Tensions are rising as the killer of four University of Idaho students remains at large nearly a full week after the murders occurred.
Breitbart News reported that the four students were stabbed to death on Sunday, and no suspects were in custody immediately thereafter.
The four deceased students were identified as 20-year-old Ethan Chapin, 21-year-old Madison Mogen, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle, and 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves.
Fans in the student section sit down following a moment of silence in memory of four University of Idaho students who were killed over the weekend at a residence near campus, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 before an NCAA college basketball game between Idaho and Cal-State Bakersfield in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
On November 18, 2022, CNN noted that the lack of apprehension of any suspects has left students nervous and uneasy.
Many parking lots at the school are empty as students used the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday as an opportunity to leave school early and get away from the area.
Student Nathan Tinno said, “Everybody kind of just went back home because they’re scared. … It’s definitely uneasy on campus right now.”
Two other individuals were in the house Sunday when the murders occurred and they were unharmed.
Idaho State Police Communications Director Aaron Snell talked to ABC’s Kayna Whitworth about the two survivors, saying, “Potentially they are witnesses, potentially they are victims, potentially they’re the key to this whole thing.”
A small number of students gather in the University of Idaho’s Student Union Building as classes were cancelled to honor student victims of a homicide investigation at an apartment complex south of campus on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Moscow, Idaho. (Zach Wilkinson/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)
8 News Now pointed out that the Moscow police department says the violent event was “an isolated, targeted attack and there is no imminent threat to the community at large.”
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