Who do the towed cars belong to? Cops scale up investigation for University of Idaho murder suspect
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: Pictures taken outside the home where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death earlier this month show an eerie scene left behind after several cars were towed away on Tuesday, November 29. Five cars, which presumably had not been moved since the November 13 attack, left grave-like-looking rectangular sections of concrete surrounded by accumulated snow outside the university off-campus home when they were removed.
Police, as per reports have not yet confirmed whether the cars belonged to the victims, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Ethan Chapin. The cars were taken to a city-owned maintenance shop several miles away. While the Moscow police department said it was for, a "long-term storage location to continue processing evidence.” However, a Range Rover, one of the cars towed away had been purchased recently by Kaylee Gonclaves, and she was off to Mexico home just to show it to her long-term friend Madison Mogen.
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Kristi the mother of Kaylee told Fox News that the car, a red Range Rover which was seen being towed away was bought only two days before the gruesome murders took place at the Idaho home. Goncalves went back to the Idaho home to show Mogen her new car, the outlet reported. The off-campus residence housed Goncalves, Kernodle, Mogen, and two other girls who were not hurt. Kernodle's boyfriend, Chapin, was staying the night when the terrible incident occurred.
The police have said that the murders took place between 3 am to 4 am after the students returned from the night out, all were stabbed multiple times with a combat-type knife which the police, as per some reports said the murderer was "proud of." Investigators have also maintained that the attack was "targetted" and not yet revealed who among the students was the target as almost all the people have been dropped from the suspect list the students were last seen with.
Also, detectives have received more than 488 digital media submissions and more than 1,000 tips, but have not yet identified a suspect or located a murder weapon. Many residents mostly students had left the place as the attack created a wave of fear. Reports suggest that many students are preferring online classes which were launched soon after the attack and that all students were not attending the university in person even after Thanksgiving.
A day before the cars were towed away, detectives dusted windows for fingerprints, looked over the crime scene inside the house, and were spotted in a nearby wooded area as mournful neighbors looked on, the New York Post reported.