University of Idaho murders: Cops believe killer ‘proud of’ the ‘brutal weapon’

The daddy of one of many 4 victims within the Nov. 13. College of Idaho stabbings says his daughter suffered “giant punctures” from a “brutal weapon.”

Steve Goncalves — father of slain Kaylee Goncalves, 21 — mentioned he realized a bit extra about who the police imagine is liable for the assault Tuesday.

“The detective mentioned this weapon might be one thing [the killer] paid cash for and one thing that they’re pleased with,” he instructed ABC information in his first on-screen interview.

He additionally vented his upset that the killer is “having an ideal life on the market, and [we’re] simply left in shambles.”

Kaylee, finest buddy Madison Mogen, additionally 21, housemate Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, 20, have been all stabbed of their beds with a fixed-blade knife by an intruder as they slept round 3 within the morning.

The one solace Steve has been in a position to take is how the killings have been “quick and no person suffered and no person felt that type of ache.”

Kaylee Goncalves with her father, Steve.
Kaylee Goncalves together with her father, Steve.
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Steve additionally mentioned the household has not had a funeral for Kaylee as a result of they have been apprehensive the still-unidentified killer might attend.

“My spouse’s greatest worry, a part of the rationale we didn’t have a funeral, is as a result of she couldn’t be assured that that monster was going to not be there,” he instructed the outlet. 

He additionally added: “I haven’t earned the power to grieve the way in which that I need to grieve, I need to have the ability to have justice first.

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Law enforcement continued to examine the property on Monday.
Regulation enforcement continued to look at the property on Monday.
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Investigators on the scene of the brutal Nov. 13 murders.
Investigators on the scene of the brutal Nov. 13 murders.
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Nonetheless, regardless of large assets from Moscow police and FBI officers investigating the murders, combing by hundreds of items of proof, no particulars concerning the killer, their motive or what occurred to the homicide weapon have been made public.

New video footage obtained by The Submit reveals forensic investigators persevering with to look at the crime scene yesterday, the place they dusted home windows for fingerprints and walked by the inside. Regulation enforcement was additionally noticed in a wooded space close to the house whereas mournful neighbors appeared on.

In the meantime, considered one of Mogen’s sorority sisters has mentioned how the night was eerily common simply hours earlier than her buddy was brutally slain.

Madison Mogen and her friends Kaylee Gonvales, Xana Kernodle, and Ethen Chapin were brutally murdered in the early hours of Nov. 13.
Madison Mogen and her pals Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin have been brutally murdered within the early hours of Nov. 13.

“It was only a regular evening in Moscow,” Madison Moye, 21, instructed Fox Information Digital of the final time she noticed her buddy and neighbor Mogen on the evening of Nov. 12.

Mogen spent “nearly all of the evening” at Moscow’s Nook Membership, Moye mentioned. “[Madison] was simply laughing with all her pals,” she remembered.


Right here’s the newest protection on the brutal killings of 4 school pals:


In line with police, Mogen left the bar round 1:30 a.m. together with her housemate Kaylee Goncalves. The pair stopped at a meals truck earlier than returning to their King Highway residence shortly earlier than 2 a.m.

Regardless of police’s obvious lack of progress, the grieving dad or mum mentioned he was assured they'd get justice.

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Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, and Kaylee Goncalves were memorialized near an off-campus home.
Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, and Kaylee Goncalves are memorialized close to an off-campus residence.
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A memorial for the four slain students at the entrance to the University of Idaho in Moscow.
A memorial for the 4 slain college students on the entrance to the College of Idaho in Moscow.
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“I've to imagine and hope that that is all a part of their plan and … they’ve obtained this all discovered,” he defined. “I do know that there’s some actually good, hard-working guys and women which are on this case that I’ve met. They usually appeared me within the eyes and so they instructed me straight out that they’re working and so they’re doing every part of their energy.”

Goncalves was planning on shifting to Texas after her commencement within the spring, Steve instructed ABC. She and Mogen have been lifelong finest pals.

“You possibly can’t think about sending your woman to varsity and so they come again … in an urn,” he lamented. “You’re numb … you'll be able to’t soak up that quantity of ache and agony … I hope folks perceive how all these youngsters … have been doing every part proper and so they have been going to be the kind of folks that you simply need to be your neighbor.”

Students at a vigil for the four murdered students on Monday
College students attend a vigil for the 4 murdered college students on Monday.
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Final week, investigators introduced a attainable connection between the Moscow killings and the unsolved double stabbing of an Oregon couple in August 2021. On Monday, nevertheless, native police confirmed that “there doesn't seem like any proof to help the circumstances are associated.”

Whereas regulation enforcement scrambles to discover a suspect, College of Idaho college students stay terrified within the once-peaceful school city. College President C. Scott Inexperienced introduced final week that college students who didn't want to return to campus till an arrest had been made could be accommodated. 

“As such, college have been requested to arrange in-person educating and distant studying choices so that every scholar can select their methodology of engagement for the ultimate two weeks of the semester,” he wrote in an announcement.

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