MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho police have plans to remove personal items belonging to four University of Idaho students who were murdered on November 13 from their residence where the crime occurred.
The items are “no longer needed for the investigation” and can now “be returned to the families” of slain 20-year-old Ethan Chapin; Xana Kernodle, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; and 21-year-old Madison Mogen, the Moscow Police Department (MPD) said in a press release on Tuesday.
“It’s time for us to take back those things that really mean something to those families and hopefully help with some of their healing,” MPD Chief James Fry said Tuesday.
The process will be private “in an effort to maintain respect for the victims and their families,” MPD said in its press release, asking that “members of the media and the community be respectful of this process.”
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Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, along with the two other roommates of the women in Kaylee Goncalves’ latest Instagram post, shared the day before the murders.
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“Items will be loaded onto a truck and moved to a secure location until families can collect belongings,” MPD said. “These arrangements were made in coordination with the families. Anyone approaching the residence on Wednesday morning is asked to keep the roads clear.”
The house where the four students were killed in the early hours of November 13 remains an active crime scene, where detectives continue to make progress. MPD “and investigative partners continue to work with the families of the victims on the ongoing investigation and developments,” the department said.
General views of the Moscow, Idaho, home taken on Wednesday, November 16, 2002, where four University of Idaho students were murdered.
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Detectives are working through more than 2,645 email tips, 2,770 phone tips and 1,084 digital media submissions, but continue to ask for more information.
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The Latah County coroner said the four victims were fatally stabbed, each multiple times, between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Nov. 13. “Some” of the victims had defensive wounds.
State Police forensics search for clues in Moscow, Idaho, Monday, November 21, 2022.
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University of Idaho students who left campus for the Thanksgiving break were given the option to stay home and learn remotely rather than return to campus with a suspect still on the run.
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The police also have to announce any kind of motive in the quadruple murder.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about the killings to call 208-883-7180 or tipline@ci.moscow.id.us.
