Nearly three weeks after the horrific murders of four Idaho college students, there is still no suspect in custody, no police sketch, and no murder weapon found. NBC News’ Morgan Chesky reports on how recent contradictory statements from local authorities are causing more confusion and frustration for the grieving community.
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Who are the authorities protecting?
No one, it’s not a TV show. It takes longer than an hour to get back information on evidence collected. Also unless they have substantial proof on who it is they won’t release they have a suspect. A good detective will keep their evidence close because it can hurt the prosecution of the case later. Three weeks is nothing, it can take that long to get a toxicology report back.
Why would authorities be protecting anyone!
Probably your brother
@What’s Good My Guy <<< Oh whoop dee doo… that was soooo hilarious
The problem is the cops know a whole lot more than they’re saying and they’re not telling the parents because they’re out doing interviews like this and they will leak information if you truly care about who killed your daughter stop doing interviews then the cops will tell you more but they’re afraid you’re going to go on TV and say something you shouldn’t and that’s why they’re not telling you anything I understand that they’re grieving but use your f****** brain
Just like he leaked that the two girls died in the same bed.
IS ANYONE SURVEYING THE HOMELESS SHELTERS IN THE AREA? I just did a check and there are atleast 12 shelters within a 15 min radius of these kids. There must be a decent size homeless population…and people talk/brag/whatever…..
Check out the site DutyCory I saw tonight 12/1. Long podcast with the top forensic crime scene expert in the world probably. Both are former NYPD crime scene detective. Blood spatters are analyzed. It is detailed and everyone can see why this case is taking so long and why they wanted to take a second look at one of the victims new SUV.
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How can there be no bloody footprints or any footprints leaving house? Vampires?
The clown, IT!
Just a professional Serial Killer 13th is soon better catch him no ones safe in small towns in area
Yes, like he ‘walked on the air’.., I think there was blood everywhere. Unless was someone ‘very experienced’/well prepared/ pre-meditate the whole thing…🧐
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I think it was the others in the house. They not going to let years of hardwork going to waste. Ivy league school??
Well yeah, considering they were inside the house during a quadruple homicide
@hyphydan Not a peep in the house not even a Mouse 🐭
@hyphydan I wonder if Killer is Politically connected? I wanna know order of death and where they were stabbed. That to me would tell me if they had a chance to scream.
First. None of the people that entered the residence after the murder before police arrived are in the clear. Once they went inside they became part of the crime scene. Not the crime itself, but still a suspect in the scene of the crime. So there are suspects. The case will be heard, even if the case doesn’t have a murder suspect. So the prosecutor has case, currently has jurisdiction, and does has suspects. The prosecutor , and the Moscow police have spent the past week restating statements to open all channels of the case because they aren’t sure which ones will remain open after their investigation is completed. It’s certain there will be lawsuits as well, from the landlord if police claim the house was targeted, to the parents of the 4 students if they claim they were targeted. etc.
And today it was revealed there was a 6th. Roommate who was on the lease but had moved out.
@RozJhsn Wow! Interesting..,maybe there was a ‘reason’ to move out… that can lead to more infos..
Parents of the slain college student need to step back and let police do their work. Yes, as a parent they will feel frustrated because the case of the investigation is not moving as quickly as they presumed. Bottom line is let police do their work. There’s no need to criticize the work of these hard-working men and women in their Police department.
But if you have means to pay for a private investigator, why not hire one which they did. This could help especially if they see something that the police investigators don’t see. As family, they know Kaylee’s activities so these are important to help solve this case.
Stop bothering the dad with interviews
The dad can also stop doing the interviews!! (nobody’s forcing him!).
There was no footprints out the outside sliding doors or out front door? How is that possible? Windows?
Yes, I totally agree. Like he “walked on the air”😀. 4 people killed, probably there was blood everywhere..
That is ridiculous to say they have no suspects or POI. Are they even investigating? Everyone should be a suspect, except the victims.
EXACTLY
exactly ….. NOT . Do you even know what your implying ?
That city isn’t very big. They can’t pull local cell tower pinging at the towers near the home between 2am and 7am and see who doesn’t belong? I know that is painstaking and outright impossible but it’s at least a start.
@PMcCoy Good idea! The local PD is definitely in over their head.
@FREE FREE I know exactly what I said and was not implying anything. I stated it pretty plainly.
This is ridiculous. Does it usually take this long to find a killer???
