders, delight guardant that accusation to the Tip Line.”

The Moscow Police Department asked anyone with accusation to email oregon telephone its extremity enactment astatine 208-883-7180. The FBI, which is assisting successful the investigation, has created a website wherever radical tin upload information camera footage oregon different integer media from the country that was recorded astir the clip of the killings.

The four stabbing victims were friends and members of the university’s Greek system. The killings person near the close-knit assemblage of Moscow stunned and grieving, shattering the consciousness of information galore had successful the agrarian farming and assemblage town. Mogen, Goncalves and Kernodle lived unneurotic with 2 different roommates successful the rental location conscionable crossed the thoroughfare from campus, and Chapin — Kernodle’s fellow — was determination visiting.

Moscow Police Chief James Fry was astatine the rental location with different instrumentality enforcement officers connected Wednesday, collecting immoderate of the things that belonged to the victims truthful they could beryllium returned to their families. He’d announced the program connected Monday, saying that returning meaningful items to the families would hopefully assistance the families’ healing.

A batch of resources person been dedicated to solving the case, including six detectives with the Moscow department, 48 FBI investigators and much than a twelve Idaho State Police investigators.

“We’re going to bash our occupation and we’re going to bash this to the champion of our ability,” Fry said extracurricular the location connected Wednesday. “We beryllium this to the families, we beryllium this to the victims, we beryllium this to our community, truthful we’re going to proceed on.”