In the early morning hours of November 13, , four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed in an off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho.
During the fall semester, five female University of Idaho students lived in a rented off-campus residence in the rural college town of Moscow, Idaho. There had not been a murder in the town since In the early morning of November 13, , four University of Idaho college students were stabbed to death in a shared rental home close to campus. They worked at the same local restaurant. The third, Kaylee Goncalves, had recently moved out of the house but returned to attend a nearby party.
Earlier on the evening of November 12, two of the four victims, Chapin and Kernodle, were reportedly at an on-campus party at the nearby Sigma Chi fraternity from 8 p. They returned home at a. The police later rephrased their statement to say the ride was provided by a "private party," arriving home at a.
According to the surviving roommates, the four students were home by a. These calls were investigated, [ 7 ] [ 19 ] with the police concluding they did not believe the recipient of those missed calls was involved in the crime.
The two surviving roommates had allegedly returned home by 1 a. Original reports stated both surviving roommates were in their beds on the ground floor at the time of the killings, were not attacked or held hostage, and that neither woke during the killings. She stated she later heard a roommate saying something to the effect of "there's someone here. The surviving roommate stated she opened her door twice within a short span of time, and the second time, heard what sounded like crying coming from Kernodle's room and a male voice saying "it's okay, I'm going to help you.
