FIRST ON FOX: The owner of a property near the house where four University of Idaho students were killed last month told Fox News Digital that he provided surveillance video showing a white car approaching at the time of the killings.
Moscow, Idaho, detectives contacted landlord Kane Francetich on November 14 and asked for surveillance footage from a camera located on top of his six-unit rental building on Linda Lane, 0, 3 miles from the crime scene.
“I downloaded it and gave them access to everything from 2 am to noon on that Sunday the 13th,” Francetich said.
Kayle Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were stabbed to death inside 1122 King Road on November 13 between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.
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A combination of photos from a surveillance camera of Linda Lane and the four University of Idaho students killed on November 13.
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Police have not identified a suspect, but are seeking the public’s help in tracking down a white Hyundai Elantra seen near the crime scene at the time of the murders.
Francetich’s rental building and his chamber sit on a hill facing Taylor Road, the main thoroughfare connecting 1122 King Road to Highway 95, the route the killer may have taken when fleeing.
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The car, which Francetich described as “white” and “light in color,” traveled west on Taylor Road sometime between 2:45 a.m. and 3:15 a.m., he said. Only a side view of the car is visible in the pictures.
Exterior view of a home on Linda Lane in Moscow, Idaho, December 15, 2022. Investigators requested surveillance camera footage at this home in their search for clues in the Nov. 13 quadruple murder.
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Investigators told Francetich they planned to run the video through “their special analysis tools.”
It’s unclear if the white car in Francetich’s images is the same Hyundai Elantra that investigators are trying to track down.
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Francetich said he also noticed what appeared to be a sedan traveling west toward 1122 King Road around 1:45 a.m. and then returning to the road a few minutes later.
View from Linda Lane towards Taylor Road in Moscow, Idaho, December 15, 2022.
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He suspects that this may have been the “third party driver” who dropped off Goncalves and Mogen before the murders.
Francetich declined to share images or screenshots of the vehicles.
Investigators said they have identified 22,000 registered white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantras that they are diligently examining.
A map showing the route from 1122 King Road along Taylor Road to Linda Lane, where a security camera captured vehicles on Taylor Road on November 13 at the time of the murders.
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“It’s a horrible thing,” said Francetich, who lives in the city. “We are in a community that is extremely safe. It is unusual and frightening when something like this happens, especially when the suspect is not caught immediately.”
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Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Authorities are asking the public to call for leads 208-883-7180, E-mail tipline@ci.moscow.id.us or send digital media here.
