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Murder In Moscow: Moscow Police Update The Case On December 12th 2022 · Beyond The Horizon

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  Speaker 1: And welcome back to the program. In this episode, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to take a look at the newest press release
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  Speaker 1: from the Moscow Police Department. So, without commentary, let's dive
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  Speaker 1: right in Moscow homicide Update. The Moscow Police Department is
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  Speaker 1: providing the following information to update the public on the
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  Speaker 1: known facts surrounding the four murders that occurred on November
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  Speaker 1: thirteenth in Moscow, Idaho. Moscow, Idaho, the investigation team spent
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  Speaker 1: many hours over the weekend going through tips provided to
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  Speaker 1: the FBI tip line and the tip Line email. Police
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  Speaker 1: are still looking for information regarding a twenty eleven, twenty
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  Speaker 1: twelve or twenty thirteen HONDEI A Lantra. Tips and leads
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  Speaker 1: have led investigators to look for additional information about this
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  Speaker 1: vehicle being in the immediate area of the King Road
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  Speaker 1: residence during the early morning hours of November thirteenth. The
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  Speaker 1: FBI continues to prioritize and vet those tips regarding the
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  Speaker 1: safety of the public. Police recommendations for safety are good
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  Speaker 1: reminders in general and in light of what has happened
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  Speaker 1: in this community. These reminders are not an indication of
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  Speaker 1: a specific or elevated risk to the community. See an
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  Speaker 1: investigation update on December twelfth, twenty twenty two, on the
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  Speaker 1: Moscow Police YouTube channel with Captain Roger Lanier with the
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  Speaker 1: Moscow Police Department, who is in charge of the Operations
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  Speaker 1: Division of the King Road homicide investigation. There's a link
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  Speaker 1: here as well, so make sure you check that out.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators continue to not release detailed information. It is what
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  Speaker 1: must be done to preserve the integrity of the investigation.
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  Speaker 1: The investigation continues with the same amount of resources Moscow
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  Speaker 1: Police Department, six detectives, five support staff, and the communications team.
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  Speaker 1: FBI forty six investigators in Moscow and located throughout the
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  Speaker 1: United States, two Behavior Analyst Unit investigators, Idaho State Police,
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  Speaker 1: thirteen investigators in Moscow, fifteen uniform troopers assisting with community
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  Speaker 1: patrols ISP forensic services. As previously reported a twenty eleven,
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  Speaker 1: twenty thirteen HONDEI Lantra investigators would like to thank the
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  Speaker 1: community and public for recent information provided about the vehicle
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  Speaker 1: and the spike in tips. The FBI is prioritizing and
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  Speaker 1: vetting those tips for use in the investigation. The public
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  Speaker 1: is asked to continue to use the tip line to
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  Speaker 1: report any information about the vehicle, calling in tips. Please
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  Speaker 1: be aware that this new call process takes patients on
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  Speaker 1: behalf of the caller and there are some prompts to follow.
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  Speaker 1: This is a national FBI tip line and it is
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  Speaker 1: important to get all the way through the prompts to
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  Speaker 1: reach the right agent to report information. Detectives remain interested
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  Speaker 1: in speaking with the occupants of a white two thousand
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  Speaker 1: and eleven, twenty twelve or twenty thirteen HONDEI a Lantra
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  Speaker 1: with an unknown license plate. Tips and leads have led
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  Speaker 1: investigators to look for additional information about the vehicle being
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  Speaker 1: in the immediate area of the King Road residents during
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  Speaker 1: the early morning hours of November thirteenth. Investigators believe the
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  Speaker 1: occupants of this vehicle may have critical information to share
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  Speaker 1: regarding this case. If you know of or own a
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  Speaker 1: vehicle matching this description, or know of anyone who may
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  Speaker 1: have been driving this vehicle on the day's proceeding or
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  Speaker 1: the day of the murders, please forward that information to
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  Speaker 1: the tip line. Information can be submitted tipline two zero
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  Speaker 1: eight eight eight three seven to one eight zero, email
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  Speaker 1: tipline at CI dot Moscow dot ID dot US, Digital Media,
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  Speaker 1: FBI dot gov. Backslash Moscow, Idaho. At this time, no
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  Speaker 1: suspect has been identified, and only vetted information that does
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  Speaker 1: not hinder the investigation will be released to the public.
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  Speaker 1: We encourage referencing official releases for accurate information and updated progress.
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  Speaker 1: All press releases and information related to this case are
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  Speaker 1: available at the link below, and again you can find
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  Speaker 1: that link in the description box. Investigative timeline. On the
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  Speaker 1: evening of November twelve, Kie Gonsalves and Madison Mogan were
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  Speaker 1: at a local bar called The Corner Club at two
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  Speaker 1: two North Main Street in downtown Moscow between ten pm
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  Speaker 1: and one thirty am. On November thirteenth, at approximately one
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  Speaker 1: forty am, Klee and Madison we're seen on video at
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  Speaker 1: a local food vendor called the Grub Truck at three
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  Speaker 1: eighteen South Main Street and used a private party for
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  Speaker 1: a ride home from downtown to arrive at their eleven
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  Speaker 1: twenty two King Road residents around one fifty six am.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators have determined that Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were
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  Speaker 1: seen at the Sigma Kai House on University of Idaho
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  Speaker 1: campus at seven thirty five nez Percy Drive at approximately
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  Speaker 1: one forty five am. Ethan and Xana are believed to
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  Speaker 1: have returned to the residence at eleven twenty two King Road.
