Moscow Police Debunk Internet Rumors Surrounding Quadruple Murder Investigation in Latest Update - bigcountrynewsconnection.com

UPDATE (11/28/22):

MOSCOW - On Monday, the Moscow Police Department issued a property merchandise with the latest details into the quadruple execution of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle.

According to the Moscow Police Department, a decease connected Baker Street from February 2022 is not related to the ongoing quadruple execution investigation. The Latah County Coroner's Office determined the origin of decease successful that lawsuit to beryllium an overdose. Questions astir the 2 cases perchance being connected circulated arsenic online rumors, but constabulary accidental they are unrelated.

Police besides debunked different net rumor surrounding a reddish Mustang that was seen being searched connected S. Deakin Street. Online rumors speculated that the conveyance was being processed arsenic portion of the quadruple execution investigation, nevertheless constabulary accidental that accusation is not accurate. The reddish Mustang is not connected to the murders.

As of Monday afternoon, nary suspect(s) person been identified oregon arrested.

Police proceed to impulse anyone with accusation that tin assistance detectives to interaction the extremity enactment astatine 208-883-7180 oregon email tipline@ci.moscow.id.us. Digital media tin beryllium submitted astatine fbi.gov/moscowidaho.

Update (11/27/22):

MOSCOW - As a candlelight vigil is being planned for this Wednesday to grant the representation of Ethan, Xana, Madison, and Kaylee, constabulary proceed to analyse the execution deaths of the 4 University of Idaho students.

On Sunday evening, constabulary said determination is inactive nary fishy successful the case.

To date, assemblage members person uploaded implicit 488 integer media submissions to a website established by the FBI wherever assemblage members were encouraged to nonstop their photos oregon video that mightiness beryllium applicable to the investigation.

Personnel presently assigned to the lawsuit include:

Moscow Police Department

4 Detectives
24 Patrol Officers
5 Support Staff

Federal Bureau of Investigation

22 investigators successful Moscow
20 assigned agents located passim the United States
2 Behavior Analysis Unit investigators

Idaho State Police

20 investigators successful Moscow
Public Information Officer
ISP Forensics Services and mobile transgression country team
15 uniformed troopers to assistance with assemblage patrols

Update (11/26/22):

MOSCOW - In effect to galore media inquiries astir a 1999 treble stabbing successful Pullman, and the 2021 treble stabbing with 1 decease successful Salem, Oregon, constabulary are saying determination is apt nary transportation betwixt the cases. Moscow Police accidental that portion these cases stock similarities with the sidesplitting of 4 University of Idaho students, determination does not look to beryllium immoderate grounds to enactment the cases are related. For much connected this story, click below.

Police connected Friday said Community members person uploaded implicit 260 integer media submissions to the FBI extremity link. To date, 113 pieces of carnal grounds person been collected and sent to the Idaho State Police transgression laboratory for processing and analysis.

The University of Idaho is hosting a candlelight vigil for Wednesday, November 30th, to grant the representation of Ethan, Xana, Madison, and Kaylee

New Details (11/23/22):

In a property league held Wednesday afternoon, the Moscow Police Department and Idaho State Police provided the latest update connected the probe into 4 University of Idaho students who were murdered connected November 13.

While hardly immoderate caller details were revealed, a look into the sheer size of the lawsuit and what detectives are moving done was given. In the 10 days pursuing the murders, implicit 1,000 tips person been processed and 150+ interviews person been conducted.

According to Idaho State Police Col. Kedrick Wills, 103 pieces of grounds person been gathered from the scene, and much than 4,000 photographs person been taken.

"We recognize you privation answers," said Col. Wills. "We privation answers too. But these instrumentality time." He continued, "There is an atrocious batch of efforts going connected down the scenes. What can't beryllium seen, isn't ever known of what we bash successful instrumentality enforcement."

In the caller days, the transgression country has been seen being expanded retired beforehand of the residence into the parking lot, which raised questions from reporters regarding the timing.

"It's not uncommon," said MPD Cpt. Roger Lanier. "Logically arsenic this progresses, we person expanded it to respective areas of the metropolis and successful information canvassed full neighborhoods."

Authorities besides stated they volition not beryllium releasing the 911 telephone portion the probe is ongoing.

With nary suspects yet named oregon arrested, the Moscow Police Department says they volition proceed putting each of their resources into the investigation, with officers acceptable to enactment done the Thanksgiving holiday.

