MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Ten days after four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their dorm rooms, police said Wednesday they still had not identified a suspect or found the killing device, and they continued to appeal for tips and video of the shooting. surveillance cameras.
Moscow Police Capt. Roger Lanier said at a news conference that his department is putting all its resources into solving the case and that investigators are ready to work through the Thanksgiving holiday.
Authorities gave no indication that they were close to making an arrest, but they stressed that they were continuing to process forensic evidence collected at the home where the students were killed.
“We’re continuing to move forward to understand why this happened in our community,” said Police Chief James Fry.
The killings stunned bucolic Moscow, a college campus and agricultural hub that got its first Target store last year. The town of 26,000 is surrounded by fields of wheat and beans and has had no murders since 2015.
The victims were housemates Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls, Idaho; Kaylee Gonsalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho; and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, of Mount Vernon, Washington.
Police said Tuesday they were looking for clues that Gonsalves had a stalker, but were unable to identify him. They also shot down rumors that other incidents — including a car break-in and the killing of a dog — might be related to the case.
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