Posted on 11/17/2022 8:25:00 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
Idaho police have distanced themselves from claims that the unsolved murder of four students poses no danger to the public, saying: "There is a threat out there still."
Officials in the small college town of Moscow had insisted that there was "no imminent threat to the community at large", despite identifying no suspects.
Investigators do not yet know who killed Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Kaylee Goncalves with an "edged weapon" in the small hours of Sunday morning.
On Tuesday, Moscow police chief James Fry admitted that the killer could still be at large, partially walking back the department's previous statements.
Asked at a press conference how he could be sure there was no danger, Mr Fry said: "That's kind of unknown... we still believe it's a targeted attack, but the reality is, there's still a person out there who committed horrible, horrible crimes.
"So there is a threat out there still, possibly. We don't know it's going to be to anybody else. But we all have to be aware of our surroundings and make sure that we're watching out for each other."
"The reality is, I probably should have been up here a day or so ago. But I'm here now. We're going to continue to be here. We're going to continue to give you the information we can.
"I care about this community. I've worked here for 27 years. I want this community to be the safest community around.... we're looking at every aspect of this."
The four murders have rocked Moscow's student community, prompting a lockdown on campus and outpourings of support.
But some residents and relatives of the victims had expressed doubts about the police claims, questioning how there could be no threat to the public when the killer was still at large.
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No kidding.
BUT, there are two Independent (UK) articles with some interesting information:
Students warned of ‘knife threat’ before killings as video emerges of victimsThe University of Idaho issued a warning about a “knife threat” on the Moscow campus just weeks before four students were stabbed to death in a violent attack in the early hours of Sunday morning.
On September 12, the college alerted students and staff after a group of students were threatened by a man dressed in all black who was carrying a knife.
On Wednesday, in the first press conference given since the murders, police revealed that the victims’ two other roommates were in the home at the time of the murders and were still there when police arrived.
Here's the second Independent article:
Four friends posted photos enjoying Idaho college life. Hours later they were killed. What happened?:The obvious contradiction here is the other two roommates were at home during the murders between 3 AM and 4 AM yet the bodies were undiscovered for several hours. Did they sleep through the murders? There was no screaming?...police were called to a home on King Road, Moscow, to a report of an “unconscious person”. Officials are remaining tightlipped about who placed the 911 call and why they would have said it was an “unconscious individual” given the bloody nature of the crime scene.
...police revealed that the victims’ two other roommates were in the home at the time of the murders and were still there when police arrived. Mogen, Kernodle and Goncalves lived together in the six-bedroom property with two other female students, while Chapin was dating Kernodle. The two roommates were unharmed in the attack and were not held hostage, revealed authorities. Chief James Fry said the pair were not “witnesses” to the grisly crime.
...the students likely died between 3am and 4am on Sunday, with their bodies left undiscovered for several hours.
Michael Meyers? Freddie Kruger? Jason Voorhees?
Someone murders 4 college students with a knife or sharp instrument, all at one time - but cops are not sure if the perp is violent or a threat to the public.
Government public servants at work!
OJ ?
This is very bizarre.
What is at risk of being mutilated, then? Cattle? Tree bark? Garden hoses?
And carry if you can.
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.”
Ronald Reagan
No evidence of fighting back?
The police are really mum about the whole thing and the scene. All we’ve heard is that there was a lot of blood in the house. I’m wondering why there wasn’t hysterical screaming that would have awoken the neighbors. The houses are not that far apart.
“No evidence of fighting back?”
My guess is that the murderer or murderers, accompanied the victims home, at some point either at the bar or the house, the killer(s) drugged the victims and with the drugs and alcohol in their systems, they passed out. Once they were passed out, they were murdered.
For whatever reason, the other two were not killed.
The Ted Bundy Ghost?..................
The Danny Rolling Ghost?................
“I’m wondering why there wasn’t hysterical screaming that would have awoken the neighbors.”
See post 12
“Someone murders 4 college students with a knife or sharp instrument, all at one time - but cops are not sure if the perp is violent or a threat to the public.”
“Government public servants at work!”
It doesn’t appear,that the locals are up for the investigation. Now if the Feds weren’t so busy being the enforcement wing for the RATS, they would be able to assist.
A locked door?
Very disturbing and very troubling for me especially Idaho
God have mercy on their souls this should not be happening
They had to have been incapacitated for one person to kill all four, or they were overpowered by more than one killer.
And sad
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