Four students at the University of Idaho in the United States of America were brutally murdered in the early hours of Sunday, November 13th. According to US press reports, there are no suspects yet, the murder weapon has not been found, and it is not known what motivated the attack. The case is already being investigated by the FBI.
Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Cale Gonsalves were stabbed to death in a college campus home. Autopsy results show that the young men died between 3:00 and 4:00 on Sunday. Kathy Mabbut, a coroner from Lata County, Idaho, was at the scene and told NBC that in her 16 years on the job, she had never witnessed such a brutal crime.
“The wounds were quite large. We’ve had murders in the past, but none on the scale of the murders of these students. There was a lot of blood in the apartment. It’s a trauma to find four young university students dead in a dorm.” , the doctor explained to NBC, adding that a large knife was used as the weapon.
Youth had fun before the tragedy
The victims took advantage of Saturday evening to go outside. Ethan and Xana were at a party on campus and Madison and Kaylee went to a bar and were later seen buying food in a trailer around 1:00 am. These actions were confirmed by surveillance cameras.
Pictures from the surveillance cameras of the places where the young people were on the night of Saturday, November 12, began to be published by the North American media and social networks. The goal was to see if anyone knew anything that could help with the investigation. Recent updates provided by American television and the press indicate that the police are yet to know anything about the footage.
The family notices inconsistencies in the story
The crime took place at dawn, but the call to 911 (the equivalent of 112) was made only in the afternoon and reported only that there were people unconscious in this house, the police report said.
Police told CNN International on Wednesday, November 16, that two other young women were in the house at the time of the murder and were not hurt or taken hostage. The girls also studied at the university, they were interrogated and it seems they were sleeping when their classmates were stabbed with a knife. Investigators decided to exclude them from the list of suspects and not disclose their identity.
When they arrived at the scene, the police found no signs of vandalism in the house, and nothing on the doors indicated that the entry had been broken into. The information was given to CNN International by the chief of police of the Idaho district in Moscow, James Fry.
As the investigation progresses, the parents of the victims continue to believe that many things are poorly explained. “There is no information from the University of Idaho and local police. So far, only false rumors have been circulating,” Jim Chapin, Ethan’s father, said in a statement last Wednesday.
The last murder in Idaho was recorded in 2015.
Moscow, the Idaho city where the murders took place, has a population of about 25,000. It has always been considered a quiet city with a low crime rate. Before the deaths of university students, the last murder was recorded in 2015, according to Idaho police.
After seven years of living in a quiet town, residents are terrified and worried about possible more deaths, The Guardian said in a publication on the lack of leads in the case on Tuesday.
According to CNN International, University of Idaho President Scott Green tried to reassure students and staff of the university that they were not in danger, since everything indicated that the killing was targeted, but still need to be especially careful.
Some university students have reported to the university that they feel unsafe and do not want to spend time on campus. The University of Idaho is considering allowing students to attend classes remotely after the Thanksgiving break, NBC has learned.
“They were smart, they were careful, and yet it still happened. This means no one is safe. We are all heartbroken and trying to endure this inexplicable pain, but anger is stronger than any of these feelings. should have been pissed off,” sister Kayleigh told CNN International.
On November 30, a vigil with candles will be held in honor of the four young people, the TV channel reports.