"I privation to guarantee you that the nonaccomplishment of Xana, Kaylee, Madison and Ethan remains the highest precedence for the Moscow Police Department," said MPD Cpt. Lanier. "We volition proceed putting each of our resources into investigating and solving these murders."

Moscow Police Chief James Fry said, "We are going to person many, galore detectives and agents moving each the mode done this incident. Our radical are dedicated. Our radical attraction astir this community. We are going to support pushing connected this until we travel to a conclusion."

ISP Col. Kedrick Wills besides announced that Idaho Governor Brad Little has made $1,000,000 disposable for investigators to utilize for the investigation.

Anyone with accusation that tin assistance detectives is urged to interaction the extremity enactment astatine 208-883-7180 oregon email tipline@ci.moscow.id.us. Digital media tin beryllium submitted at fbi.gov/moscowidaho.

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**UPDATE (11/22/22)**

Investigators person extensively looked into accusation they received astir Kaylee Goncalves perchance having a stalker. After pursuing hundreds of pieces of accusation related to this topic, investigators accidental they person not been capable to verify oregon place a stalker.
The Moscow Police Department says determination has been overmuch speech astir the terminology utilized to picture the execution weapon. The MPD clarified that the benignant of weapon thought to beryllium utilized successful the murders is simply a fix-blade knife. No execution limb has been found.

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**UPDATE (11/21/22)**

Officers located a canine astatine the residence. The dog, which was unharmed, was turned implicit to Animal Services and past released to a liable party.
Detectives are alert of a Latah County Sheriff's Office incidental regarding the study of a canine that was skinned successful the weeks starring up to the murders. It has been determined that incidental was unrelated to the murders. According to a report from Fox News shared Monday morning, a mini-Australian shepherd was recovered "skinned caput to process connected October 21 aft his owners Jim and Pam Colbert fto him retired successful the backyard successful Moscow, ID."

The adjacent property league to update the nationalist connected the probe is scheduled for Wednesday, November 23 astatine 1:00 p.m.

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Story

On the evening of Saturday, November 12, it has been determined that Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen were astatine a section barroom called 'The Corner Club' successful downtown Moscow, betwixt the hours of 10:00p.m. - 1:30 a.m. connected November 13. Then astatine astir 1:40 a.m., Kaylee and Madison were seen connected video via a unrecorded Twitch watercourse astatine a section nutrient vendor called the “Grub Truck” astatine 318 S. Main Street. The 2 past received a thrust from that determination via a backstage enactment to their residence astatine 1122 King Road astatine astir 1:45 a.m.

Investigators person besides determined that Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were astatine the Sigma Chi location connected the University of Idaho Campus that night. It is believed that Ethan and Xana besides returned to the residence connected King Road astatine astir 1:45 a.m.

The representation provided beneath details the nighttime of November 12 and into the aboriginal greeting hours of November 13 erstwhile the murders occurred. The representation shows the locations and approximate times erstwhile Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen were successful downtown Moscow, portion Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were astatine the Sigma Chi house.

Two different roommates who unrecorded successful the six-bedroom residence connected King Road were besides retired successful the assemblage that night, but returned location astatine astir 1:00 a.m.

It is believed that the murders happened sometime betwixt 3:00 - 6:00 a.m.

At 11:58 a.m. connected Sunday, November 14, officers with the Moscow Police Department responded to the residence for the study of an unconscious individual. Upon arrival, officers discovered Kaylee, Madison, Xana and Ethan deceased wrong the residence.

In the days pursuing the murders it was revealed that the archetypal 911 telephone was made from wrong the residence connected 1 of the surviving roommates compartment phone, though the sanction of the idiosyncratic who made the telephone has not yet been released. According to police, the surviving roommates summoned friends to the residence due to the fact that they believed 1 of the victims connected the 2nd level had passed retired and was not waking up.

After arriving astatine the residence, a Moscow Police serviceman discovered the 4 deceased victims connected the 2nd and 3rd floor.

After autopsies were conducted connected November 17, the Latah County Coroner confirmed the individuality of the 4 murdered individuals and their origin and mode of decease arsenic homicide by stabbing. The coroner stated that the 4 victims were apt asleep, immoderate had antiaircraft wounds, and each was stabbed aggregate times. There was nary motion of intersexual assault.

At this clip successful the investigation, detectives bash not judge immoderate idiosyncratic that was astatine the residence erstwhile 911 was initially called, including the surving roommates, are progressive successful the crime.

