The Moscow, Idaho, murders have revived traumatic memories of a gruesome triple homicide in the small college town nearly seven years later, according to a new report.
Angela Davidson told NewsNation on Tuesday that her daughter, Sydney Jones, was working at Arby’s in downtown Moscow when Jones’ manager was shot and killed on January 10, 2015.
Jones has not fully recovered from the harrowing experience, and the quadruple homicide less than two miles away has brought back unwanted memories, her mother told the news site.
University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were stabbed to death on November 13 in a rental home near campus.
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Victims of the November 13 massacre at the University of Idaho.
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Two roommates from the first floor survived the attack. Police have yet to publicly identify a suspect.
“I can’t imagine the family now. And to the survivors, especially what they’re going through here, not knowing who did it, and possibly having that person still out there,” Davidson said.
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In 2015, John Lee went on a gunfight that terrorized the sleepy town of 25,000.
John Lee, left, was convicted of a triple homicide on January 10, 2015 in Moscow, Idaho. He fatally shot a manager in downtown Arby’s.
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He first shot his landlord David Trail, 77, in his office before driving to Moscow Arby’s, where he shot manager Belinda Neibuhr as she tried to flee through the drive-thru window, according to the Spokane-Review.
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Lee then drove to the home of his adoptive mother, Terri Grzebielski, and fatally shot her before leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in his capture.
In 2016, Lee was convicted of all three murders. “My daughter will still be checking the website to make sure John Lee is in prison, and this is still the case many years later,” Davidson said.
Four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in an off-campus home on November 13.
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She added that she wished there were more mental health resources available to her daughter at that time.
Davidson urged the families of surviving roommates in the University of Idaho murders to seek mental health treatment.
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“They may say they don’t want it, but they need it, and they will process it in many different ways,” he said. “It’s not a quick thing. There’s a forever scar.”
