Idaho murders: Video tracing possible escape route suggests killer may have fled via 'rural area'
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: Brian Entin, a NewsNation reporter, has attempted to retrace the Idaho killer's steps after he fled the crime scene. Entin mapped out a possible escape route leading to a "very rural" area in just over three minutes. More than a month has passed after four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their beds.
In the early morning hours of November 13, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were stabbed to death in an off-campus three-story rented home. Law enforcement is yet to identify the suspect(s) in the case. Authorities have said that the gory scene where the students were killed was the “worst they’ve ever seen."
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Entin theorized that the killer might have taken a more rural route out, instead of fleeing through town. In a video, Entin was seen driving down an alleyway from the off-campus house on King road. Pointing to houses and apartment buildings on the road, he said, "Most of the people living in the area are students."
Entin went ahead to Taylor Avenue, where an officer had been responding to a report of underage students drinking on the night of the brutal murders. Passing a row of apartment buildings, Entin gestured toward the university on the left, saying the area is "busy". He added that it would have been quieter around 3 am when the murders reportedly took place.
"It's packed in. It's dense. A lot of apartment buildings. Not a lot of wooded areas. Businesses and a number of cameras point at the roads," he said. The reporter then proceeded to an intersection on Highway 95 and a station appeared on the right. Cops have reportedly been investigating video from the gas station. Entin suggested the killer could have fled the scene without attracting much attention if he had made a right at the gas station.
"It gets very rural very quickly," Mr Entin said. He continued: "There's an elementary school out there but not a lot of cameras. Not a lot of houses. Not a lot of businesses." Entin noted that had the killer gone left at the gas station, it would have taken them via town. It took Entin just three minutes and forty seconds to get out of town from the murder scene.
This week, the FBI reportedly added 30 extra agents to the case. It was recently revealed that the lead investigator in the Idaho murders is reportedly 32-year-old US Army veteran Brett Payne, who joined the Moscow Police Department from the army in 2020, just two years ago.
Entin's video stirred up a conversation among social media users, with many of them offering their input. "There’s always the possibility he routed out by foot. He was methodical, planned it well, he most likely would not leave by car at 4 am," one user commented on the YouTube video. Another said, "Does not matter if it is 3am in the morning. With that many houses and apartments, someone must have seen something and heard something. Has everyone in those residences been questioned???"
"If there was snow at the time of the murders there would have been tracks from the getaway car that might have helped find out who did this," one user wrote, while another said, "Visually seeing that route past the gas station of that white Elantra, seems as though something had originally been forgotten after these horrific murders . . like the knife to have rushed back for??" "Im still not under impression the killer drove away. Im guessing he used woods and darkness as camoflauge and walked away from scene," one user said.
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