Dumb comment!!!
could take years……..
blank ? nothing ? no clues ?
that’s alot of death. no evidence?
They can only say so much the killer could be right here in the comment section. If you want justice be patient.
Are you the murderer?
You could be the e killer.
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So in other words, they know nothing. I can’t believe they seemingly don’t have any clues!
Just say you don’t know anything smh
Today they released a statement that a 6th person was signed on the Rental agreement. But he had moved out. He has been eliminated along with the Uber Driver, White Hoodie Guy, 2 Jack Guys, and Ex boyfriend.
That’s an interesting info! I don’t know HOW they eliminate people SO FAST/easy….🧐🤔.
Who’s, “they?”
You will never catch this guy. Not until 20 years down the road when he slips up. And no a female is not capable.
In a murder case where the prosecutor has already been brought in shows that they have a person or persons of interests.If they had nothing,the prosecutor would not be there yet.No matter what the police is saying,they don’t bring them in unless they have a really good reason.
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Exactly. I think it’s just that LE isn’t saying what they know. Rightfully so. We see that this guy jumps in front of a camera, every chance he gets.
I am sure LE didn’t want the public to know the two girls were in the same bed. But here’s this guy, with loose lips. That’s why LE can’t/won’t say anything.
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🙏🏽❤️ for all family’s to this tragedy..pray more in Jesus name this seems demonic. .pray ..
It was Charlie Manson’s girls that did it. They did that other place in California remember?
Or, they know nothing! No one can be satisfied with “we don’t know.”. How disheartening.
Now you all understand the meaning behind defund the police. It’s not because people hate all cops, it’s because they waste your tax dollars on buying brand new 2022 Dodge Chargers and Ford Explorers, instead of using that money to put their officers through investigative and de-escalation training. But hey, atleast they LOOK good showing up to the scene!
I don’t understand what they mean by a location based targeted attack. Surely it still matters WHO is at that location? A house isn’t just gonna have valuables or whatever they’re looking for because where it is. I dunno, I’m probably missing something simple. They’re making this entire case very confusing.
They mean the house was targeted as in, the murderer picked that house for reasons of convenience. Maybe it was due to where it sits on the street, lack of lighting in the yard, no security cameras, they saw an open window etc. They just picked it because it was easy to get to, not necessarily because of who was in it. That said, I don’t really think it was due to location. The fact that the killer(s) moved strategically throughout the house and killed 4 people so brutally seems to me like someone or someones, had a very specific mission.
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There have been investigations that took years. I pray that the community will help those detectives.
Yes! Like the Delphi murders. We still dont know the details of that & whether another person was involved.
Some took decades. Delphi definitely comes to mind for me. Cold case, lots of mistakes.
This could be solved very easily if this killer(s) had a cell phone on them, they can find out, has this been looked at?
True! And we have no information on that..
With respects but so a college student or some youngster fooled the entire police department? I don’t think so because I’m thinking it could be someone super experienced in these things like a serial killer. I’m thinking the worst and in every direction because everything and everyone is a question to me. If it was a college student I bet his parents already figured out it was their son especially as he was home for thanksgiving break. I bet his dad looked at him and said in his mind it was you. Parents would know it was their son just by looking at him and especially how he’s acting. I know it would be hard to turn in your son but come on he killed four innocent people like if they we’re animals. If the parents figured out it was their son they won’t speak of it to each other but keep it to themselves. They would never question the son nor tell each other but just go on with life going to their graves with it. He attacked them like animals.
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I hope they find the person who did this 🙏🏽😢
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I think the killer is close , that looks like a tight little area with ALOT of buildings , I think he came and left by foot and he’s living within 5 minutes away
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Smelling like Uvalde Texas around here.😁
This is dragging on so suspiciously. No neighbor cam footage of strange entrance?
Condolences to the family for their loss and power to patience.
Is it a police man i dont it past them these days never trust them this is hard to believe that theres no suspect wow poor investigating
He cant make evidence if your hiding your officers bunch of liars
It is 2022. No murderer can hide forever. The police will catch this a$imal.
Guarantee is was the EX
We all know it.
Cleared him so quick, very bad detective work.
Everybody expects instant answers and when they don’t get them they start condemning the police. Obviously this is the work of a psychopath. It’s not easy to catch a psychopath, especially if they are smart enough to not leave evidence.
I like how the father talked! So CALM and had a Great point!
The killer is either on the couch waiting for them to find him or her or is long in Canada
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Can they pull all CELLPHONE pings in those areas at that time???
