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The grieving father of one of four University of Idaho students stabbed to death in their beds has spoken out to reveal why he believes his daughter may have been the target of the brutal attack. Kaylee Goncalves’ father, Steve Goncalves, said the killer “chose” to go up to the third floor where his daughter and her best friend Madison Mogen were sleeping — a route that took the assailant out of the entry point into the home. “I use the logic that he chose to go there when he didn’t have to,” he told Lawrence Jones Cross Country, adding that the means of death of Mogen and Goncalves “do not match.” It’s been three weeks since Goncalves, Mogen, their roommate Xana Kernodle and Kernodle’s boyfriend Ethan Chapin were murdered at an off-campus home in the college town of Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13. No arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified. At a memorial service over the weekend, the two surviving housemates who slept through the attack paid tribute to their murdered friends in an emotional statement.
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The victim’s father believes the victims found on the third floor were targeted
Steve Goncalves, whose daughter Kaylee Goncalves was killed along with three University of Idaho students, said the killer “shouldn’t have” gone to the third floor. He hinted that the victims found on the third floor, his daughter and Madison Mogen, were targeted by the attacker. “I’m not a professional so I want to clarify, but they said the entry point was the slider or the window. It was the middle floor. So, for me, it doesn’t need to go up,” Mr. Goncalves told Fox. “His entrance and exit are available without him having to go up or down. Looks like it probably didn’t go down. We don’t know for sure, but it apparently went upstairs. So I use the logic that he chose to go up there when he didn’t have to.” Andrea Blanco December 5, 2022 4:10 p.m 1670253971
The victim’s mother hits out at the police investigation, saying she is learning more from the news
Cara Denise Northington, mother of Xana Kernodle, has broken her silence three weeks after her daughter’s death. “There’s a lot more that can be done that hasn’t been done” he told NewsNation regarding the police investigation which has so far not found any suspects. Speaking to presenter Ashleigh Banfield, Ms Northington said of her contact with the police: ‘They haven’t said anything. I learn more from the news and TV than what I’ve been told.” The Independent’s Oliver O’Connell has the story: Andrea Blanco December 5, 2022 3:26 p.m 1670251453
The surviving roommates remember the victims
The two University of Idaho students who survived a quadruple homicide at their Moscow home shared memories of their slain friends in their first public statements. Dylan Mortenson and Bethany Funke were sleeping on the first floor of their student rental house when their three roommates Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves and Xana Kernodle, along with Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, were stabbed to death on November 13. At a memorial service held in Post Falls, a youth pastor from Real Life Ministries shared a letter written by Ms. Mortenson, according to the Idaho Statesman. He described Kernodle, 20, as the “life of the party”, adding that she was “strong, smart, hardworking” and beautiful. Ms Mortenson said she looked up to Chapin, 20, like an older brother and described in glowing terms the love the two had for each other. Andrea Blanco5 December 2022 14:44 1670249228
Where were Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in the five hours they were gone?
There continues to be a huge gap in the timeline for the last known movements of Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin before they were stabbed to death. Police said the young couple were at a Sigma Chi fraternity party from 8pm to 9pm on the night of November 12th. They reached home around 1.45am. Their whereabouts during those five hours or so has not been made known. Kernodle’s mother Cara Northington has now revealed she believes her daughter and her boyfriend were in a bar at the time. However, he confirmed that he does not know for sure. Rachel Sharp5 December 2022 14:07 1670247940
Xana Kernodle’s mother hits out at police over lack of information
The victim’s mother Xana Kernodle slammed law enforcement for a lack of information about her daughter’s murder, revealing that she has learned more from the news than from officials working on the case. Cara Denise Northington broke her silence three weeks after her daughter’s death in an interview with NewsNation. “There’s so much that can be done that hasn’t been done,” he said of the police investigation. Ms Northington said she was kept in the dark about what happened to her daughter. “They haven’t said anything. I’m learning more in the news and on TV than what I’ve been told,” he said, adding that “we need more answers.” Rachel Sharp5 December 2022 13:45 1670246441
Thousands of tips – but still no suspects
Police in Moscow have received thousands of tips from the public in relation to the four murders – but there are still no suspects three weeks into the investigation. As of Saturday, members of the public had submitted 2,645 emails via [email protected], more than 2,770 calls to the Tip Line at 208-883-7180 and more than 1,084 digital media submissions to the FBI’s liaison . In total, 113 pieces of physical evidence and approximately 4,000 crime scene photographs have been collected, and multiple 3D scans of the residence have been created. However, despite these efforts, police said no suspects have been identified. Rachel Sharp5 December 2022 13:20 1670245232
Students “very scared” as a killer is still at large
Students returning to the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho, after the four murders revealed they are “very scared” with the killer still on the loose. On the evening of November 12, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were together at a party at the Sigma Chi House and returned home around 1:45 am. Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen had spent the night at The Corner Club bar in central Moscow, before stopping by the Grub Truck food truck and then driving home from an unnamed “private party” to arrive at the property around 1.56am. m. The two surviving roommates were also out that night and arrived home around 1 a.m., police said. Around 3 a.m. or 4 a.m., an unknown assailant stabbed the four victims to death with a fixed-blade knife, police said. On Saturday night, students outside the same food truck where Goncalves and Mogen spent their final hours spoke of their concerns that no arrests have been made in the case three weeks later. One student told Fox News Digital that they are afraid to be out at night in Moscow and that many people are completely changing their habits. Another student said they were “scared” but felt some reassurance that the police had increased their presence in the community. Rachel Sharp5 December 2022 13:00 1670243647
Two surviving housemates break their silence in heartbreaking tribute
The two surviving University of Idaho students broke their silence to pay tribute to their slain friends in their first public statements. Dylan Mortenson and Bethany Funke were sleeping on the first floor of their student rental house when their three roommates Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves and Xana Kernodle, along with Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, were stabbed to death on November 13. At a memorial service held in Post Falls, a youth pastor from Real Life Ministries shared a letter written by Ms. Mortenson. He described Kernodle, 20, as the “life of the party”, adding that she was “strong, smart, hardworking” and beautiful. Ms Mortenson said she saw Chapin, 20, as an older brother and described in glowing terms the love the two had for each other. The Independent’s Bevan Hurley has the full story: Rachel Sharp5 December 2022 12:34 1670242241
Police are ruling out a connection to “alcohol” at the time of the murders
Police investigating the quadruple homicide have ruled out any connection to another incident that took place around the same time as the murders. Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were murdered around 3 am or 4 am on November 13th. The four victims were stabbed to death in a three-story rental home on King Road, a few yards from the University of Idaho campus. At 3.01 am that morning, a 911 call was made about an incident at Taylor Avenue and Band Field. Moscow police said in a statement on Friday that the incident was an alcohol-related offence, picked up by the police officer at the scene, and was not related to investigations into the murder. Rachel Sharp5 December 2022 12:10 1670241041
The victim’s mother raised doubts about the speed with which some were excluded
The devastated mother of one of the victims has raised questions about how quickly law enforcement ruled out suspects in her daughter’s murder. Kristi Goncalves, mother of slain student Kaylee Goncalves, told NewsNation that she felt police cleared some people “too quickly.” “I just feel like there’s been a couple of people who were cleared too quickly, which maybe they shouldn’t have been,” he said. Ms. Goncalves added that she “doesn’t know anything about these people.” Several people have been ruled out as suspects, including the two surviving roommates who were in the home at the time of the murder, the other friends who were at the property when the 911 call was made, the driver of the collective service that gave Goncalves and Madison Mogen a ride home from…
