ID cops seeking information on a Hyundai that was ‘in the immediate area the morning of the murder’
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Idaho police are seeking information about a white Hyundai Elantra that was in the “immediate area” of the Moscow home where four students were found dead.
The car was found near King Road in the “early morning hours” of November 13, the same morning that Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Maddie Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were found dead. within your campus. home.
Police believe the vehicle’s occupants “may have critical information” about the murder case, which the state has already funneled $1 million into the investigation.
Authorities did not explain why they believed the vehicle was somehow involved in the incident and said they did not know the license plate of the car.
Police were also seen at the King Road home on Wednesday removing the victims’ personal items.
The Moscow Police Department released file images of a white Hyundai Elantra (pictured) as they seek to speak with the occupants of a similar vehicle found near the home of the four University of Idaho students who were killed on May 13. november. Police believe the occupants of the vehicle ‘may have critical information’ about the murder case
Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Maddie Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were found dead inside their off-campus home last month.
Policemen arrived with boxes around 9:40 a.m. local time Wednesday and entered the scene of last month’s massacre, with Moscow Police Chief James Fry joining the effort and personally driving a full U-Haul. of personal effects.
About a dozen police officers and other personnel entered the house, which is still on record as an active crime scene. Once inside, they locked the front door, which is adorned with a Christmas wreath.
Among the items taken from the home were victims Madison Mogen’s Favorite Pink Cowboy Bootsit had lain intact in a window since November 13, when the four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed inside, likely in their sleep.
“We just went in to pick up the belongings and we’re trying to get the things back to the families so they can have some closure,” Fry told reporters before leaving in the rented U-Haul.
Three weeks after the grisly murders, police still have no suspects or the murder weapon, but Fry insisted the case hasn’t gone cold.
“We have a job to do, and we will do it to the best of our ability. We owe it to the families, we owe it to the victims, we owe it to our community. We’re going to continue,” Fry said.
“We are at that point in the investigation where we are still gathering information, we are still gathering leads, we are still gathering evidence,” Fry said in an earlier video statement released by the department.
Police in the Idaho college town where four college students were murdered in their off-campus home have begun the grim task of removing the victim’s personal belongings.
Moscow Police Chief James Fry driving a U-Haul full of personal effects on Wednesday.
Members of the Moscow Police Department and the Idaho State Police collect and remove personal effects and property from the quadruple murder residence Wednesday.
Among the items taken from the home were victim Madison Mogen’s favorite pink cowboy boots, which had lain untouched in a window since the Nov. 13 murders.
“But there also comes a time when the family needs to get those belongings back, the ones we can get back,” he added. “They’ve asked that we return some of that stuff to them, so we’re ready to take care of that for them.”
Chief Fry explained why he wanted to personally join in packing up and removing items from the house.
‘We are going to return those items to the families. It’s time for us to take back those things that really mean something to those families and hopefully help with some of their healing,” Fry said.
“I’m a father, so I understand the meaning behind some of that stuff,” added the chief, whose department has come under withering criticism from families of victims for perceived errors and investigative delays.
Kaylee and Madison spent the night visiting a sports bar and a food truck, while Xana and Ethan visited Ethan’s frat house, just a short walk from Xana’s house.
The Moscow Police Department, a small 36-member force leading the complex investigation, said in a statement that personal items from the home will be transported to a secure storage location, where family members can view and retrieve them.
“The home remains an active crime scene and the investigation continues to make progress,” the department insisted.
“Moscow police and investigative partners continue to work with the families of the victims on the ongoing investigation and developments,” the statement added.
The victims are believed to have been killed in their sleep after returning home from a Saturday night out.
Kaylee and Madison spent the night visiting a sports bar and a food truck, while Xana and Ethan visited Ethan’s frat house, just steps from Xana’s house, where they were murdered.
Roommates Kaylee Goncalves, 21, died in the home invasion; Madison Mogen, 21 (together left); Xana Kernodle, 20; and Xana’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20 (together on the right)
Three weeks after the murders, police have yet to identify a suspect or the murder weapon, and the families of the victims have been left with more questions than answers.
Kaylee’s father, Steven, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the Moscow Police Department’s investigation, saying it “has been wrong a million times” in a recent interview with Fox News.
He said he hoped a personal lawyer could force investigators to release the evidence they have to the public.
“There are things we can request and things we can do to get to the truth faster,” he said. ‘You have to fill out forms to be given this evidence. I do not know how to do that.’
‘There seems to be confusion everywhere you look. It’s just absurd the kind of things that are happening right now.
Among his frustrations with the department’s lack of transparency was his refusal to reveal the alibis of certain people he claims to have cleared of suspicion.
“If you don’t share your alibi, then you’re afraid that your alibi isn’t strong enough to share with the community because that gives them an opportunity to peer review it,” Goncalves said.
He also expressed frustration that investigators did not explain why they thought there was no connection between the recent stabbings in both Washington and Oregon.
“Don’t treat us like we’re a bunch of little kids,” he said. You’re saying it’s not related. Then tell us why it’s not related.
They’ve been wrong a million times. But I can’t say that because what experience does Steve have? he added he. ‘He does not know. He’s just a dad who woke up one day and his life was turned upside down.