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Autopsy findings have been released for the four University of Idaho students murdered in an off-campus home, officially ruling their deaths homicides by stabbing.
Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt confirmed that each victim suffered multiple stab wounds with “a larger knife”, describing their injuries as “pretty extensive”.
DNA samples have been taken from the crime scene as the hunt for the killer or killers continues, with no suspects named and no arrests made five days into the investigation.
Ethan Chapin, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were found dead inside a home in the small college town of Moscow, Idaho, at around midday on Sunday.
Police were called to the home to a report of an unconscious individual and arrived to find the horror crime scene. Two surviving roommates were in the home at the time of the killings and were still there when officers arrived.
Idaho State Police spokesman Aaron Snell said that the two female students could be “the key to this whole thing”.
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Victims were likely killed in theirsleep, coroner says
The Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt said on Friday that the victims were all found in bed.
Ms Mabutt told Newsnation that it was very likely they were sleeping at the time of the attack.
Autopsies were completed on the bodies of their four victims, with the results being released on Thursday.
All the victims were stabbed to death. They were stabbed in their chest and upper body.
The Independent has the full story:
Andrea Blanco18 November 2022 21:27
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Sister of Idaho university victim begs students to ‘leave’ town
Kaylee Goncalves’s sister Aubrie Goncalves issued an impassioned plea on her Instagram page, warning students in the small town of Moscow, Idaho, that they are not safe while her sibling’s “sicko” killer remains at large.
“To the students of the University of Idaho that are still staying around campus, leave,” she wrote.
“Your grades are severely less important than your lives. I wish all the students of U of I safety and peace. You guys are not safe until this sicko is found.”
“If the person who did this is capable of killing four innocent people, they are capable of killing more. The last thing I want is to have another family experience what I, and my family, is experiencing now.”
The Independent’s Rachael Sharp has the story:
Andrea Blanco18 November 2022 20:20
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University of Idaho victim’s injuries ‘show she fought killer’
One of the University of Idaho students murdered in her college home fought her killer to the very end in a brutal knife attack that officials are describing as “personal”.
Autopsy findings, released on Thursday, revealed that Xana Kernodle, 20, Ethan Chapin, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were all stabbed multiple times with a large knife – sustaining injuries that caused them to bleed out inside their home.
Kernodle’s devastated father Jeffrey Kernodle said that his daughter’s injuries showed how she desperately tried to fight off the person who killed her, her boyfriend and two friends in the horror attack.
“Bruises, torn by the knife. She’s a tough kid,” he told CBS5.
Andrea Blanco18 November 2022 20:00
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Victims suffered ‘multiple, extensive’ stab wounds from ‘large knife’, autopsy finds
The students killed in a horror attack in an off-campus home suffered “multiple” stab wounds from a “large knife”, according to the local coroner – as she revealed that DNA samples have been collected from the crime scene.
Autopsy findings for Ethan Chapin, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were released on Thursday, officially ruling their deaths homicides by stabbing.
Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt confirmed that each victim was stabbed multiple times, describing their wounds as “pretty extensive” and revealing that they bled out inside their student home.
“It’s pretty traumatic when there’s four dead college students … who’ve been stabbed to death in one location,” she said.
The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has the story:
Andrea Blanco18 November 2022 19:41
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Boyfriend of victim has had world ‘turned upside down’
The boyfriend of one of the murdered University of Idaho students has had his world “turned upside down” by her brutal slaying – which came just days before the young couple planned to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday together.
Madison Mogen, 21, had been in a relationship with fellow Idaho university student Jake Schriger for around a year.
His mother, Stacy Schriger, described the young couple as being like “peanut butter and jelly” and the pair often posted loving photos of each other on their social media accounts.
On Sunday, Mogen was brutally stabbed to death along with three friends inside her college home, in an attack that officials are describing as “personal”.
The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has the story:
Andrea Blanco18 November 2022 19:22
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Students likely killed in their sleep
The Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt said on Friday that the victims were all found in bed.
Ms Mabutt told Newsnation that it was very likely they were sleeping at the time of the attack.
Autopsies were completed on the bodies of their four victims, with the results being released on Thursday.
All the victims were stabbed to death. They were stabbed in their chest and upper body.
The Independent has the full story:
Andrea Blanco18 November 2022 18:59
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Crime was ‘personal,’ coroner says
Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt called the crimes personal and noted that some of the wounds found in the victims could have been defensive.
She added that no signs of sexual assault were found in the bodies.
Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin were killed in the brutal attack on Sunday.
Andrea Blanco18 November 2022 18:41
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Victim’s sister says time is of the essence in murder investigation
Speaking with Newsnation host Chris Cuomo, Alivea Goncalves said that although she doesn’t blame authorities in the little town of Moscow, she believes critical time is being wasted as few details in the investigation are disclosed to the public.
Her sister, Kaylee Goncalves, was one of four University of Idaho students brutally murdered on Sunday.
“I don’t want to impede on anything. But I want more people speaking out. And if that takes the police to push that agenda, that’s fine,” Ms Goncalves said.
“But unfortunately, I feel like it’s been me and the families pushing that agenda. And that’s been really difficult,” Alivea added.
Andrea Blanco18 November 2022 18:18
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Victims found in beds and likely ‘sleeping’ when killer struck
The university of Idaho students murdered in a brutal knife attack were “likely sleeping” when the killer struck, according to the local coroner.
Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt told NewsNation that the four victims were found in their beds when police responded to a 911 call at the property on Sunday.
“It has to be somebody that is pretty angry in order to stab four people to death,” she said.
Rachel Sharp18 November 2022 17:50
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Boyfriend of Idaho university student has had world ‘turned upside down’ by her murder
The boyfriend of one of the murdered University of Idaho students has had his world “turned upside down” by her brutal slaying – which came just days before the young couple planned to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday together.
Madison Mogen, 21, had been in a relationship with fellow Idaho university student Jake Schriger for around a year.
His mother Stacy Schriger described the young couple as being like “peanut butter and jelly” and the pair often posted loving photos of each other on their social media accounts.
On Sunday, Mogen was brutally stabbed to death along with three friends inside her college home, in an attack that officials are describing as “personal”.
The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has the full story:
Rachel Sharp18 November 2022 17:28