Idaho murders: Moscow police chief floats potential release of 911 call

MOSCOW, Idaho – Authorities whitethorn beryllium warming up to the thought of releasing a 911 telephone successful the unsolved slayings of four University of Idaho students.

Moscow Police Chief James Fry floated the anticipation of making the signaling nationalist successful an interrogation with a section TV presumption Tuesday.

"I deliberation it'll beryllium released erstwhile the prosecution believes that we tin merchandise that," Fry said of the call, which constabulary person truthful acold said small about, different than that it was placed from a surviving roommate's telephone and that aggregate radical spoke with the dispatcher.

"That whitethorn beryllium astatine trial," Fry told the Spokane-based KREM-TV successful a uncommon sitdown interview. "That whitethorn beryllium earlier then."

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Moscow Police Chief James Fry speaking astatine a Nov 20 property league astir the unsolved murders of 4 University of Idaho seniors.  (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

He declined to accidental whether thing circumstantial connected the telephone could assistance detectives marque an arrest.

"I can't sermon that," helium said. "It's portion of the investigation, but arsenic soon arsenic we tin merchandise that information, we will."

Police person said that conscionable earlier noon connected Nov. 13, idiosyncratic called 911 to study an "unconscious person" successful the King Road house. Officers arrived to find Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, some 21, on with Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, some 20, dormant connected the 2nd and 3rd floors of the house. Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt aboriginal said each of them had suffered aggregate stab wounds.

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Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, on with the women's 2 different roommates successful Kaylee Goncalves' last Instagram post, shared the time earlier the slayings. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)

Two different housemates whose rooms were connected the bottommost level were not attacked, according to authorities.

Fry came nether occurrence earlier successful the probe aft assuring the nationalist that determination was nary "ongoing threat" aft an chartless assailant went into an off-campus rental location and fatally stabbed 4 "likely sleeping" students, past escaped without a trace.

"I instrumentality work for accusation not getting retired arsenic accelerated arsenic possible," helium told the interviewer. "I astir apt should person been overmuch quicker connected that."

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Fry said the fig of tips coming successful has surpassed 17,000 arsenic the lawsuit nears its seventh week without a suspect.

Mogen and Goncalves spent portion of the evening successful downtown Moscow at the Corner Club bar and were seen ordering snacks astatine a nutrient motortruck earlier they caught a thrust location astir 2 a.m. Kernodle and Chapin were astatine a enactment astir 200 yards distant astatine the Sigma Chi fraternity house, wherever the second was a member, and returned astir 1:45 a.m., according to police.

A presumption of the Sigma Chi location astatine the University of Idaho done fog connected Dec. 13, 2022. Inset: A notation representation showing the benignant of Hyundai Elantra constabulary are looking for. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital. Inset: Moscow PD)

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Police person released fewer caller details aft announcing connected Dec. 7 that they were looking for a achromatic Hyundai Elantra, from betwixt 2011 and 2013, which they judge was adjacent the transgression country astir the clip of the slayings.

However, they person avoided answering questions astir whether they person photographs placing the conveyance astatine the country and person released lone banal images arsenic they inquire the nationalist for assistance tracking down the driver.

"As we person stated previously, based connected accusation gathered passim this investigation, we are seeking accusation connected a 2011 to 2013 achromatic Hyundai Elantra that we judge was successful the country erstwhile the transgression took place," Moscow Police Capt. Anthony Dahlinger told Fox News Digital Wednesday.

Records obtained by Fox News Digital amusement determination were 90 akin cars registered to parkland connected campus, but constabulary person said they were moving their mode done a database of 22,000. 

Flowers astatine an improvised memorial astatine the University of Idaho successful Moscow, Idaho Monday, November 21, 2022, for 4 of its students who were slain connected November 13. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Experts accidental authorities person galore reasons to beryllium tight-lipped successful an progressive investigation, but the deficiency of accusation has frustrated radical astir the state – particularly the tens of thousands pursuing the lawsuit connected societal media.

"You don’t privation to merchandise immoderate accusation that volition inhibit the investigation," said Brian Higgins, a erstwhile main of constabulary and nationalist information manager successful Bergen County, New Jersey, and an adjunct prof astatine John Jay College of Criminal Justice successful New York. "But you person to springiness accusation to the nationalist either to marque them safer oregon marque them consciousness safer."

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Separately, aft weeks of snowfall and rain, the University of Idaho removed a bid of makeshift memorials for the victims astir the perimeter of its field this week.

"Memorial items were removed implicit the break, aft being exposed to snowfall aft respective weeks," said Kyle Pfannenstiel, a assemblage spokesman. "Items that tin beryllium salvaged aft being retired successful the wintertime upwind volition beryllium kept. There is nary ceremonial program for these items. People are invited to permission caller memorial items."

Tips tin beryllium submitted by telephone to 208-883-7180 oregon emailed to tipline@ci.moscow.id.us. Digital media tin beryllium shared with investigators astatine fbi.gov/moscowidaho.