MOSCOW, Idaho – University of Idaho students say they’re still on edge that police don’t have a suspect in custody after four people were killed in the tight-knit college town.
The four victims, Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were all students at the University of Idaho and died on November 13 between 3 and 4 a.m. at a home on King Road in Moscow, Idaho. Police say an autopsy revealed each person had multiple stab wounds and some also had “defensive” wounds.
As of Saturday, police say there are no suspects in custody as the investigation enters its third week.
Speaking to Fox News Digital outside the Grub Wandering Kitchen food truck, the students told Fox News Digital that while police say the killings were targeted, they still feel uncomfortable being outside at night.
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A memorial to the students killed at the University of Idaho on Monday, November 28, 2022 is covered in snow. The menorial is in honor of the victims of a quadruple homicide involving an off-campus home on November 13.
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A student who requested anonymity said the students, as well as members of the Moscow community in general, are still “very fearful” after the killings.
Additionally, the student said the incident is causing people to rethink where and when to go out in public, including taking more steps to stay safe.
Another student outside the food truck said the increased police presence in the community is making more people feel safe.
The student said that overall, most people are “still scared,” but things in the community are starting to look like they were before the murders.
The Grub food truck is seen on Main Street in Moscow, Idaho, on Friday, December 2, 2022. One of the last places victims of the Nov. 13 quadruple homicide were seen was around the food truck, as captured on surveillance video.
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Both students said they were “shocked” when they heard the four students were killed, adding that an incident like this has an impact on a community like this because the community is so tightly knit.
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Goncalves and Mogen went to the Corner Club in Moscow on the night of November 12 and were there between 10 pm and 1:30 am before going to the nearby Grub Wandering Kitchen food truck at 1:40 am, where they were can see. in a Twitch stream hosted by the company, police say. The couple used a “private party” to get back to the King Road home, where they arrived at 1:56 a.m.
The police do not consider the “private party” as a suspect in the case.
Chapin and Kernodle were at the Sigma Chi fraternity house on the University of Idaho campus before returning to the King Road home at 1:45 a.m., police say.
The Corner Club, a local bar, is within walking distance of the University of Idaho.
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Two other roommates in the King Road house returned to the house at 1 a.m. on November 13 and were unharmed in the attack, not waking up until later in the morning.
Authorities say the two surviving roommates “called” their friends at the King Road home “because they believed one of the victims on the second floor had passed out and wouldn’t wake up.”
A 911 call was then placed from the phone of one of the surviving roommates at 11:58 a.m., police said, stating that “multiple” people spoke to the 911 dispatcher before police officers arrived.
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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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When the police arrived at the house, they found “two victims on the second floor and two victims on the third floor.”
Authorities say a sixth person is listed on a lease for the King Road home but moved in “before the start of the school year” and was not present when the attack occurred.
Although police have not identified a suspect, authorities remain confident 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 were no doubt targeted. We remain consistent in our belief that this was in fact a targeted attack, but we have not concluded whether the residence or its occupants were targeted,” a statement from the Moscow Police Department to Fox News read on Thursday.
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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’ Cristina Coleman and Alexandria Hernandez contributed to this report.
