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'Can't imagine the pain': Internet grieves as police returns slain Idaho students' belongings to families

'This will be so hard/sad for the families,' a Twitter user expressed grief for families of Idaho quadruple murder victims

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MOSCOW, IDAHO: Four University of Idaho students' deaths have shocked the local population's conscience. In the early hours of November 13, Kaylee, Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, all about 20 years old, were fatally murdered in a three-story leased home off-campus. Police have not yet named the suspect(s) in the case.

The grisly scenario in which the students were killed has been dubbed by authorities as the "worst they've ever seen." Since the deaths of the four University of Idaho students more than three weeks ago, Moscow police is still looking for the culprit(s), as the killer is still free. After weeks of investigation, the personal possessions of four University of Idaho students found dead last month will be returned to their families on Wednesday, according to the Moscow Police Department.

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Chief James Fry said on Tuesday in a brief video statement, "It's time for us to give those things back that really mean something to those families and hopefully to help with some of their healing." He further added, "I'm a dad, I understand the meaning behind some of those things." At last Fry added, the items being removed are "no longer needed for the investigation," the department said, as reported by CNN.

News Nation correspondent Brian Entin confirmed this news on Twitter, and wrote, "Starting tomorrow Moscow, Idaho Police will collect and remove some of the victims’ personal belongings from the residence, which are no longer needed for the investigation, so that they can be returned to the families."

People have expressed their grief on the news shared by Entin. One of the Twitter users wrote, "WOW, I was wondering how this process would go! I can’t imagine the pain of these family members just seems kinda soon to return belongings since they’ve been going into house often to retrieve evidence still." Another user wrote, "This will be so hard/sad for the families." Another user expressed his grief and wrote, "How hurting families are spending the final days ahead of Christmas…"

Aaron Snell, a spokesman for the Idaho State Police, declined to elaborate on what he meant by excellent leads and information. His remarks reportedly come as victims' families and some members of the community express dissatisfaction with the sluggish release of investigative details.