In addition, detectives bash not judge the antheral taxable seen successful the Grub Truck unrecorded watercourse video oregon the backstage enactment operator that took Kaylee and Madison location that nighttime are involved.

Moscow Police Chief James Fry besides revealed that detectives are alert that Madison and Kaylee some made telephone calls to an unnamed idiosyncratic aft returning location successful the aboriginal greeting hours of November 13, but it is not believed determination is immoderate transportation betwixt those telephone calls and the murders.

"We judge there's nary transportation there," said Fry.

MPD Captain Roger Lanier besides said that immoderate rumors astir the victims being bound and gagged are false.

Idaho State Police Director Kendrick Wills said the champion happening the assemblage tin bash to assistance officials is to halt the dispersed of speculation.

"We cognize you privation answers," Wills said. "We privation answers too."

Wills asked that the assemblage beryllium diligent with the probe and spot that the constabulary volition merchandise immoderate caller accusation erstwhile they are able.

"We beryllium it to these young kids," Wills said.

As portion of the investigation, detectives seized the contented of 3 dumpsters connected King Road successful bid to find imaginable evidence, but thing of value was found. Detectives person besides contacted section businesses to find if a fixed-blade weapon had precocious been purchased astatine the locations. A execution limb has not yet been located.

The Moscow Police Department, Latah County Sheriff's Office, Idaho State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigations each proceed to analyse this incident.

To date, much than 600 tips person been received from the public, and 90+ interviews person been conducted.

Currently, nary suspects are successful custody.

Anyone who observed suspicious behavior, has video surveillance, oregon tin supply applicable accusation astir these murders, is asked to telephone the Tip Line astatine 208-883-7180 oregon email tipline@ci.moscow.id.us.

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**UPDATE (11/20/22)**

Moscow Police Chief James Fry revealed that the antheral some Madison Mogen and Kaylee GonCalves had made telephone calls to was not believed to beryllium a suspect.

"We judge there's nary transportation there," Fry said.

Others who person been cleared arsenic suspects by MPD see the 2 surviving roommates, the antheral seen successful the Grub Truck footage and the backstage enactment operator who took Mogen and GonCalves backmost to the residence connected King Road.

Fry besides said different radical arrived astatine the residence earlier the 911 telephone and confirmed neither of the surviving roommates had made the call, though a surviving roommate's telephone had been used. No caller individuality was released.

MPD Captain Roger Lanier said immoderate rumors astir the victims being bound and gagged are false.

Idaho State Police Director Kendrick Wills said the champion happening the assemblage tin bash to assistance officials is to halt the dispersed of speculation.

"We cognize you privation answers," Wills said. "We privation answers too."

Wills asked that the assemblage beryllium diligent with the probe and spot that the constabulary volition merchandise immoderate caller accusation erstwhile they are able.

"We beryllium it to these young kids," Wills said.

University of Idaho President Scott Green said that information has go the university's apical precedence and said professors are being asked to stay flexible arsenic the autumn semester wraps up. Some students privation to instrumentality to people successful idiosyncratic and immoderate don't privation to instrumentality to field until a fishy is successful custody, Green said, truthful the assemblage volition beryllium making adjustments successful transportation according to each student's safety.

"We are making information our apical precedence and are preparing for the information that immoderate students whitethorn not consciousness comfy returning to campus," Green said.

Green said determination has been an accrued information beingness connected campus. The field Safe Walk remains disposable to anyone. All residence halls connected field are locked astatine each hr of the day, with RA's contiguous to supply information rounds, and are lone disposable to students. Housing has staffing on-call to supply assistance successful emergencies.

See beneath for erstwhile sum of this case:

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*UPDATE (11/18/22)*

The Moscow Police Department released caller details connected Friday surrounding the probe into the execution of 4 University of Idaho students that occurred connected Sunday, November 13.

All of the known accusation is laid retired successful the beneath property merchandise from the Moscow Police Department.

On the evening of Saturday, November 12, Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen were astatine a section barroom called 'The Corner Club' successful downtown Moscow, betwixt the hours of 10:00p.m. - 1:30 a.m. connected November 13. Then astatine astir 1:40 a.m., Kaylee and Madison were seen connected video via a unrecorded Twitch watercourse astatine a section nutrient vendor called the “Grub Truck” astatine 318 S. Main Street. The 2 past received a thrust from a backstage enactment from downtown to their residence astatine 1122 King Road astatine astir 1:45 a.m.