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  Speaker 1: It was previously reported that Ethan resided at the home, However,
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  Speaker 1: it has been determined that he was only visiting. Detectives
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  Speaker 1: believe that on November twelfth, the two surviving roommates had
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  Speaker 1: also been out in the Moscow community separately, but returned
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  Speaker 1: home by one am on November thirteenth. The two did
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  Speaker 1: not wake up until later that morning. On November thirteenth,
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  Speaker 1: the surviving roomate summon friends to the residents because they
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  Speaker 1: believed one of the second floor victims had passed out
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  Speaker 1: and was not waking up. At eleven fifty eight a m.
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  Speaker 1: A nine to one one call requested aid for an
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  Speaker 1: unconscious person. The call was made from one of the
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  Speaker 1: surviving roommate's cell phones inside of the residents. Multiple people
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  Speaker 1: talk with the nine one one dispatcher before Moscow police
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  Speaker 1: arrived at the location. Officers entered the residence and found
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  Speaker 1: two victims on the second floor and two victims on
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  Speaker 1: the third floor. Autopsies were conducted. On November seventeenth, the
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  Speaker 1: Leyta County Coroner confirmed the identity of the four murdered
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  Speaker 1: individuals and their cause and manner of death as homicide
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  Speaker 1: by stabbing. The coroner stated the four victims were likely asleep,
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  Speaker 1: some had defensive wounds, and each was stabbed multiple times.
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  Speaker 1: There was no signs of sexual assault. Detectives continue investigating
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  Speaker 1: what occurred from approximately nine pm on November twelfth to
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  Speaker 1: one forty five am on November thirteenth, when Ethan Chapin
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  Speaker 1: and Xana Kernodle were believed to be at the Sigma
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  Speaker 1: Kai House on the University of Idaho campus at seven
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  Speaker 1: thirty five nez Percy Drive. Any interactions, contacts, direction and
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  Speaker 1: method of travel, or anything abnormal could add context to
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  Speaker 1: what occurred. Detectives are seeking all outside surveillance video taken
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  Speaker 1: from three am to six am on Sunday, November thirteenth
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  Speaker 1: from businesses and residences within the geographical area listed below.
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  Speaker 1: Detectives request all available videos, whether there appears to be
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  Speaker 1: motion and content or not. West Teller Avenue north boundary,
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  Speaker 1: West Poluse River Drive, south boundary Highway ninety five south
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  Speaker 1: to the twenty seven hundred block of Highway ninety five
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  Speaker 1: south east boundary, the Botanical Garden West boundary detectives are
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  Speaker 1: also seeking additional tips and surveillance video of any unusual
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  Speaker 1: behavior on the night of November twelfth into the early
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  Speaker 1: hours of November thirteenth, while Kayley and Madison were in
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  Speaker 1: downtown Moscow and while Ethan and Xana were at the
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  Speaker 1: Sigma Kai House. Anyone who observed unusual behavior near these
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  Speaker 1: areas or has video surveillance is asked to submit their tips.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators have looked extensively into information received about Kaylee having
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  Speaker 1: a stalker. They have pursued hundreds of pieces of information
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  Speaker 1: related to this topic, but have not verified or identified
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  Speaker 1: a stalker. Anyone with information about a potential stalker or
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  Speaker 1: unusual instances is asked to contact the tip line trying
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  Speaker 1: to get home. At this time, the investigation detectives do
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  Speaker 1: not believe the following are involved in this crime to
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  Speaker 1: surviving roommates, Mail and the grub truck, surveillance video, private
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  Speaker 1: party driver who took Kiley and Addison home on November thirteenth.
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  Speaker 1: The Mail, kayleyan Madison called numerous times during the early
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  Speaker 1: morning hours of November thirteenth, any individual at the residence
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  Speaker 1: when nine to one one was called, or the individual
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  Speaker 1: on the Lease, who moved out of the residence before
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  Speaker 1: the school year started and was not present at the
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  Speaker 1: time of the incident. Additional information related to the investigation. Currently,
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  Speaker 1: no suspects are in custody and no weapon has been located.
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  Speaker 1: On the night of the incident, officers located a dog
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  Speaker 1: at the residence. The dog was unharmed, turned over to
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  Speaker 1: animal services, and later released to a responsible party. Local
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  Speaker 1: businesses were contacted to determine if a fixed blade knife
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  Speaker 1: had been recently purchased. Detectives seized the contents of three
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  Speaker 1: dumpsters on King Road to locate possible evidence. Governor Brad
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  Speaker 1: Little directed up to one million dollars in state emergency
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  Speaker 1: funds for the ongoing investigation. Throughout the investigation, detectives have
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  Speaker 1: collected more than two thousand, seven hundred and seventy calls
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  Speaker 1: to the tip line, over two thousand, six hundred and
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  Speaker 1: forty five emails, over one thousand, eighty four digital media submissions,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and thirteen pieces of physical evidence collected and
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  Speaker 1: taken to the ISP crime Lab, approximately four thousand crime
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  Speaker 1: scene photographs taken, multiple three dimensional scans of the residence.
