Serious questions remain from the
Moscow and Greater Idaho community
about the killing of four University
of Idaho students last weekend,
and a Side Story over the last
week has been the messy release of
information from investigators and
the ongoing rumor mill that can
complicate the entire conversation
of getting the story straight.
That's what people want right now,
and we do understand that investigators can't
release everything we don't expect them to,
but in almost random stream of information
from different agencies and leaders has
really made the situation in Moscow.
Complicated, to say the least.
Now today, though,
we are finally getting a more concrete
timeline from investigators about
the victims activity Saturday into
early Sunday morning last weekend.
And that timeline gives an illustration
of where the four students were,
where they traveled,
and possibly who they were around.
Here's our Morgan Romero.
This horrific attack on 4 college
students happened less than a mile
from the University of Idaho campus.
Sororities and fraternities
and they're out of houses,
are mostly centralized in this area.
New information from Idaho State
Police reveals 2 of the victims,
Ethan Chapin and Zanna Kernodle were
together Saturday night, November 12th.
They went to a Sigma Chi fraternity
party across from their home on King Rd.
From 8:00 to 9:00 PM.
The other two victims,
Kaylee Gonsalves and Madison Morgan,
were at the corner club on Main Street.
It's about a mile and 1/2 away
from the home on King Rd.
Police say they were there from around
10:00 PM to 1:30 AM after leaving the bar,
the girls went to the grub truck just
down Main Street from the corner club.
It's about a 6 minute walk.
They're seen in a video from the food truck
ordering food around 1:40 Sunday morning.
Uri students tell us it's a common
weekend routine to go from the
corner club to the food truck.
Idaho State Police says all four.
Victims were back at the King Roadhouse,
a little more than a mile from the food
truck, by 1:45 AM Sunday, November 13th.
What unfolded after that is unclear.
It wasn't until noon on Sunday police
received a call of an unconscious person.
When they got to the home on King Rd,
they found the four victims,
Ethan, Zanna, Kaylee and Maddie,
dead.
They confirm all four were stabbed
early Sunday morning.
The Latah County coroner tells us all
the victims could have been killed with
the same knife or very similar knife.
Police say they haven't yet found the weapon.
And yesterday, the Latah County Coroner's
office released the autopsies on the victims,
finding all four were stabbed to death.
Death with a knife.
The coroner says all victims could
have been killed with the same
knife or a very similar knife.
The coroner says it's likely some of the
victims were asleep when it happened,
but she couldn't say which ones.
She says bed sheets were taken
for testing from the home.
We also learned there were two other
roommates inside the home when police
got there and at the time of the attack,
but they were not hurt.
We're told they are cooperating
with law enforcement.
And right now,
police haven't gone so far
as to call them witnesses.
During a news conference
held earlier this week,
reporters asked Moscow police
about that video I mentioned
earlier from the food truck that
caught both Maddie and Kaylee.
Moscow Police Chief James Fry
says the Twitch video stream is
helping give them the time and
space of where the two girls
were leading up to their deaths.
Hello. Hi, welcome back.
In this live stream from the GRUB truck,
you see the girls walk into the
frame and up to the food truck.
It appears they're with a young man,
the one in the hat and dark jacket.
Here you can see him put his hood on.
He hangs back several feet behind the
girls as they order from the food truck.
He then follows Kaylee and Maddie after
they order and stands right next to them.
It looks like he never ordered any food,
but you can see him talking
to other people there.
Several minutes later,
the girls grabbed their food,
take a picture, laugh and talk to each other,
and quickly walk away.
One of the people the young man is
talking to points out that the girls left.
He throws up his hand, waits a moment,
and then appears to walk after them.
You see him wave at the girls and
then walk a separate direction.
This recording shows all three are at
the food truck for about 10 minutes,
and police say Kaylee and Madison were
home just minutes later by about 1:45.
Their home is a little more than
a mile from the GRUB truck.
