MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho police said Tuesday that an abandoned white 2013 Hyundai Elantra found in Eugene, Oregon, on December 17, is unrelated to the November 13 slayings of four University of Idaho students.
Investigators have spoken with the owner of a damaged Hyundai Elantra in Eugene, Oregonthat police found while responding to a 911 call on December 17, the Moscow Police Department told Fox News.
“The vehicle was involved in a collision and subsequently impounded. The vehicle is registered out of Colorado and the owner is not believed to have any connection to any property in Moscow, Idaho or the ongoing murder investigations,” MPD said in an update Tuesday. . “The public is asked to stop contacting the owner.”
The caller on December 17 reported that a person was sleeping in the damaged vehicle. Police contacted that person, who was homeless, but there were no further reports.
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Detectives in Moscow, Idaho are interested in speaking with the occupants of a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra, with unknown license plate, in connection with the investigation of a quadruple homicide on November 13, 2022.
(Moscow DP)
Police are searching for a white Hyundai Elantra that was seen near the scene of the quadruple homicide in Idaho in the early morning of November 13.
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The occupants of the vehicle on that date have yet to come forward since police announced a surveillance alert on December 7.
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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Authorities are asking the public to call for leads 208-883-7180, E-mail tipline@ci.moscow.id.us or send digital media here.
