Four University of Idaho students killed in suspected homicide are identified 

The four University of Idaho students who were found dead Sunday in off-campus residences have been identified.

Moscow police say Ethan Chapin, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were killed in an apparent homicide at their off-campus home on King Road. .

Mogen and Goncalves’ Facebook profiles show that they were members of the Alpha Phi sorority on campus, while Ethan Chapin was in Sigma Chi.

Their deaths came on the same day an ex-football player opened fire on three members of the University of Virginia football team.

Police in Idaho said they responded to a call from an unconscious person in the home just before noon on Sunday.

When they arrived at the scene, they found all four people dead in a “house that had been converted into an apartment,” police captain Tyson Berrett told police. Idaho statesman.

He later announced that all four students were students at the university, which the school also revealed in a press release.

It remains unclear how the victims died, but local police are treating it as homicide. A suspect is still on the run, but would not pose a threat to the rest of the school community.

The school originally posted a warning on social media at 3:07 p.m. Sunday saying that police were investigating a murder case nearby.

The post said the suspect was unknown at the time, and school officials advised students to stay away from the area and shelter in place.

At 3:46 p.m., the school issued a second alert that police did not believe there was an active threat, and the shelter in place advisory was lifted.

Still, school officials warned students to “remain vigilant.”

In a subsequent email, university officials told the student that all classes would be canceled on Monday “out of respect for those fellow Vandals,” referring to the school’s mascot.

The university said counselors would be available to students in the on-campus counseling center, while employees would access help through an employee assistance program.

Green urged people to reach out if they had concerns about classmates or colleagues.

“An event of this magnitude can understandably have significant consequences for those left behind,” he wrote. “As Vandals, we must come together and lift each other up.”

Following the news of their passing, students flocked to Chapin’s Instagram page to express their grief.

‘Too early too young. Fly high baby! We’ll be there soon,” Jacob Perez wrote on his most recent post documenting events from his freshman year.

“Forever grateful to have you in my life,” another wrote.