Idaho murders: Google trends show peak in 'How to get away with murder?' search a day before tragedy
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: It has been more than two weeks since the four University of Idaho students were brutally stabbed to death while they were asleep, shocking Moscow, a small town in Idaho, as well as the rest of the nation. Now, web sleuths have discovered a shocking fact. "How to get away with murder?" was the most searched topic on Google, a day before the murders.
Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Madison Mogen, 21, were murdered on Sunday, November 13. The Latah County coroner reportedly said that several victims had defensive wounds. The victims' home, known among neighbors as a party house, reportedly showed no signs of forced entry. A lot of blood was found on the crime scene, oozing from the walls.
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Ever since news about the murders broke, web sleuths have been scouring the internet voraciously, floating one uproven and arbitrary theory after another. A Reddit user now claimed that "How to get away with murder?" was at the peak on Google search a day before the murders took place. The post reads, "How accurate is Google Trends? Sunday 6th - Saturday 12th, there's a peak in searching "how to get away with murder" from Idaho." This still leaves a lot of unanswered questions, such as was the killer trying to find an escape route using Google? None of these theories have been confirmed by authorities or anyone connected to the case so far. In fact, Goncalves' sister Alivea recently slammed web sleuths for coming up with such theories.
Authorities have been sifting through thousands of pieces of evidence and a number of leads, but so far there has been no update in the case that seems to be turning into a Gordian knot of sorts. A lot of university students repirtedly refused to return to the campus for the last weeks of the semester out of fear while a victim's father has expressed "frustration" with the police's response.
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