>> John: WE WILL. YOU ARE JUST THE PERSON TO DO
IT, THANK YOU, GILLIAN.
>> Sandra: WE ARE TURNING BACK
TO THIS INVESTIGATION IN IDAHO
OF THOSE FOUR UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS, IT HAPPENED MORE THAN
THREE WEEKS AGO NOW AND THERE IS
STILL NO SUSPECT IN CUSTODY.
LET’S BRING IN OUR NEXT GUEST.
ANGELA PALERMO, A REPORTER FOR
THE IDAHO STATESMAN.
I KNOW IT’S HEARTBREAKING AND
HORRIFIC FOR YOU AND YOUR
FRIENDS AND FELLOW STUDENTS, YOU
ARE JUST A YEAR OUT FROM
GRADUATING COLLEGE AT THIS
UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY. HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING ON THE
GROUND THERE, ANGELA?
>> HI, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY
SCARED, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW,
EVEN THE BROADER COMMUNITY, IT’S
HARD TO GO ABOUT DAILY LIFE, NOT
KNOWING WHO DID THIS OR WHY.
AND THE POLICE HAVE NOT NAMED
ANY SUSPECTS YET, SO I THINK
STUDENTS ARE A BIT SCARED.
>> I’M SORRY, I’M JUST DIGGING
THROUGH, SEEMS TO BE SOME NEW
REPORTING THAT’S COMING IN JUST
AS WE ARE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION NOW, THAT THE
POLICE ARE ZEROING IN ON
MOVEMENTS OF THE MURDERED
STUDENT COUPLE WHO ATTENDED THE
FRAT HOUSE HOURS BEFORE THEY AND
THEIR TWO ROOMMATES WERE STABBED
TO DEATH IN THEIR BEDS.
THIS IS JUST IN, IT’S APPARENTLY
A NEW STATEMENT VIA THE POLICE
THERE IN MOSCOW, IDAHO, SAYING
THAT THEY ARE SEEKING MORE
INFORMATION ON THE MOVEMENT OF
THESE TWO VICTIMS, ETHAN AND X
XANA, CAN I GET YOUR REACTION AS
WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS
IN THIS POLICE STATEMENT?
>> SURE, WE KNOW THAT ETHAN AND
XANA WERE AT A PARTY AT A
FRATERNITY ON CAMPUS, SIGMA KI,
WE KNOW THEY WERE THERE FROM
AROUND 8:00 P.M. TO AROUND
1:00 A.M. THE DAY OF THE
HOMICIDES, BUT I CAN’T COMMENT
AT ALL ON THE INFORMATION THAT
WAS JUST RELEASED.
>> OKAY, WE WILL DIG FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON THAT AS WE ALL
KNOW, THE INFORMATION COMING
FROM THE POLICE HAS BEEN SLOW
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND MANY
WHO KNOW THE INVESTIGATIVE
PROCESS SAY THAT IS ENTIRELY OK
WITH THEM, BILL DALY BELIEVES
THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND
THAT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY FIND
THIS SUSPECT.
THIS SUSPECT. ANGELA, CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT
YOU ARE HEARING AS FAR AS YOUR
REPORTING ON THE GROUND THERE,
ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH
US THAT YOU ARE HEARING FROM
LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON THE GROUND?
>> I KNOW THAT LOCAL AUTHORITIES
SAY THEY ARE CONFIDENT THEY ARE
GOING TO SOLVE THIS CASE AND
FIND THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO
DID THIS.
DID THIS. SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT NARROWED IT
DOWN TO WHETHER IT WAS ONE
PERSON OR MORE THAN ONE PERSON
WHO COMMITTED THESE CRIMES.
BUT THEY ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY
WILL SOLVE THE CASE, SO THAT’S
WHAT WE ARE HEARING, YOU KNOW,
THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF
TIPS, A LOT OF INFORMATION
COMING IN FROM THE COMMUNITY
ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED
THAT NIGHT AND PEOPLE THAT MIGHT
BE CONNECTED SO THEY ARE
FOLLOWING UP ON EVERY LEAD THAT
THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE. >> Sandra: I JUST WANT TO PLAY
THIS OUT, SINCE YOU OBVIOUSLY
WERE A STUDENT AND THERE ARE SO
MANY STUDENTS AFFECTED BY THIS.
YOU GRADUATED JUST A YEAR AGO.
SORT OF WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM
SOME OF THE OTHER STUDENTS ON
AND AROUND CAMPUS, ANGELA,
LISTEN.
LISTEN. >> MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS.
VERY NERVOUS.
VERY NERVOUS. I’M JUST HOPING THAT THEY HAVE
SOMEONE IN MIND.
>> DEFINITELY CONFUSING AND WE
ARE KIND OF HOPING THAT WE GET
SOME ANSWERS SOON.
>> THE PUBLIC DOESN’T GET TO BE
INFORMED LIKE THIS, AND AT THIS
TIME WE FEEL LIKE WE REALLY
SHOULD.
SHOULD. >> Sandra: A BRUTAL TIME FOR ALL
OF THOSE STUDENTS AND NOW THE
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, THROUGH THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNICATIONS IS REPORTING THAT
IT’S ESTIMATED ABOUT 25 TO 40%
OF STUDENTS HAVE NOT RETURNED TO
CAMPUS, ANGELA.
CAMPUS, ANGELA. >> YES, AND THIS WEEK IS DEAD
WEEK, THE WEEK BEFORE FINALS SO
A LOT OF STUDENTS DID GO HOME
FOR THE THANKSGIVING BREAK AND
DID NOT COME BACK.
I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS DID NOT
WANT TO SEND THEIR STUDENTS
BACK, SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY, AND
STUDENTS DON’T FEEL COMFORT
AREABLE OR FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE
BEING AT HOME AND SO THE
UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN REALLY
FLEXIBLE WITH STUDENTS ALLOWING
THEM TO ATTEND CLASSES VIA ZOOM,
IF THEY CHOOSE TO, YOU KNOW,
SOME PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE TO BE
IN-PERSON FOR SOME CLASSES IF
THEY HAVE BIOLOGY LAB OR
SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE, BUT A
LOT OF STUDENTS, AS YOU KNOW,
ARE CHOOSING NOT TO.
>> Sandra: I’LL LET YOU GO IN A
SECOND, I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO
PUT OUT ANOTHER WRITE-UP WHAT
YOU ARE LEARNING ON THE GROUND
THERE.
THERE. HAD YOU EVER BEEN TO THAT HOUSE?
>> I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. >> Sandra: OK, YOU KNOW HOW IT
IS AROUND THE CAMPUSES, SOME OF
THE HOUSES GET VISITED
FREQUENTLY, WONDERED IF YOU HAD
PASSED THROUGH AT SOME POINT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US,
ANGELA, AND OUR HEART BREAKS FOR
THAT CAMPUS AND ALL THE STUDENTS
AFFECTED BY THSHGS AND CERTAINLY