MOSCOW, Idaho – The family of a University of Idaho student who died in a shocking home invasion attack along with her boyfriend and two roommates has announced a scholarship in her honor.
“We have started a memorial endowment in Xana’s name to honor her memory and keep her legacy alive,” her cousin, Sheldon Kernodle, told Fox News Digital on Thursday. “The Xana Kernodle Scholarship Endowment is a permanent endowment, created in partnership with the University of Idaho Foundation, that will support and fund scholarships year after year for University of Idaho students.
He said the family would contribute matching funds and donations.
“In the interest of raising awareness and as much money as possible in Xana’s name, the Kernodle family will match donations dollar for dollar up to $10,000.” “We are asking anyone who is willing and able to donate whatever amount they feel comfortable with. Please note that no donation is too small.”
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Xana Kernodle in an undated photo.
(Instagram @xanakernodle)
And the endowed scholarship is a “gift that keeps on giving,” according to US Bank. The funds are invested and the interest is used to pay for student scholarships each semester.
“We sincerely thank you in advance from the bottom of our hearts,” he said. “At the very least, we hope to create something good out of such a terrible and heartbreaking situation.”
A Twitter thread includes details on how to donate.
Kernodle was a marketing student and a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
The 20-year-old, her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, also 20, and their roommates Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were attacked between 3 and 4 a.m. on November 13, according to police in Moscow. The coroner ruled their deaths stabbing homicide.
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.
(@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)
The three young women lived together in a rental house a few steps from campus. Chapin lived within walking distance and stayed the night.
So far, police have not announced any suspects or arrests.
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Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle in an undated photo.
(Instagram/ @xanakernodle)
The Sigma Chi fraternity, of which Chapin was a member, has also created a memorial scholarship.
And Goncalves’s parents have supported a couple of online fundraisers with the goal of raising reward money to offer in exchange for information that solves the case.
Investigators say they are seeking information on a white 2011 to 2013 Hyundai Elantra seen in the area around the time of the killings and ask anyone with information to contact investigators by phone or email. Evidence from digital media, such as photos or video, can be submitted to the FBI at fbi.gov/moscowidaho.
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A cellphone photo of a computer screen showing a white car on Highway 8 in Moscow, Idaho, around 3:45 a.m. on November 13, according to an employee who found it while reviewing security footage.
(Fox Digital News)
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Police have been looking at surveillance video taken within the immediate area of the crime scene and are requesting images from outside the radius that may include information relevant to the case.
