A handprint can be seen next to an evidence tape on the window of the house where four University of Idaho students were murdered on November 13.
University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were stabbed to death between 3 and 4 am on November 13. Police have yet to arrest any suspects in connection with the killings.
Police say the four suspects were at various locations in Moscow before returning to the King Road home at 1:56 a.m. Ethan and Xana were at a party at the Sigma Chi frat house on campus the night of the 12th. November and I don’t return home until 1:45 am on November 13.
Mogen and Goncalves were seen on a Twitch stream at the Grub Wandering Kitchen food truck in Moscow at 1:40 a.m. The two then arrived at the King Road home at 1:56 a.m. I don’t consider it suspicious.
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Fingerprint on the window of the Idaho home where the murders took place.
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Images taken by Fox News Digital show the interior of several rooms through the windows of the house. One window has evidence tape attached, along with a nearby handprint.
On the television in one of the rooms of the house you can see a “No network detected” screen. In the kitchen, a bag with red Solo glasses and unwashed dishes can be seen.
Interior view of the house where the murders took place.
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Fox News contributor and former Washington, DC homicide detective Ted Williams told Fox News Digital that the killer may have touched the walls or other parts of the home, leaving behind evidence.
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Interior view of the house where the murders took place.
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“I would have to believe, as I said before, that they were very bloody or their clothes and they certainly would have stepped on themselves through the blood. So maybe they would have touched a wall or other parts of the house. And those and that’s information that would be evidence for the investigation here to try to determine who killed your people,” Williams said.
Interior view of the house where the murders took place.
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He added that police probably put red tape on anything where evidence might exist.
A bottle of beer can be seen inside the house.
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“When they’re scrubbing the crime scene, they’ll put evidence tape where they think there’s evidence and they’ll be the ones collecting that evidence. They will try to dismiss it or write it off as part of the crime scene,” Williams said.
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Police have yet to release the crime scene and announced Friday that private security would be monitoring the home.
Victims of the November 13 massacre at the University of Idaho.
(Instagram @xanakernodle / @maddiemogen / @kayleegoncalves)
“As detectives move forward with the homicide investigation, a private security company has been hired to provide security at the scene and free up patrol resources. The scene remains under police control,” a press release read. of the Moscow Police Department.
Idaho State Police Communications Director Aaron Snell told Fox News Digital on Friday that authorities “plan to continue to hold the house.”
Five cars were towed from the home Tuesday and taken to city-owned “long-term secure storage” to “gather more evidence,” Idaho State Police communications director Aaron Snell told Fox on Thursday. NewsDigital.
On Wednesday night, the Moscow Police Department issued a statement that “detectives do not currently know if the residence or the occupants were targeted specifically, but are continuing to investigate.”
The Moscow Police Department later provided a statement to Fox News on Thursday saying officials still believe the attack was targeted.
“Our clarification last night directly addressed comments made by Latah County Attorney Thompson, who said that the suspects specifically observed this residence and that one or more of the occupants was undoubtedly attacked. We remain consistent in our belief that this was in fact a targeted attack, but I have not concluded whether the target was the residence or its occupants,” the statement read.
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Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Moscow police at 208-883-7054 or email tipline@ci.moscow.id.us.
Fox News’ Christina Coleman and Alexandria Hernandez contributed to this report.