That’s a GREAT idea!!👍🏻👍🏻
First the disrespect for the dead is disgusting in some comments made on here. After 3 weeks I would think with all the LE and man hours they should know every move made by these 4 victims prior to their slaying. If the victims were sleeping in beds I would think they could be murdered rather quickly by a person with a large knife. They are in a bed while the murderer stands on the floor which would explain why his feet are not covered in blood. In a house that had a lot of people in and out frequently there has to be millions of fingerprints, footprints and DNA. If this was planned the murderer probably had on gloves and possibly wearing disposable coveralls That evidence could have been burned up quickly. If so evidence left at crime scene would be minimal. Possibly droplets of sweat or a loose hair found on one of the bodies. Locating the murder weapon would be great but haven’t found that yet. I still wonder where Kaylee walked her dog, was it in the nearby wooded areas. Perhaps some drifter was living wooded area watching. So many scenarios. Did they ever identify that woman impersonating a reporter? Her questions put suspicion on a certain group, was that looked into?
For the safety of everyone
In that town I hope this will be solved quickly. For the families of these victims finding the killer and getting justice is needed to help them heal. The parents feel the overwhelming need to help solve this, what they say shouldn’t be held against them.
I’m curious about the people who survived the attack. They were in the house. What did they see? This is so sketchy. There are too many cameras in our society. Start pulling that film from nearby traffic lights. Somebody had to see something.
There is a such thing as a time and place for things…this is not the place or time to market your service. Learn from this experience and do better.
Maybe the suspect was hiding in the house already waiting for the right moment. Hurry up and catch this Mofo.
Lool at that house. How could you sneak there? These parents should go door to door to the entire neighborhood and look ever man there in the eyes. That house is in the middle of the city. No way you could drive to it and not be seen. From Google maps it looks like you could sneak there through the woods. But my money is the party house caught the attention of someone who lives back there.
Closure is important but even more important is that the find the true culprit. Bring in the F.B.I. Condolences again to the families.
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F.B.I.? LMAO…..
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The father needs to stop complementing the investigators when he’s complaining about the investigation so far that has so far been equivalent to the LEOs at the Uvalde school mass shooting mess.
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Why is the father so positive it’s a man?
Evil everywhere be carefully
I’m more upset that 3 hot chick’s where taken away.
With the parents mad and public outrage … Won t be long till investagators fabricate somthing up, And somebody innocent goes to jail
probably a cop who did it
And took their drug stash. They probably didn’t want to pay “protection” to the police for running a party house
WELL COPS USE shopper trakkers and zebra retail tracers and id tracers and vehicle tracers and cellphone tracers which is all AUOMATIC. they know who rolled into town and what they drove and what cell they had and whos cell was on and whose identification rolled into and out of town. in every city. all cops use this thats how they traced SANDRA BLAND from her old town to her new town. cops know where you shopped and what you purchased and where you went afterwards. so if they rolled into town or was already in town in the place hiding already waiting then the cops know it. unless the cops turned off all those computers that one lonely night. thats rediculous . those computers stay on 24/7 to spy on us all. so theres no way the cops dont already know who and how many it was.
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Bring in the FBI because this is shady AF.
Closure? He’s still in shock, hasn’t even begun to mourn. So frustrating and devastating.
From ‘so many clues’ to ‘we don’t even know if it was one person or multiple’
*It’s almost like the call is coming from inside the house*
Don’t forget the police always need your help.
Sound like a cover up
They said that the police are “now turning to the public” and asking for tips. Do we know if the police canvased the neighborhood within the first day or two that it happened?
Beth we really don’t know what the police have done, but to be just finding out there was a 6th roommate makes you wonder. They want the public’s help, but as Mr. Goncalves said they have to give the public some information so the public are better able to help them.
Alex Jones, where are you to point this out as false or a hoax!!
So these folks can sue him for a billion dollars?
Did they invite an unwilling participant to perform polyamory? That’ll do the trick.
These parents need justice. You can atleast give them some type of closure with information. Withholding it is just beyond words. My heart breaks for the families. They havent made any determinations yet in anything. This is disgusting. They say that there is soo much evidence well if thats the case how come they cant explain 1 type of evidence they had? DNA doesnt take this long to get back from the lab. On top of that, they dont even know if the suspect is a male or female.
