Four college students in Idaho are dead in what authorities are calling an “isolated attack,” but the unidentified killer is still at large while the community of Moscow, Idaho waits in fear. This is a truly shocking and horrifying case — especially since the knife-wielding assailant is not identified and likely roaming the area.
According to ABC News, four Idaho college students were killed with a knife in a home near the University of Idaho campus. The 4 students, identified as 20-year-old Ethan Chapin, 21-year-old Madison Mogen, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle and 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves.
Authorities say the four college students were slain while other people were in the home, in a situation that is muddled on facts. What is known is that the four friends weren’t all together on Saturday night — prior to the discovery of their slain bodies. Chapin and Kernodle were attending an on-campus party the prior night, and Mogen and Goncalves were reportedly at a bar. Kernodle reportedly lived in the home, where Chapin was staying the night after the campus party. Is it possible that someone followed them home from the party? Or did someone follow the two other coeds home from their night at the bar? Detectives are trying to piece together the mystery of this case. Meanwhile, public speculation is forming around the others who might have been in the home at the time of the murders.
The killings of these four Idaho college students feels similar to the 1978 slayings of multiple members of the Chi Omega Sorority. Of course, the person responsible for these horrifying murders was none other than serial killer Ted Bundy. Hopefully the state of Idaho doesn’t have a budding serial killer prowling the college town of Moscow.
Chelsea Hoffman is a true crime writer with over a decade of professional writing experience. She is best known for her coverage of missing people including the tragic disappearance of Madeleine McCann as well as the heartbreaking cases of Dylan Redwine, Heather Elvis and many others.
