University of Idaho murders: Police reveal key details of events surrounding stabbing of 4 students

Police have released additional details about the events surrounding the stabbing of four University of Idaho students early Sunday morning.

The four students, Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were stabbed to death as they slept early Sunday morning between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. at a home in Moscow, Idaho, on King Road on the college campusaccording to the police.

Head of the Moscow Police Department James Fry said there was no indication of a forced entry when officers responded to the residence after the 911 call.

In an update released late Saturday, the Moscow Police Department said the 911 call made at 11:58 a.m. Sunday was placed “on the cell phone of one of the housemates.”

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Shortly before the attack, Mogen and Goncalves were seen at the Grub Wandering Kitchen food truck. The two were driven home by a “private party”, police said, but did not say whether the women knew the driver.

In Saturday’s update, police said they had investigated the driver who took the women home on Sunday evening and “do not believe he was involved in this crime”.

A quadruple murder is under investigation in Idaho.
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Two housemates from the King Road residence were at home when the attacks took place, but they are not considered suspects in the incident.

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Investigators search a home in Moscow, Idaho, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, where four University of Idaho students were killed over the weekend in an apparent quadruple homicide. The victims are Ethan Chapin, 20, of Conway, Washington; Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20, of Avondale, Idaho; and Kaylee GonCalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho.
(Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Police said on Saturday that the surviving housemates both left the house on the night of November 12 and returned home at 1 a.m. on November 13, and “did not wake up until later on November 13.”

Inside Edition reported that Goncalves and Mogen called someone named Jack seven times before she was killed, citing her sister.

“At 2:26 a.m. Kaylee starts calling Jack,” Aliea Goncalves told the outlet. “Kaylee calls Jack six times between 2:26 a.m. and 2:44 a.m. From 2:44 a.m. to 2:52 a.m., Maddie calls Jack three times, then Kaylee makes a final call at 2:52 a.m..”

Ethan Chapin, 20, students from the University of Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Kaylee Gonçalves, 21.
(Jazzmin Kernodle via AP/Instagram/ @kayleegoncalves)

Officials said they were “aware” of several phone calls Mogen and Goncalves made to a man, and added that it was part of the investigation.

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The victims were on the second and third floors of the house, according to the press release.

Police are also asking residents and business owners for surveillance footage between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Sunday.

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Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Moscow police at 208-883-7054 or email tipline@ci.moscow.id.us.

Fox News’ Rebecca Rosenberg and Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.