Idaho murders

No arrests have been made or suspects identified in the stabbings. Police have said the Hyundai Elantra was seen near the home the day of the murders and its ...

In the latest operational update on Thursday from Moscow police, they said they believed that the one or more occupants of the car might have "valuable information" in the case. Earlier this week, Moscow Police announced they were searching for a white 2011 to 2013 Hyundai Elantra "with an unknown licence plate" that had been observed "in the immediate area" of the crime scene during the timeframe of the murders. Police have said the Hyundai Elantra was seen near the home the day of the murders and its occupants may have "critical information to share regarding this case".

The investigation into the Idaho college murders has received an overwhelming amount of tips related to their search for a white sedan, police say.

A coroner determined the four victims were stabbed multiple times and likely had been asleep when the attacks began, police have said. Police outlined a situation in October when a man appeared to be following Goncalves outside a local business, according to a news release from the department. Later that morning, two surviving roommates "summoned friends to the residence because they believed one of the second floor victims had passed out and was not waking up," police said in a release. on the day of the stabbings. "I'm a dad, I understand the meaning behind some of those things," Fry said. "Investigators continue looking into information about Kaylee having a stalker. They were all stabbed multiple times and were likely asleep when the attack began, a coroner has said. Investigators are working through more than 6,000 tips they have received over the course of the investigation so far. There was no sign of forced entry or damage, police said. Still, investigators maintain they have made progress but cannot share details as that could compromise the investigation. "We're continuously making progress," Idaho State Police spokesperson Aaron Snell told CNN. Due to the amount of tips received, calls are being directed to an FBI call center to help sort leads received, according to a Thursday update from the Moscow Police Department.

On Thursday, the Moscow Police Department released new information about a vehicle that was believed to be in the vicinity of the crime scene on November ...

Maybe not the suspect but potentially a witness," Mains said. "Detectives are interested in speaking with the occupant(s) of a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra, with an unknown license plate. The comments by the neighbor come as the investigation into the four fatal stabbings has continued for nearly a month. [Police](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/police) Department released [new information](https://www.newsweek.com/idaho-murders-update-police-are-re-interviewing-people-about-new-tips-1765417) in the investigation, including a description of a car that they believed was in the area at the time of the crime. "After what happened, I've definitely had second thoughts. "I didn't think anything of it," Harsh told the Statesman.

Police arrested an ex-con killer this week just over a mile from the house where four University of Idaho college students were killed in their sleep last ...

[killed in a rental house](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide) on King Road just steps off campus between 3 and 4 a.m. He was majoring in recreation, sport and tourism management, the University of Idaho said. Police found a trail of blood inside and asked the wife if she was ever afraid that Leonard would attack her with the knife, according to the affidavit. "I'm the one who shot him," Leonard told a responding deputy, according to the filing. One alleged that Leonard asked him for a shovel in an attempt to hide the body. In the fracas, the older daughter, her boyfriend and the 1-year-old went to a neighbor’s house. By May 2009, a court suspended his sentence and placed him on 15 years of probation. He came inside from working on his truck and allegedly saw her on the phone and accused of her cheating on him. [investigation into the deaths](https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-police-likely-using-investigative-genetic-genealogy-college-students-murders-expert-says) of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20, about 1.3 miles downhill off of the next crossroad. [of Moscow, Idaho](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/idaho), allegedly beat his wife and her daughter late Tuesday evening and slashed himself with a knife, according to court documents. While his wife was on the phone with 911, Leonard allegedly slashed his arm, yelled out that she had cut him and that he needed help. Police arrived at their Palouse River Drive home and found Leonard's wife with blood on her nose and mouth, according to court documents.

Inan Harsh, 30, who lives in an apartment building next to the off-campus home in Moscow, said he returned from his job as a cook at around 1:30 a.m. on Nov ...

