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The grieving father of the Idaho victim, Maddie Mogen, says he is convinced the triple killer made a mistake at the scene that will lead to his capture and admits he is surprised he is “still waiting” for answers.
- As the case reached its six-week mark, Maddie’s father, Ben Mogen, said: “People don’t get away with murder these days.”
- He said that with ‘DNA and videos everywhere’ it’s not something left ‘unresolved’
- Mogen expressed her gratitude for the investigators who work around the clock and during the holidays to obtain justice for her daughter.
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The Idaho victim’s grieving father, Maddie Mogen, says he’s convinced the killer made a mistake at the scene that will lead to his capture, but admits he’s surprised he’s “still waiting” for answers.
“I’ve known from the beginning that people don’t get away with murder these days,” Ben Mogen said as the case hits its six-week mark. The Speaker-Review.
“There are just too many things you can get caught up in, like DNA and videos everywhere. This is not something that people get away with, that goes unresolved.
Mogen continues to deal with the painful loss of her 21-year-old daughter, Maddie, whom she described as “smart, funny and very entrepreneurial”.
Maddie with her best friend, Kaylee Goncalves; her roommate Xana Kernodle and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, were stabbed to death at her off-campus home near the University of Idaho campus in the early morning hours of November 13.
Maddie Mogen, 21, and her father, Ben Mogen, in a July 4 photo.
Pic shows: (L-R) Housemates Dylan Mortensen, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen (on Kaylee’s shoulders) Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Bethany Funke – four victims and two survivors of murder mystery at their home near the University of Idaho campus .
On the day of his daughter’s vigil, Mogen said, investigators spent three hours talking with him. He expressed his gratitude for all they have done so far, but he still has many unanswered questions as his daughter’s killer remains unidentified.
“There were so many questions that I thought would be answered, and we’re still waiting,” he said.
The grieving father said one of the lead investigators keeps in constant contact with him.
He said the frequent updates are something he particularly appreciates, with all the online speculation, gossip and misinformation that has surfaced that he says is “hurtful.”
“It’s hard for me to read all these articles,” Mogen said. “I can get all my news about it directly from there (investigators), and I don’t have to try to slog through all this misinformation.”
But she also spoke of her gratitude that investigators can tap into the resources of the entire country, especially the FBI, and that they are working around the clock, including holidays, to find those responsible so she can get justice for her daughter.
“I have to know that they know what they’re doing, and if they don’t, then they know someone who does,” he said.
A Christmas flower was placed near the house where the four Idaho students were killed.
Ben Mogen speaks at a vigil for his daughter Madison, Maddie, Mogen
A 2003 Christmas portrait of Maddie as a 2-year-old dressed in Christmas clothing.
Maddie pictured here (left) with Kaylee Goncalves (right)
The distraught Mogen said he is trying to get through each day. theit’s the first Christmas without Maddie for their tight-knit family.
He said a memorial service was planned to remember his daughter, who he described as someone who “inspired” him.
“I’m very proud to be able to say that she was my daughter and what she was doing with her life and where she was going,” Mogen said. ‘She was living the life she deserved.’