Investigators person besides determined that Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were seen astatine the Sigma Chi location connected the University of Idaho Campus. At astir 1:45 a.m., Ethan and Xana are believed to person returned to the residence astatine 1122 King Road.

Two different roommates were besides astatine the residence that night, but were not injured, according to police.

Around noon connected November 13, officers responded to the residence aft a 911 telephone reported an unconscious individual. Upon arrival, officers discovered Kaylee, Madison, Xana, and Ethan deceased wrong the residence.

At this clip successful the investigation, detectives bash not judge the 2 surviving roommates oregon a antheral successful the Grub Truck surveillance video are progressive successful this crime.

The Moscow Police Department says that online rumors of the victims being tied and gagged are not accurate.

The individuality of the 911 caller has inactive not been released.

As portion of the investigation, detectives person seized the contents of 3 dumpsters connected King Road to find imaginable evidence. Additionally, detectives person contacted section businesses to find if a fixed-blade weapon had been precocious purchased. A execution limb has not yet been located.

At the clip of this release, detectives person received astir 500 tips which are being processed, investigated, and cleared. Thirty-eight interviews person been conducted with individuals who whitethorn person accusation astir the murders.

Currently, determination are nary suspects successful custody.

Anyone with accusation astir this transgression is asked to telephone 208-883-7180 oregon tipline@ci.moscow.id.us.

For this investigation, the Moscow Police Department is utilizing assistance from the Idaho State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Latah County Sheriff’s Office.

Moscow Police Department:

4 Detectives
24 Patrol Officers
5 Support Staff

Federal Bureau of In Investigators:

22 investigators successful Moscow
20 assigned agents located retired of Treasure Valley, ID, Salt Lake City, Utah, and West Virginia
Behavior Analysis Unit

Idaho State Police:

20 investigators
15 troopers
Public Information Officer
ISP Forensics Services and mobile transgression country team
15 uniformed troopers to assistance with assemblage patrols

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*UPDATE (11/16/22)*

MOSCOW - On the day of Wednesday, November 16, the Moscow Police Department held a property league to supply an update connected the latest developments successful a quadruple homicide probe involving 4 University of Idaho students who were recovered dormant wrong a residence adjacent campus.

The story, which archetypal broke connected the day of Sunday, November 13, has caught the attraction of citizens and quality outlets nationwide.

Prior to Wednesday's property conference, the accusation and messaging, oregon lack-there-of, being released astir the probe by the Moscow Police Department caused immoderate uncertainty and vexation among the section community, who were demanding answers. Some of those questions were answered Wednesday, but galore inactive remain.

According to Moscow Police Chief James Fry, arsenic of Wednesday afternoon, nary fishy has been identified successful the homicides and the fishy remains astatine large.

Walking backmost erstwhile comments made by the Moscow Police Department, Chief Fry said helium could not accidental that determination is nary menace to the community.

"We tin not accidental that determination is nary menace to the community, and arsenic we person stated, delight enactment vigilant," said Fry.

Chief Fry went connected to outline the known details of the night, stating that each 4 victims arrived backmost astatine the residence sometime aft 1:45 a.m. The murders past occurred successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Sunday, November 13. The archetypal 911 telephone made to Moscow Police was not made until astir noon that day.

"We don't cognize wherefore that telephone came successful astatine noon and not the mediate of the night," said Fry.

According to Fry, each 4 victims were stabbed with a knife. That accusation was besides confirmed by Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt.

A execution limb has not yet been located. There were besides nary signs of forced introduction into the residence, according to Fry.

Chief Fry besides stated that 2 further roommates were location astatine the clip of the attack, but those individuals were not injured. Those individuals were astatine the residence erstwhile archetypal responders archetypal arrived for the archetypal unconscious idiosyncratic call. Fry besides declined to corroborate who made the archetypal 911 call.

Based connected details recovered astatine the scene, constabulary judge this was an isolated, targeted onslaught connected the victims.

On Sunday, November 13, officers with the Moscow Police Department responded to a residence connected King Road successful Moscow, ID for the study of an unconscious individual. Upon arrival, officers discovered 4 deceased victims.

Initially, the University of Idaho issued a Vandal Alert advising radical to structure successful place, nevertheless the Moscow Police Department aboriginal said they had determined determination was not an ongoing menace for assemblage members, and that grounds indicates it was a targeted attack.