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  Speaker 1: On November twenty ninth, as part of the ongoing homicide
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  Speaker 1: investigation and original search warrant. Detectives relocated five vehicles from
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  Speaker 1: within the police perimeter to a more secure location and
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  Speaker 1: storage location to continue processing evidence. Idaho State Police Forensic
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  Speaker 1: Services crime lab scientists have worked on this case for
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  Speaker 1: weeks and have provided testing and analysis results to detectives
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  Speaker 1: as they complete additional tests. Those results will also be
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  Speaker 1: provided to protect the investigation's integrity. Specific results will not
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  Speaker 1: be released as detectives move forward with the homicide investigation.
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  Speaker 1: A private security company has been contracted to provide scene
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  Speaker 1: security to free up patrol resources. The scene remains under
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  Speaker 1: police control. Police are aware of a six person listed
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  Speaker 1: on the lease at the residence. They have spoken to
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  Speaker 1: this individual and confirmed they moved out prior to the
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  Speaker 1: start of the school year and was not present at
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  Speaker 1: the time of the incident. Detectives do not believe the
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  Speaker 1: person has any involvement in the murders. There has been
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  Speaker 1: extensive media interest regarding an incident at Taylor Avenue and
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  Speaker 1: Banfield on November thirteenth, twenty twenty two, at three oh
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  Speaker 1: one am. This incident was an alcohol offense which was
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  Speaker 1: addressed by the onsene officer This call is not related
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  Speaker 1: to the murder investigations. For further details regarding this incident,
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  Speaker 1: a Moscow Police Department public records request can be submitted
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  Speaker 1: referencing incident number twenty two dash M zero nine to eight.
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  Speaker 1: We have not changed our belief that the murders were
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  Speaker 1: a targeted attack. However, investigators have not concluded if the
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  Speaker 1: target was the residence or its occupants. There have been
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  Speaker 1: media questions about a September twelfth, twenty twenty two incident
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  Speaker 1: regarding an argument between a group of people walking on
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  Speaker 1: the University of Idaho bike path and the cyclist. It
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  Speaker 1: was reported that during that confrontation, the cyclist displayed a
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  Speaker 1: folding knife. Both parties dispersed and there were no injuries.
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  Speaker 1: The cyclist turned himself into the police. The case was
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  Speaker 1: investigated and a misdemeanor charge were referred to Moscow a
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  Speaker 1: City Attorney's office. There is no connection between the individual
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  Speaker 1: involved in this incident and the current murder investigations. There
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  Speaker 1: have been media questions regarding a February twenty twenty two
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  Speaker 1: death on Baker Street. The Layta County Coroner's Office has
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  Speaker 1: confirmed this death was due to an overdose. The case
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  Speaker 1: is not related to the ongoing murder investigation. There have
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  Speaker 1: been online reports of a red Mustang on South Deacon
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  Speaker 1: Street being processed as part of the murder investigation. This
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  Speaker 1: information is not accurate and the vehicle is not connected
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  Speaker 1: to the incident. The identity of the nine to one
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  Speaker 1: one caller has not been released. There have been numerous
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  Speaker 1: media inquiries about a nineteen ninety nine double stabbing in Pullman, Washington,
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  Speaker 1: and a twenty twenty one double stabbing with one death
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  Speaker 1: in Salem, Morgan. While these cases have similar similarities with
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  Speaker 1: the King Street homicides, there does not appear to be
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  Speaker 1: any evidence to support the cases are related. Detectives are
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  Speaker 1: aware of a Leaytak County Sheriff's Office incident of a
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  Speaker 1: report of a skin dog, but do not believe there
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  Speaker 1: is any evidence to support it is related to this incident.
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  Speaker 1: Contact Leayta County Sheriff's Office for further details. Detectives are
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  Speaker 1: also aware of a Moscow police incident of the report
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  Speaker 1: of deceased animals left on a residence property. This was
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  Speaker 1: determined to be wildlife activity and not related to the murders.
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  Speaker 1: Online reports of the victims being tied and gagged are
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  Speaker 1: not accurate. The Moscow Police Department thanks our community for
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  Speaker 1: the continued support, understanding of the limited information we can share,
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  Speaker 1: and patience during this difficult time. All right, folks, there
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  Speaker 1: it is the official press release by the Moscow Police
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  Speaker 1: Department on December twelfth. If you'd like to contact me,
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  Speaker 1: you can do that at Bobby Kopuuchi at ProtonMail dot com.
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  Speaker 1: That's bo Bby c ap u Cci at ProtonMail dot com.
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  Speaker 1: You can also find me on Twitter at Bobby Underscore
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  Speaker 1: c ap Ucci. The link that I discussed can be
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  Speaker 1: found in the description box Happy