Do you know anything about murder investigations? They have no obligation to explain the evidence to the families, you or anyone. You don’t know what they know. It could be that they are simply not saying what they know. The entitlement is insane. SMDH
Can’t wait for the Netflix series
Maybe real law enforcement should be brought in…
This is like MSNBC investigating Trump or something. You can’t believe a word they say.
Why does the media torture the families? Poking at those wounds is not helping anything except ratings.
They shouldn’t tell him anything. He told everyone the girls died in same bed at vigil – which is something the killer would only know. He’s a hypocrite
HOWWW can’t they find the murder?!
Are crisis actors at this location?
I think it was a suicide cult
Drug deal gone wrong.
I hope the family gets to the suspect first and takes him or her to the woods.
VIGIL
I swear, journalists……
Yesterday I heard one say WORLDWIN
Shut up.
They have no duty to protect you; even from the anxiety you might feel from not knowing answers.
NoLivesMatter
It was the father
don’t worry they will find a homeless person or drug addict to blame. trust me they won’t let this case go unsolved for much longer.
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4 less racists in the world. As far as I’m concerned
These guys are in way over their heads
Who care if he is there then make sure you keep an eye and get him.
Ask the Delphi parents about cold, and mistakes….
Kinda like NBC
The bad news Is when it comes to getting information to the family much less the general public this department is being educated how to solve quadruple homicides from the one Agency that is very skilled of not releasing information of any kind during an ongoing investigation. The good news is that school that’s educating them is practically undefeated so they will get caught.
That’s bad news… but also good that the police don’t just release names of innocents who are just suspects, because the court of public opinion will treat them as guilty forever.
Cops can’t get their stories straight? That’s not news….
The majority of murders are never solved. The fact that everybody expects this to be taken care of immediately is insulting to all the people working to solve this crime. And they need to uninstall their TikTok app NOW! RIGHT NOW! DO IT NOW!
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They are becoming acutely aware of the fact that they are incompetent and of no value in solving this. Time for Barney Fife to take the bench.
Is there a news outlet interview this dad has NOT done? It’s scary what he thinks the police “owe” him – immediately – about their investigation, most of which then he announces to the world.
Is a catholic priest suspect who is angry with students for partying too much?
Idaho Governor pledged $1,000,000 to help solve this crime, yet no reward has been offered. They know who did it…..
The media is the reason law enforcement is not giving much information.
They run with any bit of news weather it’s been proven or not.
Let law officials do their job.
Usually the simplest explanation is the correct explanation. It’s not some serial killer who is stalking the area and all that crazy stuff. Moscow Idaho is a small town (about 7 square miles&25,000 people)not far from the border of Washington state. It’s a college town. Most of the residents in this town are students and older people who have lived there all their lives. One would think if strangers wander into this town and start stalking people that these things would be noticed by the resident. Most of these murders happen between people who know each other. It’s that simple. One more thing. There’s a lot of stuff being taught in these colleges these days that are driving these kids crazy too. It’s all anti American, anti family and anti morality.
This horrific crime is a monumental tragedy for the people of Idaho . It appears overkill and irresponsible for the national press to continue reporting every fine tune detail because there are national interest stories of greater importance that could be reported.
This is a serial killer under the strict definition. All the victims were on the top floor. Two girls in one room, the other two in the other. The red liquid dripping down the foundation wall from the 2nd floor bedroom is heating medium for radiant floor heat. The two survivors were on the first floor, with the dog, dog sitting. The killer came in through the open sliding glass door on the second floor. The killer probably saw the lights go on and off upstairs, he may have even seen his intended target in that time, through the window. It would be worthwhile to check the router log. *Police told reporter that the red liquid was heating oil, it isn’t heating oil- it is oil used to heat. It stays red, even when exposed to oxygen. It came from the floor and room where Xana and Ethan would have been, except that Maddie had vacated her room upstairs, because she was moving out, so Maddie was in the other room with her friend and the couple were in the other heated room upstairs. The upstairs rooms were very visible from the woods. The killer would have been able to watch the 4 return 2 by 2 and where they went by watching the lights turn on and off. The Father at the memorial service spoke about the two girls dying in the same bed. Another officer familiar with the scene told a reporter that all of the victims were upstairs on the third floor. The survivors told witnesses and police that the sliding glass door was open. The dog, was uninjured, did not try to flee or bark, and was sent directly to the shelter, it was not part of evidentiary collection. As the girls planned on being out very late, it would be logical that they made arrangements for the dog to be taken care of, and it would not be likely that they would have woken up the dog-sitter to get the dog at 3 am.