The 4 victims were aboriginal identified arsenic 20-year-old Ethan Chapin, of Conway, WA; 21-year-old Madison Mogen, of Coeur d’Alene, ID; 20-year-old Xana Kernodle, of Post Falls, ID ; and 21-year-old Kaylee GonCalves, of Rathdrum, ID. All 4 victims were students astatine the University of Idaho who were surviving disconnected campus.

Two days aft the deceased victims were found, the Moscow Police Department provided an update, saying though nary weapons had been found, investigators judge an "edged weapon" specified arsenic a knife, was used.

Investigators with the Moscow Police Department, Latah County Sheriff's Office, Idaho State Police and FBI proceed to travel up connected each leads. Anyone with accusation is encouraged to telephone the Tip Line astatine (208)883-7190.

A candlelight vigil connected field initially scheduled for Wednesday nighttime has been rescheduled for November 30.

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**UPDATE (11/15/22)**

On Tuesday morning, Moscow Police said that though nary weapons person been located, based connected preliminary information, investigators judge that an "edged weapon" specified arsenic a weapon was used. Autopsies are scheduled to beryllium completed aboriginal this week and volition hopefully supply much definitive accusation connected the nonstop origin of the deaths.

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***Victims Identified successful Moscow Homicide(11/14/22)***

On Sunday, November 13, officers with the Moscow Police Department responded to a telephone connected King Road for an unconscious individual. Upon arrival, officers discovered 4 individuals who were deceased.

The 4 victims person been identified arsenic University of Idaho students.

According to an updated quality merchandise from the Moscow Police, the 4 individuals person been identified arsenic 20-year-old Ethan Chapin, of Conway, WA; 21-year-old Madison Mogen, of Coeur d’Alene, ID; 20-year-old Xana Kernodle, of Post Falls, ID; and 21-year-old Kaylee GonCalves, of Rathdrum, ID. All 4 victims were students astatine the University of Idaho.

According to police, details proceed to beryllium constricted successful this investigation. Currently, determination is nary fishy successful custody.

Investigators are asking anyone with accusation related to this incidental to interaction the Moscow Police astatine 208-882-2677.

The Moscow Police does not judge determination is an ongoing assemblage hazard based connected accusation gathered during the preliminary investigation.

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UPDATE (11/13/22) 2:40p.m.

The Moscow Police Department is continuing the probe and the fishy is inactive unknown. According to a 2nd Vandal Alert, MPD does not believe there to beryllium an progressive menace successful spot and the structure successful spot bid fixed by the assemblage has been lifted. U of I advises those successful the country to stay vigilant.

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Original Story (11/13/22)

MOSCOW - On Sunday, November 13 astatine astir 1:05 p.m., the University of Idaho sent retired a Vandal Alert stating that the Moscow Police Department is investigating a homicide connected King Road adjacent campus.

MPD confirmed that determination is not a fishy astatine this time. The Vandal Alert states radical should debar the country and those who can't should structure successful place.

According to Pullman Radio, constabulary initially responded to a study of an unconscious idiosyncratic astatine a portion connected King Road. The telephone rapidly turned into a homicide probe astatine the flat conscionable southbound of campus.

Moscow Police Captain Tyson Berrett told Pullman Radio the fishy is not known astatine this clip but clarifies that the lawsuit doesn’t correspond a menace to the wide public. Idaho State Police has been called successful to assistance with the investigation.

Below are immoderate information tips from the U of I.

If determination is an progressive assailant successful your vicinity, you mostly person 3 options:

• Run (evacuate): You should lone tally if you tin safely escape.

• Hide: If you can’t run, find a harmless spot to hide, preferably successful a locked abstraction oregon down a barricade.

• Fight: If you can’t tally oregon hide, your lone enactment whitethorn beryllium to fight. Think astir what you tin usage to neutralize the assailant.

Additional accusation to beryllium alert of:

• In lawsuit of emergency, telephone 911. Take attraction of your ain information anterior to calling 911.

• If you spot thing unusual oregon suspicious, study it instantly to the Office of Public Safety and Security oregon Moscow Police.

• When connected campus, scope the Moscow Police Department by calling 208-882-2677. To marque a study to the Office of Public Safety and Security, telephone 208-885-7233.

• Always spot your instincts. If you consciousness uneasy oregon consciousness thing is wrong, bash what you tin to get retired of that concern safely and telephone MPD oregon OPSS. You tin besides petition a information serviceman escort to travel you connected campus. Call 208-885-HELP and petition a “Safe Walk” erstwhile connected campus.

Big Country News volition proceed to travel this communicative arsenic much accusation becomes available.