A University of Idaho student who
says he's friends with the victims
told us this young man was with the
girls at the corner club before.
This ISP says authorities contacted
the young man in the video and they
interviewed him as part of the investigation.
They are not labeling him as a suspect
or person of interest at this time.
Police have been going to local businesses,
as we've been reporting,
asking about any purchases of
knives bought in the Moscow area
around the day of the murders.
We also learned that the FBI's
Behavioral Analysis Unit is now
helping in the investigation.
We previously reported that they,
the FBI was there helping,
but now we know this behavioral
analysis unit is helping.
And what that does is it helps
with crime scene analysis,
interviewing techniques.
It also helps create a profile of an unknown
suspect that police can look out for,
which really goes to show you that they do
not have a person of interest right now.
They do not have.
A suspect or suspects at this time
and they are backtracking messaging.
So earlier in a press conference
that they held the first and only
that they've held so far they
said we can't not say that there
is no threat to the community.
When initially right after this happened
they said this was a targeted attack.
There is no ongoing threat to the community.
Now just a few days after that
they are backtracking that and
saying we can't say that because
we don't have a suspect.
And that really has been you know consistent
Side Story that we followed here at
KTVB and we've seen on social media,
Idaho news outlets, you know?
Breaking up that they're release
of information in this case
has been a frustrating thing.
I think for the media.
And as media we understand that, you know,
investigators that can't release everything.
I don't think we're asking them to,
but I guess the idea that there's
been inconsistent release or being,
you know, one elected official
tell different outlets,
different things.
So initially when this happened on Sunday,
you know, everybody was panicked because
students on campus got Vandal alerts
and they were told to shelter in place.
That Vandal alert was lifted.
And then police said this was a targeted,
isolated attack,
which is still the case, to be clear.
Still true that this was a targeted,
isolated attack, police believe.
But then to say that there is no
ongoing threat and then backtrack that.
I mean, what does that have the
community of Moscow thinking?
What does that have students
on campus thinking?
A lot of them were so fearful that
they came home right after that.
And that's actually an important
piece police up in Moscow saying
it is a little bit of a hindrance
in their investigation that a lot
of people aren't there right now.
But they are going to do these
interviews with anybody they need
to talk to wherever they're at
right now and to Joe's point about
giving interviews and information.
In various media outlets,
that has been a point of contention today.
A lot of national news media outlets
have gotten information from elected
officials and other leaders up there that
maybe some local outlets haven't gotten.
And Idaho State Police,
I haven't been able to get
ahold of them today,
but they have been a lot more
communicative lately in the last
days since taking over the public
information Officer duties.
And I want to be really clear.
You know, Moscow police,
Idaho State Police investigators,
they're still looking for information.
They're still asking for information.
So they're asking anyone who has seen or,
you know, known anything.
Here's the information.
Yeah, call that tip line
2088837180. You can also e-mail
now there's an e-mail set up that's
tip line at ci.moscow.id dot US.
Report any suspicious behavior,
any pertinent information.
And really, Joe,
if anybody has any video surveillance,
any ring cameras,
any businesses have anything
from that area that could really
help law enforcement try to
track this person down as well?
Sometimes I know we hear that people are
shy or they don't want to be involved.
Any piece of information can be
very helpful to investigators and,
you know, unfortunately, we.
I don't know what they need to know
right now. So any information helps.
What? Morgan, I know that you are
investigative team Alexander Duggan.
She's still up in Moscow this weekend.
So our team will continue to
follow this through the weekend.
But Morgan, thank you for reporting.
And if you missed anything
Morgan said or our team said,
all this coverage is on ktvb.com.
Before you start having conversations
online or even with your friends,
make sure you know the facts
because the rumor mill is damaging.
It is damaging. And that's
unfortunately what happens when
you don't get a lot of information
as people try to fill that vacuum
with speculation and rumors.
And so we just want to give you the facts.
As soon as we get them
Morgan Romero reporting.
Thank you so much, Morgan.