The neighbor said he also spotted an unfamiliar black luxury SUV at 1:30 a.m. He still has not told cops about the scream, he said. Maybe it was not a party sound.” Inan Harsh, 30, who lives in an apartment building next to the off-campus home, said he returned from his job as a cook around 1:30 a.m. in Moscow, where the slain sorority sisters would often host get-togethers on weekends. 13 and later heard someone yell, he told

Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt is representing ex-convict James Leonard, 39, of Moscow, Idaho, who was arrested a mile away from the Idaho murders in an ...

Kaylee and Madison were found on the top floor of the Moscow, Idaho home. Cops said the killer entered the house through a sliding glass door on the second floor, which was level with the backyard. They were sleeping on the first floor. Police arrived at the home on Palouse River Drive to find Leonard's wife with blood on her nose and mouth. The court suspended his sentence in May 2009 and he was placed on 15 years probation. He also allegedly beat up the 15-year-old, who was later found with a concussion. Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt and her law office, Mabbutt Law, are now representing ex-convicted killer James Leonard who was arrested on Tuesday a mile away from where the four college students were killed on November 13. Mabbutt, who is both an attorney and a nurse, is also the Latah County Coroner, was elected to office in 2006, shortly before Leonard's 2007 manslaughter case. [Idaho](/news/idaho/index.html) coroner who ruled that four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their sleep is also the defense attorney for an convicted killer who was arrested earlier this week just a mile away the scene of the [quadruple homicide. Police say his arrest was not related to the killings that have shaken the small Idaho town of Moscow. He claimed it was self-defense and told police that Lee had previously threatened him with 'bats, machetes and other things.' But thought it was from a party, and not from anything sinister.

The man, 39-year-old James Leonard, is not considered a suspect in the brutal stabbings last month, Moscow Police have said. Leonard was arrested on Wednesday ...

He then allegedly went to his room and cut himself. Moscow PD told Fox that the two investigations in the usually safe town of just 25,000 are not linked in any way. Leonard was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly beating his wife and underage daughter before injuring himself with a knife, a criminal complaint obtained by Leonard was locked in his room and had blood on his hands and a cut on his forearm when he came out. The complaint states that Leonard then yelled that his wife had cut him and he needed help. The incident in which Leonard is alleged to have physically harmed his wife and daughter took place on Tuesday.

Police arrested an ex-con killer this week just over a mile from the house where four University of Idaho college students were killed in their sleep last ...

University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed several times and killed on Nov.

University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed several times and killed on Nov.

[crime ](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/) [scene ](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/true-crime/)in the early morning hours of Nov. [CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink) [Police are analyzing](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement) 113 pieces of physical evidence and about 4,000 photos from the scene. [IDAHO POLICE HIT WITH DELUGE OF TIPS ABOUT HYUNDAI ELANTRA, NOW FORWARDING CALLS TO FBI CALL CENTER](https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-police-hit-deluge-tips-hyundai-elantra-forwarding-calls-fbi-call-center) "We want to be able to bring justice to these families. Multiple people allegedly spoke to the dispatcher before officers arrived. But Idaho’s state database, however, only retains DNA for convicted felons. The attacks were carried out on the second and third floors. So, the likelihood of, ‘DNA’ being at any scene is pretty good. Officials have said they believe the victims were asleep when they were attacked between 3 a.m. The home is located just one block from the "The smallest piece of evidence that you never even thought about," Gamette said.

University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were stabbed several times and killed on Nov.

[crime scene](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/) in the early morning hours of Nov. [CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink) [IDAHO POLICE SEARCH FOR WHITE HYUNDAI ELANTRA IN MOSCOW COLLEGE MURDER CASE](https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-police-search-white-hyundai-elantra-moscow-college-murder-case) [IDAHO MURDERS: BORDER AUTHORITIES MONITORING FOR HYUNDAI ELANTRA THAT WAS NEAR SCENE OF QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE](https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-murders-border-authorities-monitoring-hyundai-elantra-near-scene-quadruple-homicide) [the Statesman reported](https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article269736921.html). They are seeking to speak with the person or people who were inside the vehicle, and are asking the public for any information about the vehicle. The attacks were carried out on the second and third floors. [UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS KILLED: A TIMELINE OF EVENTS](https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-idaho-murders-timeline-what-know-slaughter-four-students) Officials have said they believe the victims were asleep when they were attacked between 3 a.m. The home is located just one block from the The home at 1122 King Road in Inan Harsh, a local chef, told the Idaho Statesman he got home around 1:30 a.m.

