The city of Moscow in Idaho, USA, has been in the news for a month. This is due to the fact that four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered in the early morning of November 13th. A month later, little is known about the contours of the crime.
Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylie Gonsalves, aged 20 to 21, were stabbed to death in a home on campus. According to the results of the autopsy, it was concluded that the young people died at dawn, between 3 and 4 in the morning.
“The wounds were quite large. We’ve had murders in the past, but none of them were as massive as the murders of these students. There was a lot of blood in the apartment. explained Katie Mabbut, a medical examiner from Lata County, Idaho. “NBC News”.
Young victims.credits: twitter
So, taking into account the size of the injuries that were presented on the bodies of young people, the doctor also added that the murder weapon could not have been a “penknife”, but a large one. In addition, he stressed that he had 16 years of career behind him, he had never experienced such a grotesque scenario.
In the days that followed, Moscow city authorities were quick to allay the fears of the townspeople by ruling out the possibility that a killer was on the loose who could jeopardize the safety of the local population. However, since they were unable to find out the details of the murders, they had to return, and they do not know exactly what happened, the source says. “New York Times”. That’s all that is known.
Hours of fun before tragedy
A few hours before the murder, the students took advantage of the Saturday night of November 12 to go for a walk. Ethan and Xana met at a party at the fraternity campus [fraternidade, em português – residências estudantis típicas da cultura universitária norte-americana, que contam com nomes e rituais de iniciação próprios]🇧🇷 The other two victims, Madison and Kaylie, decided to go to a bar where they stayed until 1:30 am. “CNN International”“.
Leaving the same bar, students walked past a trailer where they ordered food and where they were recorded by security cameras confirming this stop. After that, they were brought up and taken away from the place, the information, which was also confirmed by the authorities, the same publication explains.
Minutes before 2 a.m., neighbors’ surveillance cameras caught the two friends heading home. Once inside, between 2:26 a.m. and 2:52 a.m., phone records showed that Caylee and Madison made a series of calls to Caylee’s ex-boyfriend, Jack DuCour, which no one answered. Although Jack may be a suspect, the Gonsalves family has already stated that they have full confidence in the young man and know that he is not responsible for the crimes.
All the footage from the surveillance cameras of the places where the young people were located on what would prove to be a fateful night was published by the American press and on social networks in order to collect information that could help the investigation, which had no effect.
Survivors
Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylie Gonsalves weren’t the only ones in the house that was set up as a crime scene. While four friends were killed, two other housemates were also there but were not attacked.
The house has six bedrooms, two on each floor, and authorities said two of the victims’ roommates were asleep at the time of the murder. When they woke up, they asked their friends to go there to rent a house because they thought one of the young women who lived upstairs had “passed out and won’t wake up,” the New York Times explains. .
The home of the victims.credits: twitter
After the friends arrived, one of the group called 911 shortly before noon. When the police arrived, they found the victims, who were on the second and third floors. The roommates were interrogated, but investigators decided to exclude them from the list of suspects and not reveal their identities.
A month later, how is the investigation going?
A month has passed since that fateful night. And while more and more clues are emerging, there are still more questions than answers. The last two events concern a car that was seen near the crime scene and body camera footage of some policemen who intervened with a group of young men, also near the victims’ home.
Authorities have been soliciting information from anyone who saw a white Hyundai Elantra as of this Friday, Dec. 9 because they believe they were in the area surrounding the crime scene on the night of the murder, the report said. “CNN International”. The car seems like an important clue, as the passengers may have seen something that helps solve the mystery.
Need a car model.credits: twitter
As for the images from the body cameras, they seem important because they were taken by plainclothes police officers on the night of the murder, not far from the crime scene. Although the video shows an intervention that has nothing to do with the deaths, as the authorities intervened in a group of underage drinking alcoholic beverages, there is one aspect that deserves attention.
In the background, a group is seen speeding past policemen who were only two houses away from the crime scene. The images were highlighted by a young woman producing true crime content, Olivia Vitale, who believes the authorities may have a group with important information, promotes “Daily Mail”.
With no one named as a suspect (at least not officially) and no murder weapon found, there’s still a lot to investigate. However, one thing is certain: “We remain 100% committed to solving this crime,” said Moscow police officer Roger Lanier on Monday, December 12, quoted by CNN International.
“We do not disclose specific details because we do not want to jeopardize this investigation. This is what we must do. We are indebted to the families and victims. We want more than just an arrest, we want a guilty verdict.”
