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Authorities still don’t have a motive or a weapon in fatal stabbing of four Idaho college students.
Police Capt. says the murders, ‘In some ways, this took our innocence.’
Authorities have gathered 100 pieces of evidence, 4,000 photos, 1,000 tips and talked to 150 people.
More than a week after four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed at their home, authorities are making a public plea for help as they have not identified a suspect or found a murder weapon.
Moscow Police Capt. Roger Lanier told a news conference Wednesday that his department is putting all of its resources into solving the case and that investigators are prepared to work through the Thanksgiving holiday.
“This is our highest priority. It will remain our highest priority,” Lanier said, updating the public on the investigation that has shocked the campus. “We owe that to the families.”
Lanier was also what residents, especially students, should do in a college town of about 26,000 residents near the Idaho-Washington State border that hasn’t had a reported homicide in about 5 years.
Lanier said that Moscow, Idaho, has always been a safe community but that students should probably travel in pairs, and tell someone when they leave and arrive for a destination as there are plans to increase police presence on campus.
“In some ways, this took our innocence,” Lanier said. “I would tell students that you need to stay with a friend. I know that university staff is looking into different options to increase some of the safety on campus.
“Going forward,” Lanier continued, “there’s a lot of things that maybe we wished we would’ve done before that we need to start doing now.
