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New evidence shows that one of the University of Idaho students was very much alive and awake during the attack against her that saw her brutally murdered. Xana Kernodle “fought back” agains the killer and “repeatedly grabbed the knife” before she was murdered on the second floor of the home after her friends were stabbed to death, a source claims. This story matches an earlier report from her father Jeffrey, who revealed in November that his daughter’s autopsy said her skin had “bruises” and was “torn by the knife.” Kaylee Conclaves, 21, and Madison Mogen, 21 were killed first before...

The father of one of the University of Idaho students murdered in their home last month shared his theory about the murderer's target based on their movements once they got in the house. Steven Goncalves, who is the father of the late Kaylee Goncalves, noted that the murderer's entry point on the middle floor and only going upstairs leads him to believe it may have been intentional. "I'm not a professional, so I want to specify that, but they've said the entry point was the slider or the window. It was the middle floor. So to me, he doesn't have...

Autopsies performed on four University of Idaho students who were found dead inside a rental house near campus showed that all four were stabbed to death, the Latah County coroner said Thursday. The killings have shaken Moscow, an Idaho Panhandle college town of 25,000 residents that last saw a homicide about five years ago, according to Coroner Cathy Mabbutt. “It’s pretty tough,” Mabbutt said. The autopsies were performed in nearby Spokane County in Washington state, and the bodies were subsequently released to the victims’ families. Here is a look at what is known about the killings, and what remains a...

MOSCOW, Idaho — Moscow Police are investigating the deaths of four University of Idaho Students, the victims of a homicide. The four students were found dead in a home on Sunday, near the university camps. Moscow Police received a call just before noon on Sunday about an unconscious person at King Road. When police arrived on the scene, they found four people dead in the home. The victims have been identified as: 20-year-old Ethan Chapin (Conway, Wash.) 21-year-old Madison Mogen (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 20-year-old Xana Kernodle (Avondale, Ariz.) 21-year-old Kaylee GonCalves (Rathdrum, Idaho) The University of Idaho canceled classes on...