Police working a plain clothes alcohol enforcement patrol stopped three University of Idaho students for suspected underage drinking at about 2:50 a.m. Nov.

BOISE, Idaho — There's no suspect and no murder weapon in the deaths of four U of I students in Moscow and that has some people wondering, 'what's left at ...

Hampikian says it's common for assailants using a knife to also cut themselves during an attack and even if the blood is mixed, different contributors can be identified. If you have to do genealogy, that's a different kind of crime surgery than if you have a suspect and compare him to what you find on the door handle," Hampikian said. "If it's a deep wound, their hand can come in contact with my shirt or my skin," Hampikian says.

The arrest of a man who lived just a mile away from the house where the four students were killed is not related to the still-unsolved murders, police said.

The department has not yet identified a suspect in the investigations, almost four weeks after the murder of the students. He said that investigators would have easily ruled Leonard out of a list of possible suspects if they knew the man was somewhere else at the time of the murders. Leonard has a criminal record, as he was charged with second degree murder in 2007 for the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Tyler Lee Pace, of Moscow, during an argument.

Moscow police and Idaho State Police will be patrolling campus this weekend after four students were murdered nearly a month ago.

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Students are preparing to leave the University of Idaho campus again after fall graduation, about one month since four students were murdered in their ...

Police believe the occupant(s) of the vehicle on that morning may have information that is pertinent to MPD's investigation. [IDAHO MURDERS: POLICE RELEASE BODYCAM VIDEO FROM NIGHT OF KILLINGS](https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-murders-police-release-bodycam-video-night-killings) [Students on campus](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/education/college) are concerned and confused why the killer hasn't been caught yet. [stabbed to death](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime) in their home near campus between 3 a.m. Investigators continue to search for a white, 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra that was spotted near the crime scene in the early morning hours of Nov. Students who left campus for Thanksgiving break were given the option to stay home and learn remotely. Hours later, the four friends, who were all part of Greek life at the school, were murdered, likely while sleeping, according to the Latah County coroner. As always, we want to remind the public to stay vigilant, travel in groups, and communicate with family and friends as you travel." 12, a student told Fox News Digital that she hadn't seen the bar so crowded since homecoming weekend in September. 12, and students are preparing to leave campus for the second time after the murders and Thanksgiving break. [murders of four students](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide). and 4 a.m.

Moscow Police told visitors to the city to keep in touch with their friends and family and stay vigilant during the celebration on Saturday.

Kaylee and Madison were found on the top floor of the Moscow, Idaho home. They were brutally attacked between 3am and 4am — and the killer his still at large. 'With commencement this weekend, there will be an influx of people coming in from out of town. Moscow Police Department, who have yet to make much headway in the investigation, have said they will now crack down on internet sleuths speculating as to who killed the four students (pictured) Moscow Police Department and Idaho State Police will provide coverage on campus and in the Moscow area,' police said in a statement. The warning comes as the Moscow Police Department, who have yet to make much headway in the investigation, have said they will now crack down on internet sleuths.

Police are urging heightened caution and upping their presence as the city of Moscow preps for graduation weekend amid the ongoing murder case.

[FBI](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/fbi) call center. Law enforcement was recently inundated with tips after the investigation began searching for the owner of [a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra](https://www.newsweek.com/idaho-police-release-biggest-breakthrough-yet-murder-case-1765697) in connection with the case. [brutal quadruple killing](https://www.newsweek.com/everything-we-know-about-idaho-student-murders-three-weeks-later-1764425) have yet been named by law enforcement. In response to these circumstances, local law enforcement will be upping its presence at the ceremony and has advised people to take extra precautions while traveling in town, local station KTVB News reported. Officials also called for people to communicate with friends and family before and after traveling, so that someone else is always aware that they are safe. Residents and visitors are urged to be extra vigilant while traveling through town in order to pick up on anything suspicious.